Environment Strategy Paper Series

In the process of developing the World Bank's Environment Strategy, several background papers were prepared to stimulate constructive dialogue and intellectual discussion on a range of issues within the Bank as well as with client countries, partners, and other interested stakeholders. These papers are being finalized and published as the Environment Strategy Papers.

The Environment Strategy Paper series also includes new reports prepared to facilitate implementation of the Strategy. The series aims to provide a forum for discussion on a range of issues related to the strategy, to help the transfer of good practices across countries and regions, and to seek effective ways of improving the World Bank's environmental performance.

	Environment Strategy Paper No.1: Health and Environment, 2001 (370KB PDF)
	Environment Strategy Paper No.2: Environment and Water Resources Management, 2001 (441KB PDF)
	Environment Strategy Paper No.3 Part 1: Environmental Indicators Relevant to Poverty Reduction, 2002 (591KB PDF)
	Environment Strategy Paper No.3 Part2: Environmental Indicators Relevant to Poverty Reduction, 2002 (4,164KB PDF)
	Environment Strategy Paper No.4: Strategic Environmental Assessment in World Bank Operations, 2002 (865KB PDF)
	Environment Strategy Paper No.5: Private Sector Development and the Environment, 2002 (388KB PDF)
	Environment Strategy Paper No.6: A Decade of Environmental Lending, 2002 (820KB PDF)
	Environment Strategy Paper No.7: Public Environmental Expenditure Reviews: Experience and Emerging Practice, 2003(871KB PDF)
	Environment Strategy Paper No.8: Country-Level Environmental Analysis: A Review of International Experience, 2003(460KB PDF)
	Environment Strategy Paper No.9: Does the Treatment of Environmental Liability During Privatization Really Matter: An Empirical Evaluation in Central Europe (460KB PDF)
	Environment Strategy Paper No.10: Analytical and Advisory Activities in Environmental and Natural Resource Management - A Review of Fiscal 2002-04 Activities  (340KB PDF)
	Environment Strategy Paper No.11: CEA and Institutional Assessment - A Review of International and World Bank Tools  (41KB PDF)
	Environment Strategy Paper No.12: Environmental Health Issues in Poverty Reduction Strategies: A Review (460KB PDF)
	Environment Strategy Paper No.13:A selective review of SEA legislation - results from a nine-country review (630 KB PDF)