Environmental Assessment is one of the 10 Safeguard Policies of the World Bank. Environmental Assessment is used in the World Bank to examine the environmental risks and benefits associated with Bank lending operations.
The Bank's environmental assessment procedures are described in Operational Policy (OP)/Bank Procedure (BP) 4.01. This policy is considered to be the umbrella policy for the Bank's "safeguard policies" which among others include: Natural Habitats (OD 4.04); Pest Management (OP 4.09); International Waterways (OP 7.50); Indigenous People (OD 4.20); and Involuntary Resettlement (OD 4.30).
In World Bank operations, the purpose of Environmental Assessment is to improve decision making and to ensure that project options under consideration are sound and sustainable.
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