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Poverty Reduction
Strategies and
Environment
A Review of 40 Interim
and Full Poverty Reduction
Strategy Papers
Jan Bojo
Rama Chandra Reddy
June 2002
The World Bank






THE WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT
Poverty Reduction
Strategies and Environment
A Review of 40 Interim and Full
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
Tan Bojo
Rama Chandra Reddy
June 2002
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Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS      V
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY     1
Chapter 1
Introduction  3
Chapter 2
The PRSP Sample 5
Chapter 3
Method of Environmental Review of PRSPs 7
Issues in Focus  7
Causal Links Assessment  8
Response Systems  8
Process   9
Method of Scoring  9
Chapter 4
Results of the PRSP Review  11
Chapter 5
Examples of Good Practice  15
Issues in Focus  15
Poverty-Environment Links  16
Response Systems  17
Process   21
Chapter 6
Evolution of Mainstreaming from the Interim PRSPs to Full PRSPs 25
Improved Treatment of Environment Issues in the Full PRSPs  25
Gradual Improvement in the Presentation of Targets, Indicators and in the Context of Long-term
International Development Goals  25
Improvements in the Presentation of Budget Allocation Linked to Targets  25
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Impacts of natural disasters on the PRSP implementation  25
Chapter 7
Scope for Improvement  27
Group A Countries  27
Group B Countries  27
Chapter 8
Next Steps 29
APPENDICES
A   Poverty Profiles of PRSP Countries  31
B  Natural Resource Profiles of PRSP Countries  33
C  Food Security Profiles of Countries  35
D   Environmental Health and Habitat Profiles of Countries  37
E  Infectious Disease Profiles of Countries (per 100,000 population)  39
F  Format for Scoring in the PRSP Assessment  41
NoTEs     43
REFERENCES    45
BoxEs
1 Vulnerability 18
2  Incentive Structure  19
3  Environment Management Capacity   22
TABLES
1  Regional distribution of PRSPs  5
2  Scores on environmental mainstreaming in PRSPs  12
3  Transition of mainstreaming scores from IPRSP to Full PRSP  25
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Acknowledgments
W         e would like to thank the          edition. In addition, participants at several
Norwegian Government for           seminars both inside and outside the World
financial contributions to this    Bank have commented on presentations of
work.                                        previous versions of this report. We are
grateful for their contributions. Numerous
The authors wish to gratefully acknowledge   changes have been made in the current text to
the constructive comments of several readers  accommodate comments received, while other
of our previous Reviews issued in December   points remain the subject of further discussion.
2000, March 2001 and December 2001: Craig
Davies, Fadi Doumani, Kirk Hamilton,         The authors remain solely responsible for the
Norman Hicks, Hans Olav Ibrekk, Anil          views expressed herein, which do not
Markandya, Jean-Roger Mercier, Priya          necessarily represent the opinion of the World
Shyamsundar, Paul Steele and Chris Warner     Bank, its Executive Directors or the countries
have all contributed. Anil Markandya and     they represent.
Jocelyne Albert peer-reviewed the latest
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Executive Summary
A        s of late 1999, Poverty Reduction    reviewed. This review addresses four major
Strategies (PRSs) have been           questions:
lAxintroduced as a key instrument for a       1. What environmental concerns and
country's relationship with the donor            opportunities are identified in the PRSPs?
community. After completion of a Joint World  2. To what extent are poverty-environment
Bank and IMF Staff Assessment, the Boards of     causal links analyzed?
the World Bank and the IMF review PRSs as     3. To what extent are environmentally
they relate to the respective institution's      relevant policy responses, costed actions,
mandate, presented in the form of a PRS Paper    targets and indicators put in place as part
(PRSP). This provides a basis for debt relief    of the poverty reduction efforts?
under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries     4. To what extent has the process allowed for
(HIPC) Initiative where applicable, an           mainstreaming the environment?
elaboration of the Country Assistance Strategy
(CAS) for the World Bank, and concessional    Each PRSP has been assessed with a set of 17
lending.                                      criteria on a scale of 0 (no mention) to 3 (good
practice). The scores are not weighted, but the
As to ". . . help people help themselves and their  number of ratings attached to each theme
environment. . ." is part of the overall World  reflects the level of importance attached to
Bank mission statement, the integration of    them: (a) issues and opportunities (4 ratings);
environmental considerations into the Bank    (b) poverty-environment-links (7 ratings);
work is firmly grounded. Furthermore, the     (c) actions and monitoring (5 ratings); and
World Bank's Environment Strategy notes that  (d) process (1 rating).
there is an urgent need to integrate
environment into Poverty Reduction            The main findings of the review are:
Strategies.
* There is considerable variation across
In this context, the purpose of this review is to  countries in the degree of mainstreaming. The
systematically assess the degree of              score ranges from a high of 2.2 out of a
mainstreaming in PRSPs, and to identify a         maximum of 3.0 (Mozambique) to a low of
selection of good practice that can lead the     0.3 (Sao Tome Principe). While scores
way for further improvements.                     should not be seen as precise
measurements, they do indicate the
A total of 40 Interim and full PRSPs from        approximate level of attention given to
countries in Africa, Latin America, Eastern      environmental matters in the PRSPs. Some
Europe, Middle East, Central and East Asia are   variation across countries is legitimate and
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to be expected, but there is no reason to      future work. The countries in this sample
believe that the low scoring countries are     include Mozambique, Honduras,
free from concerns of environmental             Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Kenya. However,
health and natural resource degradation         many other PRSPs also contain examples of
linked to poverty.                              good practice. A major portion of this
review is dedicated to providing specific
*  The average score is low-0.9 on the scale of    examples of good practice.
0 to 3. This signifies considerable room for
improvement. It should be recalled that     Future assessment will refine the methodology
PRSPs are strategic documents reflecting    of this review, and broaden the sample to
the development priorities of countries     include more PRSPs, as they become available.
over a 3- to 5-year period, and that
environmental concerns are expected to      Finally, it should be recalled that a Poverty
vary across countries. Hence, we do not     Reduction Strategy Paper is only the written
anticipate all countries to reach 3.0 in their  expression of an underlying and emerging
rating, even as the PRSP process matures    process of design, implementation, and
and the environmental constituency gains    participation. What ultimately matters are the
a "seat at the table." However, the fact    results on the ground, which we are not in a
that many PRSPs pay so little attention to  position to evaluate across 40 countries at this
basic issues of environmental health,       point in time. Nevertheless, we believe there is
natural resource degradation and            merit in assessing the quality of environmental
vulnerability to environrnental hazards is  mainstreaming in the PRSPs, as an imperfect
a cause for concern.                        but important indicator of the quality of
mainstreaming into the underlying reality of
*  The full PRSPs are few (8), but rank relatively  strategy implementation. By addressing this
well in comparison to the IPRSPs. This is   aspect, the Review complements other
encouraging. Our study shows a consistent   initiatives undertaken by the World Bank and
improvement among the full PRSPs from       partners to support client countries in
their level of mainstreaming at the IPRSP   mainstreaming environment into poverty
stage.                                      reduction.
* Good practices do exist. This paper provides
several examples that can serve to inspire
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1 Introduction
T      he World Bank's Mission statement      *  Oriented to achieve outcome-related goals for
includes the objective to ". . .help people help  poverty reduction.
themselves and their environment by
allocating resources, sharing knowledge, building  Since environmental health and sustainable
capacity, andforging partnerships in the public and  natural resources utilization is closely linked to
private sectors... " This provides a strong basis for  poverty reduction, the purpose of this paper is
integration of environmental considerations into  to present a systematic assessment of
the Bank's operations. The goal of World Bank's  environmental mainstreaming in the currently
Environment Strategy"... is to promote        available Interim and full Poverty Reduction
environmental improvements as afundamental    Strategy Papers (IPRSP & PRSP respectively).'
element of development and poverty reduction  This review provides a specialized complement
strategies and actions" (World Bank 2001a, p. 45).  to the general World Bank PRSP reviews,2 and
The Strategy also notes states that "In       the Bank-IMF guidelines for Joint Staff
implementing the Strategy, we will give priority to  Assessment of PRSPs (World Bank, 2000), which
certain aspects that are particularly urgent, such as  raises points such as:
integrating environmental considerations into the
PRSPs." (Ibid. p. xxviii).                    "How well have the nature and determinants of
poverty outcomes (income and non-monetary
In September 1999, a new framework for Poverty  dimensions) been identified? Have trends in key
Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) was endorsed  poverty determinants and outcomes been
by the World sank and IME. The PRSP prepared  presented? Specifically,
by countries in collaboration with the World
Bank and TMF, is a three-year strategy document  *  The extent of income/consumption and
aimed at integrating macroeconomic and sector    other dimension of poverty (health
strategies in achieving poverty reduction targets,  including environmental diseases, natural
form the basis for Bank and Fund concessional    resource degradation, vulnerability,
lending, and debt relief under the enhanced       disempowerment) and their evolution over
HIPC. PRSPs are designed to be (World Bank,      time".
2001c):
In addition, this review is also meant to
*  Country-driven: with broad participation of  capture good practice, to stimulate
civil society                             independent reviews of new PRSPs, and
*  Based on an understanding of the links     inspire teams working on forthcoming PRSPs
between public actions and poverty         to enhance the integration of environmental
outcomes and                               problems and opportunities. Some early
assessments criticized the interim PRSPs for
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"excluding the environmental dimension of       ultimately matters is the quality of the process,
development" (GTZ, 2000). This review seeks to  and the success in implementing a good
contribute to this debate.                      strategy. Thus, while the quality of PRSPs is
central to the success of the program,
It should be emphasized that PRSPs are only the  expectations of the PRSPs should take into
expression of complex underlying processes in   account of country circumstances, along with
achieving poverty reduction objectives. What    fact that PRSPs are living documents.
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2 The PRSP Sample
T      his report is based on the analysis of 40  Second, the Africa Region dominates the
Interim and full PRSPs. The breakdown   number of PRSP submissions with a share of
in categories and regions is specified in  about 60 percent.
the Table 1.
An environmental profile of each of the 40
Two features stand out in the sample reviewed.  countries is obviously beyond the scope of this
First, many PRSPs are still interim. This     paper, but selected poverty and environmental
signifies that the process is still in its infancy,  indices of countries are presented in Appendix I
and we should expect that full PRSPs will     to Appendix V. These indices should be
provide a better basis for environmental      considered as a partial basis for comparisons on
mainstreaming. It is assumed that some IPRSPs  the level of environmental mainstreaming by
have been assembled under very strict time    countries and their performance across poverty
constraints to meet the HIPC deadlines.       and environment issues.
Table 1. Regional distribution of PRSPs
Region                              Interim PRSPs     Full PRSPs     Total PRSPs
Africa                                  19               5              24
Eastern Europe & Central Asia            7                               7
East Asia                                4                               4
Latin America & Caribbean                1               3               4
Middle East                              I                               I
Total                                   32               8              40
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Method of Environmental
Review of PRSPs
T      he assessment framework is built on the  1. Issues in focus: description of major
lines of previous work on mainstreaming    concerns and opportunities
environment in CASs (see Ekbom & Bojo,  2. Causal links assessment: poverty-
1997, Shyamsundar and Hamilton, 2000).           environment link analysis
However, the PRSPs, while sharing some        3. Responses to environmental challenges:
characteristics, are different from CASs in several  environmental management measures,
aspects. Hence, the specific points of observation  monitoring & evaluation
have been adapted to fit the character of, and  4. Process: participation and inclusion of
demands on the PRSPs. The general World          environmental constituencies and voices.
Bank/IMF perspective on the PRSP as laid out in
the Joint Staff Assessment Guidelines (World  Issues in Focus
Bank 2000) forms a background for this        The first set of issues concerns the resource base,
specialized assessment.                      environmental problems, and opportunities. We
would expect countries to differ in their
This review suggests a simple method thatwolexctourisodfernthr
This eviewsuggets a implemetho thattreatment of these issues, and not all countries
enables one to assess the environmental focus of  w lea extetg th e ame ll of
PRSPs on a set of multiple criteria in a structured  attention to all issues e.g. biodiversity. The
format. The scoring format provides a basis for  aisestin focus ego  ioken      To
assessing the progress on environmental      four major themes:
variables at each stage, from the IPRSP to PRSP
and from one 3 year PRSP cycle to the next       Land use: including deforestation and
We will return to this in section 6 below. The   degradation of forests and woodlands, soil
scoring method is also useful to compare the     degradation (erosion, sahnization,
progress on any given criterion, although we do  waterlogging, nutrient depletion, impacts
not report at that level of detail here. Hence   of mining, and overgrazing)
environmental assessment at each PRSP revision
serves to improve the environmental focus of  *  Water: access to safe drinking water,
PRSP and provides information on the areas that  irrigation, water pollution, coastal zone,
require attention.                               marine and fishery aspects
The method of PRSP assessment is described    *  Air: air quality, pollution from biomass or
here conceptually and further illustrated using  fossil fuels, industrial processes that
examples in the next section. The framework for  generate lead, particulate matter, sulfur,
assessing the environrnent mainstreaming is      nitrogen oxides and other pollutants and
grouped under four categories:
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*  Biodiversity, and climate variability and    *  Empowerment: the degree to which poor
change: threats to genetic resources,           people are in control of decision-making on
degradation of ecosystems, but also             environmental matters of immediate
opportunities for poverty alleviation           concern to them. While this point is closely
through sustainable use of biological          related to property rights, it is more
diversity; climatic variability and long-       concerned with the levels and rules of
term change.                                   collective decision-making about the
Causal Links Assessment                            environment than legal title.
* Gender and environment: attention to how
Once the environmental issues of the country are
assessed, the ground has been laid for a causal    the role of gender affects the utilization of
analysis. Why is the environment degrading?        natural resources. Are women denied
How does this impact the poor? This theme has      secure tenure to certain assets? Are they
been broken down into seven categories:            particularly hurt by the degradation of
natural resources? If so, to what extent do
*  Natural resource degradation and poverty:       they have a "voice" in society?
what links are identified and possibly
quantified? Examples include nutrient       Response Systems
depletion leading to falling yields, and    The country-level response systems to
hence falling incomes among the poor.       environmental challenges and opportunities are
assessed based on the PRSP's proposal to
*  Environmental health: how pollution of air  improve the environment management capacity,
and water is linked to poor health, and     targeted investments in promoting
how it relates to the burden of disease.    environmental objectives, and measuring the
progress of interventions through monitoring
*  Vulnerability: how climatic variability and  and evaluation. The assessment of response
natural disasters impact poverty, e.g.      systems is based on the following five criteria.
through periods of drought, floods,
earthquakes, and hurricanes.                *   Environmental management capacity: This
point focuses on environmental legislation,
*  Property rights: analysis of how natural        institutional reform, regulation (e.g. of
resources are "owned" and how the               EAs), introduction of environmental
security of tenure may impact the               standards for emissions/effluents or
utilization of resources. It may also include   ambient conditions, awareness raising
a discussion about the inequality of           through education and information,
resource access, such as unequal land           establishment of environmental
ownership that forces the poor to cultivate    information systems, early warning
marginal environments.                         systems and preparedness for natural
hazards. It also concerns the use of
*  Incentives: how price regulation, taxation,     economic instruments for environmental
subsides, exchange rate policies, trade         management such as user fees, effluent/
regime, and the debt burden impact the          emission charges, product pricing, and
environment. Do public interventions            green taxes.
correct market failure, or do they make
them worse?                                 *   Investment in natural capital: This is an
important measure of government's
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concern for natural resources management   Process
and its commitment to improve natural
resource productivity. Examples include    The final category concerns the process and
rehabilitation of degraded soils or forests,  planning behind the PRSP, and also includes the
the gazetting of Protected Areas,          process for implementation. While these
restoration of wetlands and so on.         aspects are not uniquely "environmental" they
are added here because an inclusive and
*  Investment in man-made capital: In this    participatory process is an important
context, an assessment of planned          requirement if the basic concerns of
investment regarding housing, water        environmental health, natural resource
supply systems, sewage systems, water      degradation and vulnerability to natural
treatment plants, sanitation, solid waste  disasters are to be heard, registered and acted
management infrastructure, and so forth,   upon.
becomes significant.                       The process rating has caused considerable
*  Monitoring natural resource outcomes:      debate, and it is worth emphasizing what this
Tracking the outcomes of Poverty           does, and does not, measure. As with other
Reduction Strategy implementation          aspects of this PRSP review, it reviews what is in
requires a monitoring and evaluation       the text. It is not possible to evaluate the quality of
system that should be described in the     a set of consultative events. For example, it has
PRSP. A subset of this M&E system is a set  been argued that some "participatory" events are
of indicators. The indicators for natural  designed as top-down ceremonies, leaving little
resource management may include those      room for upward feedback. It has also been
for land use (e.g. trends in crop yield)   argued that consultations sometimes ignore
forest management (e.g. deforestation rate  environmental concerns raised. This may be true
forest managementland g.nderprotesatin atea  in some cases, and the lack of inclusion of
(e.g.percennumt lad udeograprtct area      environmental concerns or actions will be
(e.g. percent of geographical area         rfetdi o      aig   ne hs aeois
protected), soil conservation measures (e.g.  reflected in low ratings under those categories.
types and extent of treatment), water stress
or scarcity (e.g. per capita availability in  Method of Scoring
cubic meters), and the extent of renewable
energy use.3                               The 17 variables identified and described
above are scored with respect to each country's
*  Monitoring human resource outcomes: This   PRSP (See Appendix F for a summary of the
aspect of the M&E system should be        format for scoring). A score range of 0 to 3 is
attached to another set of indicators: e.g.  used and the description is provided below:
infant mortality, incidence of infectious
diseases, access to safe water (e.g. percent  = no mention
of population in rural/urban areas),       2 = elaborated
sanitation (percent of population and poor  3 = good practice
households covered), housing standards
(e.g. crowding: floor area/person), energy  The unweighted average scores of the
sources used (e.g. coverage of electricity,  assessment are presented in Table 2. The
use of biomass fuels).                     aggregate multidimensional indices are subject
to debate and criticism on the weights used.
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Refinements involving a weighting system        consistent across countries in the format we
have been rejected in favor of a format that    use. We do not encourage attention to small
includes scores on different aspects of         differentials in scores between countries, but
environmental challenges and opportunities,     see scores as valuable indicators of
which implicitly serves as a weighting system.  approximate level. The assessment process
designed allows us to succinctly present
It is recognized that any assessment, including  quantitative information to complement the
scoring, involves subjective judgment.          qualitative analyses of PRSPs undertaken in
However subjectivity is made transparent and    the JSA and by other studies.4
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4 Results of the PRSP Review
A        s noted earlier, most PRSPs are Interim,  neglect to mention issues that would be
and the results should be interpreted  relevant, much less elaborate them. This
,Axwith that in mind. The time available     signifies considerable room for improvement
for preparation of full PRSPs in successive time  to approach the theoretically achievable top
periods provide opportunities for improvement.  score of 3.0. However, one would not expect all
The ranking on the environmental             countries to approach that figure, as not all
mainstreaming of PRSPs is summarized in the  countries can be expected to award
Table 2.                                     environment that level of priority.
The following findings stand out from the table  Third, thefull PRSPs are only eight in number,
and the analysis. First, there is considerable  but rank relatively well in comparisons to the
variation in the degree of mainstreaming: from  IPRSPs. Their average as a subgroup is about 1.7.
a high score of 2.2 (Mozambique) to a low of  This is encouraging. However, the full PRSP from
0.3 (Sao Tome Principe). There is a top cluster  Tanzania is still not highly placed within the
with Mozambique, Honduras, Nicaragua,        sample. Few would deny that Tanzania has its
Bolivia, and Kenya that has set relatively high  share of environmental health issues, and its
standards. While scores should not be seen as  concerns about natural resource degradation.
precise measurements, they do indicate that
the level of attention given to environmental  Fourth, good practices do exist, and this paper
issues varies considerably. Some variation is  provides some examples that can serve to inspire
legitimate and to be expected. However, there  future work. As examples below will illustrate,
is no reason to believe that the low scoring  the standard for "good practice" is not
countries are free from concerns of          extraordinarily demanding, and should be easily
environmental health and natural resources   achievable if sufficient attention is given to
degradation linked to poverty. The low scoring  environmental mainstreaming.
cluster including such countries as Guinea-
Bissau, Senegal, and Central African Republic  These conclusions have proven robust over time.
clearly illustrates this. As the data contained in  Previous Reviews in December 2000 (covering 19
the appendixes to this report indicate, the low  PRSPs), March 2001 (25 PRSPs), and August
scores of these countries are not due to     2001 (38 PRSPs) showed similar results. The one
irrelevance of such considerations, but due to  encouraging feature over time, however, is the
lack of attention to their appropriate place.  tendency for full PRSPs to show better
mainstreaming scores than Interim ones.
Second, the average score is lowu: only about 0.9.
The exact figure is not that important, but in  Looking at the four groups of points for
qualitative terms, it means that many PRSPs  scoring, the following picture emerges:
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Table 2. Scores on environmental mainstreaming in PRSPs
Env. score
S. No.            Country                    Region           Interim  Full    of PRSPs
I       Mozambique                        Africa                 F             2.2
2       Honduras                       Latin America             F             2.1
3       Nicaragua                      Latin America             F             2.0
4        Bolivia                       Latin America             F             2.0
5       Kenya                              Africa                 1             1.9
6       Burkina Faso                       Africa                F              1.7
7       Lao PDR                          East Asia                1             1.6
8       Mauritania                         Africa                F              1.4
9       Rwanda                             Africa                 1             1.3
10       Cambodia                         East Asia               1             1.2
11       Uganda                            Africa                 F             1.1
12       Madagascar                        Africa                 I             1.1
13       Georgia                        Central Asia              I             1.0
14       Guyana                        Latin America              I             1.0
15       Gambia                            Africa                 i            0.9
16       Tanzania                          Africa                 F             0.9
17       Ghana                             Africa                 1             0.9
18       Guinea                            Africa                 1             0.9
19       Mongolia                         East Asia               1             0.8
20       Vietnam                          East Asia               1             0.8
21       Moldova                       Eastern Europe             1             0.8
22       Chad                              Africa                 1             0.8
23       Ethiopia                          Africa                 1             0.8
24       Armenia                       Eastern Europe             i             0.7
25       Albania                       Eastern Europe             1             0.7
26       Cameroon                          Africa                 1             0.6
27       Mali                              Africa                 1             0.6
28       Lesotho                           Africa                 1             0.6
29       Malawi                            Africa                 1             0.6
30       Sierra Leone                      Africa                 1             0.6
31       Kyrgyz Republic                 Central Asia             1             0.5
32       Benin                              Africa                1             0.5
33       Zambia                            Africa                 1             0.5
34       Guinea-Bissau                     Africa                 I             0.5
35       Tajikistan                      Central Asia             1             0.4
36       Yemen                           Middle East              1             0.4
37       Senegal                           Africa                 1             0.4
38       Macedonia                     Eastern Europe             1             0.3
39       Central African Rep.              Africa                 1             0.3
40       Sao Tome Principe                 Africa                 1             0.3
Note: I = Interim PRSP; F = Full PRSP
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*  Issues: Even though the poor in most PRSP  *   Responses: The average score across the
countries are overwhelmingly dependent        five items rated under this theme (see
on natural resources, this is not explicitly  Appendix F) is about 1.4 on the scale of 0 to
brought out in many PRSPs. Problems are        3. However, most PRSPs do not explicitly
noted in passing, if at all. Consideration to  present the legislative, institutional and
poor (environmental) health is generally       regulatory inventions needed for poverty
better catered to. The average score on the   reduction through environmental
four points rated under the heading of         management. An important issue that has
"Issues" (see Appendix F) show an average     not been covered by several PRSPs is the
of only about 0.6 in this sample, on the       cost of environmental interventions and
scale of 0 to 3. This is a surprising result, as  the sources of funding. Cost of inputs and
it would seem straightforward to at least     the relationship between inputs and
describe the basic problems with respect to   outcomes is generally absent, but the case
land, air, water, biodiversity and climate.    of the Kenya PRSP is an exception.
The description if often limited, and tends
to focus on water pollution and land       *  Process: The averages score for this single
degradation. These are often the most         item, across 40 countries, is about 1.2 on
significant from a poverty perspective.        the scale of 0 to 3. Though PRSPs generally
describe the processes of discussion and
*  Links: The average score for the seven items   stakeholder participation, it is difficult to
listed under this theme (see Appendix F) is    determine to what extent environmental
about 0.8, on the scale of 0 to 3. This is still  constituencies have been included, and to
low, but shows that even on the basis of a     what extent the environmental concerns of
weak description of environmental issues,     the poor are translated into implementa-
many PRSPs make conceptual links              tion priorities. It is expected that the
between poverty and environment. Links         evolution of Interim PRSPs into full PRSPs
between polluted water and poor health         will bring about considerable improvement
are generally captured, and links between      in this regard.
degradation natural resources and poverty
are often mentioned. However, analysis of
the incentive structure and its impacts on
the environment is generally lacking.
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5 Examples of Good Practice
T       his section provides concrete examples  In Guyana, over three-quarters of the area is
of mainstreaming of environmental         forested and the ecosystem is fragile, and the
issues in the poverty reduction            10 percent of land area below mean sea level is
strategies. The text is kept brief, as the original  inhabited by over 90 percent of the total
PRSP documents are easily available for the      population. The economy is heavily dependent
interested reader, through the World Bank's      on coastal agriculture, minerals and forest
external website: www.worldbank.org.             products. Since the coastal land lies below the
mean high tide level and is exposed to
Issues in Focus                                  flooding, sea defenses are critical for protecting
Under this heading, the treatment and            agriculture, communications, roads and water
sensitivity to environmental issues are          supplies.
examined and the high level of concern shown
with respect to them by some countries is        Pollution resulting from lack of environmental
summarized in the following paragraphs.          regulation and the impacts on human health is
well illustrated by the Honduras PRSP..iack of
The Burkina Faso PRSP notes that "...climatic   land use and urban development planning, has
conditions, land locked status, low agricultural  contributed to increased problems of
productivity, degradation of soil and water      environmental deterioration and pollution in thze
resources, are major constraints to economic     main urban centers of the country, with impacts on
growth and contribute to massive poverty and     human health ... pollutants in soils and water cause
severefood insecurity among rural inhabitants.   high rates of diarrhea illnesses in Tegucigalpa...
Income from farming and livestock raising is     Likewise studies of air quality carried out by the
highly dependent on rainfall which varies        Municipal Statistics Research Directorate in the
considerably from year to year."                 city of San Pedro Sula found an above normal
concentration of nitrogen dioxide of 0.029 ppm!
Most poor households in The Gambia depend        day. Monitoring air quality during January-May
upon wells for drinking water and pit latrines   1999 showed average pollution to be two times
for sanitary purposes. In 1998, only 37 percent  higher than the norm for particulates up to 10
of the population had access to proper sanitary  microns and fourteen times higher for suspended
f     acilities. L ack of awareness to water supply  particles... The high level of air pollution in the
and disease incidence is a major factor of water  cities is the main cause of morbidity..."
point contamination. Diarrhea spread from
polluted water is the major cause of child       The Kenya IPRSP presents a description of the
morbidity and mortality and poor sanitation      environmental issues relating to land use and
further exacerbates disease spread.              water and suggests strategies, monitoring
indicators and cost of implementing the
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strategies relating to land use, water and      supply infrastructure does not function, and
energy. The IPRSP also expresses concern        poor households cannot afford the fees for
regarding the loss of biodiversity.             drinking water.
The Kyrgyz IPRSP identifies air and water       Yemen's per capita water supply is about 2
pollution as major health concerns. For         percent of the world average and 85 percent
example, the benzopyren emission from           below the amount needed for domestic use.
vehicular pollution is estimated to be 25 to 35  Ground water has reached a state of over-
times the official standard. The lead and       exploitation as a result of over drilling
chromium concentrations exceed the norms set    stimulated by diesel subsidies.
for soil pollution by 1.4 times and 12.7 times
respectively.                                   Poverty-Environment Links
Since environment is a cross-sectoral issue,
The IPRSP of Lao PDR notes that ". ..the        critical analysis of poverty-environment links
government is aware of the costs of deforestation,  is important in the design of responses,
arguably the main environmental problem of the  resource allocation, and in setting goals and
country, including the erosion, loss of wetlands  targets. The PRSPs provide useful insights into
and loss of natural habitat and biodiversity,   analysis and implementation of policies that
climatic and other risks stemming from          have influence on poverty-environment links.
deforestation ."
In Bolivia, the poverty in rural areas is as high
The PRSP of Nicaragua highlights the            as 82 percent and of which 59 percent are
relationship of low income, high diarrhea       extremely poor, 78 percent of rural households
incidence, limited education of mother, lack of  do not have access to drinking water and 72
safe water, over crowded housing, and spacing   percent lack basic sanitation service. In terms
of births as major determinants of              of environmental quality, water pollution is the
malnutrition. Over 30 percent of poor children  country's greatest problem requiring greatest
and almost 40 percent of extremely poor         priority for drinking water and sanitation. Due
children are malnourished compared to 12        to poor sanitation, rural households are
percent of non-poor children. Poor children     exposed to three endemic infectious diseases:
under 5 are particularly affected by chronic    chagas disease, malaria, and tuberculosis.
malnutrition resulting in varying degrees of    Chagas disease is spread over 60 percent of the
stunting. Among the extremely poor children     country and is responsible for 13 percent of
36 percent are affected.                        deaths in people aged 15 to 75, while the
incidence of malaria (8 per 1000 inhabitants)
The Rwanda IPRSP notes that the major portion   and tuberculosis (113 per 100,000 inhabitants)
of the energy consumed by poor is in the form   is still the highest in the region.
of fuelwood. Shortage of fuelwood imposes
time and financial costs on poor households,    Burkina Faso IPRSP notes that soil degradation
and makes it harder for children to attend      and a decline in soil fertility as a result of over-
school. Poor access to energy has also impeded  exploitation of arable land is a widespread
the development of agro-processing and non-     phenomenon. Soil degradation is most marked
agricultural activities, compromising the       in the northern and central regions where most
economic diversification. Access to potable     of the rural population is caught in a vicious
water in rural areas fell from 64 percent in    circle of soil degradation, poverty and food
1984 to 50 percent in 1996. A third of the water  insecurity.
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The PRSPs of Burkina Faso, Guinea, Honduras,  community based catchment management strategy
and Mauritania present maps showing regional  to ensure adequate quality and quantity of water
distribution of poverty, population and natural  to the poor".
resource attributes. The poverty and resource
maps help in the assessment of spatial and    Participatory poverty assessment in Lao PDR
temporal relationships between poverty and    provides reference to the degree of rice self
the resource base. The maps can also be used to  sufficiency as a major determinant of poverty
track the impacts of policy and management    Other common causes cited are arable land
interventions relating to poverty reduction.  constraints, livestock diseases, natural
disasters, and shifting cultivation.
The Guyana PRSP notes that weak framework
for land use as a systemic deficiency         In Moldova, most rural households survive on
exacerbating the poverty. Lack of land records,  subsistence farming, and with few
land inventory, and coordination on land use  opportunities for credit, they lack the ability to
resulted in overlapping mandates and uses for  adopt modem inputs. Although there has been
agriculture, forestry, mining and housing. In  progress in land privatization, it has not led to
addition, poor quality of housing is          an improvement in productivity.
characterised by large scale squatting and
unfit dwellings.                              The Mongolia PRSP notes the direct influence
of pasture degradation due to desertification
The Honduras PRSP highlights strong           and land degradation on the poverty and
correlation between the areas of high         living standards of herdsmen and the quality
deforestation due to slash and burn agriculture  of pasture with yield losses reaching 19 to 24
and persistent poverty. The deforestation     percent. Increased live stock numbers and
affects 61 percent of the forest area in the  adverse impacts on water supply and carrying
western and southern regions and 55 percent   capacity affect 40 percent of herdsmen and 70
of forest area in the Atlantic region. Other  percent of pasture. Another major impact of
causes of deforestation identified are the    poverty and unemployment is the illegal
changes in forest soils, fuelwood consumption,  fuelwood extraction as a source of livelihood,
forest fires, and unregulated logging. In 1998,  further reinforcing the cycle of poverty and
the Central American Environment and          natural resource degradation.
Development Commission estimated the
annual economic losses of Honduras            The Mozambique PARPA (Plan for Reduction of
deforestation, in terms of damage to timber   Absolute Poverty) highlights the
and non-timber products, biodiversity losses,  environmental impacts of population growth,
and losses of affected water resources and    poverty and dependence on firewood and
ecotourism at about US$112 million.           charcoal for domestic energy, and makes
proposals for electrification and solar energy
The Kenya PRSP expresses concern over         development in the districts.
property rights related to natural resources,
and proposes "...to implement land law system to
create an efficient and equitable system of land
ownership". In the context of water, the PRSP  As expected, the response systems of countries
notes "the incidence of violation of water rights,  vary depending on their socio-economic
conflicts, and pollution have dramatically    conditions, the environmental challenges they
increased. The government proposes to develop a  face, institutional framework, and previous
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Box 1.
Vulnerability
A range of vulnerabilities related to natural hazards presented by PRSPs are summarized as follows.
The earthquake of 1988 affected 40 percent of Armenia's geographical area and one-third of country's popula-
tion, with the poor being the most affected. In addition to loss of life, it disrupted critical services like housing,
water supply, and sewage systems.
The Honduras PRSP presents a detailed assessment of vulnerability due to hurricane Mitch. The PRSP notes
that "Hurricane Mitch had a severe impact on living conditions in Honduras and this in turn affected poverty levels
nationwide. It is estimated that percentage of poor households rose from 63.1 percent in 1998 to 65.9 percent in
1999..." While the damage to total capital stock of the country is estimated at $3800 million, accountingfor 7 percent
of GDP. In case of housing sector alone, the damages were estimated at US$344 million from the total damage
of 35,000 houses and 10 to 50 percent damage to another 50,000 houses.
Mauritania is severely affected by drought and desertification in the Sahel region. The PRSP notes that "With
the exception of mining and fisheries, the country is under-endowed in directly exploitable natural resources. Vegeta-
tion andforest resources are sparse and water resources, both surface and underground, are either limited or difficult to
reach. Due to limited water resources, the arable land potential of Mauritania is less than 0.5 million ha (< 1 percent of
country's geographical area). In addition, 60 percent of the farms are less than 1 ha and lack secured tenure."
In Madagascar, repeated fires have severely affected the vegetal cover, given the relief of the country, soil ero-
sion has assumed major proportions. It is estimated that 200 to 400 tons/ha of top soil is washed away annu-
ally.
The Nicaragua PRSP presents linkages of vulnerability and marginality. The PRSP notes "volcanic eruptions,
hurricanes, earthquakes, droughts, fires and floods are common periodic occurrences, which produce ecological deterio-
ration and destruction of property... recent catastrophes (EL Nino, Hurricane Mitch, La Nina, Masaya earthquake)
have shown that the poor are much more likely to be adversely affected than the non-poor. Because of the inadequate
construction, their dwellings are particularly vulnerable; and when affected have insufficient savings to address the
emergencies."
Mongolia has a predominantly pastoral economy. The PRSP highlights the environmental vulnerability result-
ing from overgrazing, declining pastoral mobility, conflict over pasture, dzud (harsh winter weather resulting
in sheets of ice and snow covering pastures), drought, flooding, dust and sand storms, and steppe fire. Pastoral
risk management is proposed for managing covariant risks and the vulnerability to drought and dzud.
measures undertaken. Good practices of               review of water supply and sewage tariffs. It
investment, interventions and monitoring             also proposes to improve water supply and
systems are summarized below.                        sewage systems through a World Bank credit.
The Armenia PRSP proposes environmental              Bolivia proposes a Law on Risk Reduction and
protection through measures to conserve land,        Disaster Management to regulate state
forests, pastures, mineral resources;                activities and establish an institutional
improvements in pollution control, recycling of      structure to reduce the impact of natural
waste, district heating, maintenance of              disasters. The prefectures, municipal
dwelling stock, enforcement of environmental         governments and regional agencies propose to
regulation and improvements to                       formulate plans for reconstruction, in
environmental information systems, and               coordination with the Ministry of National
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Box 2.
Incentive Structure
Policies like subsides, regulation, pricing, taxation, exchange rate, trade, debt and other sector specific and
macroeconomic policies affect environment in several ways. Discussion in PRSPs of such policies are exempli-
fied below. However, the impact of economic policies and instruments on the environment is not explicitly
analyzed.
The Gambia's export earnings depend upon agriculture, tourism and re-export trade. All three sectors have
been severely affected by the world prices for groundnut, devaluation of CFA franc, adverse terms of trade,
and protectionist policies of the neighboring countries.
Georgia's energy sector reform reflects the impacts of privatization on the poverty-environment relationship.
With the collapse of Soviet Union, Georgia lost access to cheap energy resources. Privatization of the electricity
market raised the energy tariff by 2.4 times up to about 20 percent of the average family income. Inability of the
poor to pay for electricity resulted in increased demand for wood. A system of energy allowances to house-
holds adopted early in the reform was found to be inadequate and inefficient to meet the targeted budgetary
support to poor.
The Ghana PRSP highlights the benefits of the Structural Adjustment program to natural resource manage-
ment. Community water supply and sanitation benefited from the injection of capital and restructuring of the
Ghana Water and Sewage Corporation. The water tariff reform is proposed taking into account the ability to
pay of poor households and the financial viability of the utility. In the cocoa sector, policy changes are under-
way to encourage cocoa growing through remunerative pricing, reduced export tax, and incentives to export.
However, further studies are needed to assess the impact of relative cocoa prices on the environment.
Honduras' PRSP refers to the proposed development of economic instruments such as carbon markets, sale of
environmental services, incentives and disincentives for promoting sustainable management of natural re-
sources, and the environmental fund to support environmental investment projects.
In Moldova, a series of natural disasters, terms-of-trade shocks from liberalized energy prices, and regional
instability caused intermittent policy reversals in the implementation of the structural reform program and
resulted in adverse impacts on the standard of living. A social protection plan has been implemented to
rationalize the energy prices, eliminate non-targeted energy subsidies and limit the energy subsidies to the
most vulnerable groups. The plan is likely to benefit government finances and improve the targeting of social
protection program.
Mauritania initiated an investment code, tax incentives and transparency in the award of titles in the mining
sector to encourage foreign direct investment, product diversification and technological improvements and
partnerships.
Nicaragua proposes US$48.5 million through financing mechanisms such as debt-for-nature swaps to implement
a broad based program on the environment and vulnerability mitigation with the objectives of managing
renewable resources, financing sustainable development, rationalizing land use, and for restoration of water-
sheds.
Defense and the Ministry of Sustainable           with an investment of US$64.2 million to
Development and Planning. In the area of          provide solidarity shelters and to establish
housing, a Risk Prevention, Mitigation and        minimum habitability standards to housing
Emergency Management program is proposed          affected by national disasters.
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The Burkina Faso PRSP specifies a program of  against climatic hazards. The PRSP also
soil and water conservation designed to break  presents the interventions' aimed at inproving
the vicious circle of soil degradation, poverty,  soil and water resource management,
and food insecurity. It also refers to new    restoration of agricultural infrastructure,
legislation pertaining to environment, water  ensuring property rights and income sources to
resources and mining. Related to              vulnerable groups.
environmental management is the testing of
ways to provide for secure property rights to  Based on the experience of the hurricane
land under a national land management         Mitch, Honduras proposes to strengthen risk
program. A cost assessment of programs        management and disaster preparedness by
relating to irrigation, measures to combat    enacting a national law on emergencies, along
vulnerability, and projects for strengthening  with directions to private sector and municipal
institutional capacity is also presented.     corporations to provide a budget for risk
Cambodia PRSP emphasizes access to land as a  The Kenya PRSP proposes to develop a
major poverty alleviation measure and         household energy supply strategy through
proposes land reform involving land           promotion of energy efficient stoves, charcoal
registration, management of national land     conversion kilns, charcoal briquette stoves,
stock, and a legal framework for enforcing    biomass recovery technologies, and alternative
property rights within the municipal and      energy sources such as geothermal and wind
national master plans. Other measures         energy.
proposed are the revised forestry laws for
sustainable forestry management, concession   Despite the livestock sector's potential for
management, log export, community forestry    reducing poverty in Mauritania, it is seen as
initiatives to improve property rights of     "poorly integrated and inadequately structured".
indigenous people, and water supply and       The government proposes to integrate the
sanitation policies based on financial        agriculture and livestock sectors; adopt a
autonomy involving tariff adjustment, cost    farming code to open the pasture and range
recovery, private sector participation, and   lands, improve milk and meat production;
institutional capacity for expanding the water  introduce environmental friendly range
connections to end users.                     management; promote studies to support value
added in the leather and hide industries; and
The Ethiopia IPRSP highlights the progress    establish research and extension programs for
achieved in soil and water conservation,      improving the pastoral economy. The
terracing and tree planting activities carried  government intends to promote early warning
out under the food-for-work program, and      systems and response mechanisms to limit the
proposes to adopt suitable technologies in    impacts of climatic fluctuations on food
moisture deficit and drought prone areas to   security. The plan includes a food security
address the food security problems at         observatory and a national reserve stock
household level.                              comprising reserve of food products and
financial reserve to facilitate the response to
Georgia's PRSP proposes privatization of land  food crises at regional level.
and water resources, promotion of a land
market, creation of water user associations,  Moldova proposes to implement mass
and implementation of a rural credit policy   registration of 1.2 million private land titles in
establishing guarantee funds and insurance    territorial cadestre offices, liquidate state
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farms and create producer and service        costs, and repairs to the irrigation and
cooperatives. The PRSP proposes to improve   drainage infrastructure.
the energy sector through privatization and
deregulation, and enhance the competitiveness  The Vietnam PRSP proposes to strengthen
of the electricity market.                   forestry and public resource management
through reform of tax policy and
Mozambique proposes five year PROAGRI, a     administration for efficient management of
combination of initiatives for sustainable and  natural resource concessions, improved
equitable growth in agriculture, forestry and  revenues from the sustainable management of
animal husbandry to contribute to poverty    forestry, mining and petroleum resources.
reduction and food security, while protecting
the physical and social environment. In      Process
addition, the PRSP proposes principal        While process issues, participation and design
measures to be implemented in the sectors of  cannot be expected to specifically highlight the
energy, water supply, agriculture, forestry,  involvement of environmental constituencies,
irrigation, and fisheries.                   the more inclusive designs allow such voices to
be heard. It is interesting to note that most of
Nicaragua supports the environmrental policy  the countries that have been identified as
and ctio pln (PNic andprioitis in~"cproviding good practices relating to process
areas; water, forestry, soils, refuse (solid and  an d paalso srelhing to
liquid waste), environmental education, and     .      .     
institutional coordination. The actions      mainstreaming: Bolivia, Kenya, and Nicaragua
are such examples.
proposed include rehabilitation of the most
vulnerable water basins and plans for        To strengthen the institutional mechanisms for
watershed management, reforestation, soil    participation, Armenia proposes to conduct
conservation, crop diversification, and legal  focus group discussions, stakeholder analyses,
framework for natural resource management    social assessments, an information
an .mncia environmentssesactivities. Theh                              campaign
and municipal environment activities. The    on the poverty strategy, and to collect feedback
second rural municipal development project   from key stakeholders.
financed by the World Bank proposes to spend
US 12.5 million on municipal infrastructure  In Bolivia, National Dialogue 2000 was initiated
and environment...
as participatory mechanism for implementing
a social, economic and political agenda. A
Rwanda commits to a resettlement progrm to   separate jubilee 2000 dialogue was organized
ensure that new settlements have access to   involving the Council of Native Eastern
basic public services such as water and      Peole,    te developm   e instio
sanitation for                               People, pnvate development ostrtutions,
sthe  ion0,000 households living in camps under youth and women organizations, The processes
the 250,000 households living in camps under  provided opportunity for civil society
plastic sheets, and more than 60,000 live in  con  ion o  nt    ty reductioncand
damaged housing..                ~~~consultation on the poverty reduction and
damaged housing..                       development strategy. A series of workshops
under the theme of "Government Listens" was
Tajikistan proposes a draft legislation on water  instrumental in providing civil society opinion
resources and establishment of autonomous    and proposals on environment, capacity
water supply and distribution organizations,  building, gender, participation, opportunities,
water users associations, recovery of operating  vigilance, and monitoring.
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Box 3.
Environment Management Capacity
To reorganize development and management of national land resources and make property rights more se-
cure, Burkina Faso adopted the environment code, forestry code, mining code, and water code. Plans are being
adopted to implement the codes under the National Land Management Program.
The Cambodia PRSP notes that land registration, cadastral mapping, inventory of land resources, GIS/LIS,
land valuation, and land survey network require attention. Priority will be given to develop a comprehensive
land planning system, including the preparation of master plans at all levels. New data and the existing
information will be fed into a GIS to complete an inventory of all land. Cambodia also proposes to establish a
hydrological information system of surface and ground water sources that supports strategic planning and
environment-friendly development of water resources for irrigation, potable water, hydropower, fishery, and
flood control.
Cameroon proposes to establish an equalization fund to transfer income from forest development to municipal
districts, com-munity participation in the management of forests, transparency in the award of forest develop-
ment rights, and detailed classification of concessions.
The Gambia proposes a regulatory framework for the energy sector, alternative energy sources, and to promote
independent power providers. The governrment also proposes to strengthen environmental capacity by setting
up an environmental information system.
Honduras plans to reduce ecological vulnerability by improving risk management at both central and decen-
tralized levels and develop economic and financial instruments that promote sustainable management of
natural resources. The PRSP proposes legal framework in the form of Water Law, Forestry Law, and Law on
the National System for Risk Reduction and Emergency Response, National Land Use Strategy, Joint Imple-
mentation Program to promote cooperation among private enterprise, municipalities and communities, and
information system for early warning and disaster mitigation.
The Kenya IPRSP presents the regulatory and legal framework for implementing EIAs and environmental
audits through the National Environment Management Authority; the National Environment Council; the
Environment Tribunal; the Environmental Trust Fund; and an environment information system at a cost of
more than $3 million. The IPRSP also proposes to restructure forestry institutions and forest management. The
proposals include a full forest inventory; new licensing procedures; improvement in wood recovery rates; on-
farm based wood production; 30 percent women to be involved in forest-based activities; and collaborative
agreements with rural communities at the cost of about $10 million.
Mozambique emphasizes the regulatory framework for environmental institutions, measures to support the
National Council on Sustainable Development, adoption of environrnental standards on CFCs and marine
pollution, territorial planning and zoning, programs to combat bush fires and deforestation, a strategy for
waste management, and measures to strengthen the capacity of early warning systems of the National
Meteorological Institute.
Nicaragua PRSP states "the government is strengthening its capabilities in risk reduction... geographic information
system to map natural threats, develop early warning systems, produce geological and warning maps, and improve its
monitoring of volcanoes and areas vulnerable to land slides... Fishing, forestry and water legislations have been drawn
up...mining law is under consideration...and a law to protect nation's biodiversity is being drafted... A National Sys-
tems for Prevention, Mitigation and Disaster Relief (SNPMAD) is beginning operations with the World Bank financ-
ing. .. "
The Vietnam PRSP proposes an Emergency Relief Fund to help poor and vulnerable people to take preventive
measures against storms, floods, droughts, and pests by organizing training to manage disasters.
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The Chad PRSP presents multi-criteria,         The Kenya IPRSP presents a participation plan
revealed preference and focus group            for the preparation of the full PRSP. The plan
approaches to identify the needs of poor.     includes information on the objectives to be
However, in this case, the participatory design  met; activities to be undertaken at the national,
has not (yet) carried over to mainstream       provincial, and district levels; stakeholders to
environment in the PRSP itself.               be involved in the consultation process;
monitoring indicators proposed; and a time
The Gambia is one of the early countries to   frame for implementing governance
formulate a Strategy for Poverty Alleviation   indicators. The cost of the plan is about $1
(SPA) in 1992 through a participation and     million.
consultation process involving civil society,
private sector and community groups. The       Lao PDR presents a decentralization policy that
major outcomes of the consultation process    forms the basis of the participation process.
were the redefinition of poverty to include new  The decentralization policy permits the
dimensions such as vulnerability; food         provinces, prefectures, special zones and
security; access to assets; improved           villages to manage revenue and expenditure
sensitization to gender and decentralization   resources associated with their annual plans.
issues; strengthened relationship between      The villages have to observe living conditions
government and NGO community; and              of each family and categorize them into
enhanced ownership of the poverty strategy.    wealthy, self-sufficient and poor. Building
The IPRSP emphasizes improved information      provinces, prefectures and special zones into
and participatory assessments.                 strategic units means that these stakeholders
have to formulate their own plans and
Ghana has launched a decentralization policy   implement them. Lao PDR also proposes to
to promote participation and ownership of      develop focal sites to initiate capacity building
government policy by shifting the governance   at each level. The focal sites are to serve as
from command-and-control to a consultative     learning centers and models for given agro-
process and by devolving power, competence     climatic conditions.
and resources to the district level. The
administrative and fiscal decentralization, and  Mozainbique notes that during the period of
consultative process to implement the Ghana    1998-2000, 24 consultations relating to
Vision 2020 framework is the cornerstone of    agriculture, energy, fisheries, environment and
the Ghana's Poverty Reduction Strategy.       tourism were conducted, out of a total of 99
consultations involving NGOs in the
Guyana proposes to strengthen participation    preparation of the PRSP. Participatory rural
and accountability through consultation        diagnoses were conducted in 7 provinces and
involving target groups in civil society, such as  21 districts to encourage the participation of
the Amerindian community and trade             communities and civil society organizations,
associations and to solicit discussions through  and to strengthen the qualitative insight of the
workshops and electronic media. The PRSP       monitoring process. A Questionnaire of
places emphasis on capacity building,          Indicators of Well Being is also proposed as
coordination, information technology and       part of annual survey with focus on the indices
comprehensive household surveys biannually     of poverty.
to assess and update regional, gender and
poverty profiles.                              Nicaragua initiated series of consultations for
the formulation of the Environmental Policy
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and Action Plan (PANic). The first stage      with the Environmental and Natural Resource
consisted of 45 workshops and included 153    Commission, undertook detailed consultation
indigenous communities. The second stage      process involving indigenous communities,
involved 17 workshops with the active          and the Municipal Development Plans with
participation of civil society organizations. The  the active participation of private sector, civil
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, along    society and government institutions.
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Evolution of Mainstreaming from
U        the Interim PRSPs to Full PRSPs
Improved Treatment of Environment             Mozambique presents input and process
Issues in the Full PRSPs                      indicators as part of intermediate indicators
The revision of IPRSPs into full PRSPs  and result and impact indicators as part of
Theprovevisiontreatment of IPRSPsinentoP      final indicators. There exists further need for
improved the treatment of environment,reimntotags,ucms,mpt,
specifically the description of poverty-
environment linkages, and responses in terms  process and the underlying consultation
of measures supporting environment
management capacity. Significant              Improvements in the Presentation of
improvement in the coverage of environment    Budget Allocation Linked to Targets
issues is reflected in the scores of the full PRSPs
of Mozambique, Bolivia and Nicaragua in the   A few full PRSPs like Honduras present sector-
assessment (Table 3).                         wise budget allocations in relation to the
achievements of targets. Mozambique presents
Gradual Improvement in the Presentation of    overall resource envelope for 2001 to 2010 and
Targets, Indicators and in the Context of     detailed budget allocation for 2000 to 2005.
Long-term International Development Goals     However, there is further scope for
Most PRSPs present targets in a 3-year or 5-  improvement in linking targets and budgets.
year time frame. Targets relating to
environmental health in terms of child        Impacts of Natural Disasters on the PRSP
mortality, access to water and sanitation are  Implementation
presented more explicitly in comparison to
other targets relating to deforestation, loss of  The full PRSPs of Latin America make
biodiversity, pollution, status of fish and   reference to the risks posed by natural disasters
mining resources. In the context of           to the implementation of PRSP proposals.
International Development Goals, several full  Honduras PRSP states that, a disaster of even
PRSPs (e.g. Nicaragua, Bolivia, Mozambique,   half the magnitude of Hurricane Mitch would
Honduras) present long term goals and targets  make PRS goals impossible to reach in the
of variables relating to environment.         medium term and would delay the
Table 3. Transition of mainstreaming scores from IPRSP to Full PRSP
S.No            Country              Score of IPRSP         Score of full PRSP
I           Mozambique                  0.5                     2.2
2            Honduras                   1.6                     2.1
3            Nicaragua                  1.3                     2.0
4            Bolivia                    0.7                     2.0
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achievement of long term goals. Several         considerable attention. Kenya, Burkina Faso
countries in this group are significantly       and Mauritania in Africa and Lao PDR and
influenced by natural hazards, e.g. Bolivia,   Cambodia in Asia are strongly dependent upon
Honduras and Nicaragua. Hence, this type of     natural resources, and such considerations
vulnerability among the poor has received       feature in their PRSPs.
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7 Scope for Improvement
B      ased on the environment assessment of  about tradeoffs and relationships to MTEF
the PRSPs, the countries may be        needs to be clear.
grouped into two broad categories:
Needfor improved treatment of goals and targets: to
1. Group A: Countries in the range of 1.5 to  clearly define targets and indicators, combined
3.0 score on the assessment-7 countries   with disaggregated analysis. The initiative to use
2. Group B: Countries in the range of 0 and  regional maps is commendable and deserves to
1.5 score on the assessment-33 countries.  be elaborated.
Group A Countries                            Institutional issues: The implementation of past
This group includes 5 full PRSPs and 2 IPRSPs.  environmental plans needs to be analyzed in
It is encouraging to note that five out of eight full  shaping realistic expectations for the future. All
PRSPs fall into this category.               IDA countries have a NEAP or similar, and
experience in terms of its implementation needs
From an environment perspective, some        to be presented.
groundwork has been done in these countries,  Long-term perspective: While a few PRSPs
generally best in terms of describing        expLcitly introduce long-term perspective and
environmental problems. However, special     make reference to long-term IDGs for 2015, this is
emphasis in future revisions needs to be     make rm. to verm whether       the    is
prvddin the analysis of specific poverty-  not the norm. To verify whether the current and
provided  in  econom     ic pover andmedium-term strategies are consistent with
environment, sub-national quantitative and   achieving those goals, the full timeline needs to
qualitative surveys that should go beyond the  be considered.
general assertions often found, specific
information on the environmental interventions
and their impacts on poverty, setting of     In this category, there is limited focus on
environmental targets, establishing monitoring  environment in the PRSPs. The majority of
systems for environmental indicators, and the  IPRSPs still belong to this group. In addition to
evolution of participatory processes that will  directions suggested above for the Group A
allow the representation of environmental issues  countries, issues that require emphasis in the
articulated by the poor. Areas that need focus in  PRSPs are summarized as follows:
the PRSP include:
1. Exposition of the status of environment
Liniking targets and budget allocation for the  and it impacts on poverty should cover
sector: More attention needs to be given to the  land, water, air quality, natural resource
resource allocations and outcomes. Discussions  dependence, processes of degradation, and
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opportunities provided by environmental       4. Definition of indicators, targets and
assets.                                          monitoring and evaluation systems, as they
2. Improvement in the analysis of poverty-           relate to environment.
environment relationships at the              5. Efficacy of participatory framework in
household, regional and macroeconomic            identifying environmental priorities and
levels.                                          their implementation.
3. An analysis of environmental management
capacity in terms of policy, legislation,
programs, and projects.
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8 Next Steps
T      his report is the fourth in a series,  *  The review will be extended to include
and earlier editions have been widely     Joint Staff Assessments by the staffs of the
circulated internal to the Bank and to a  World Bank and IMF.
limited set of partners pursuing similar
objectives. The following steps are anticipated  *  The review will be extended to include
during the next year:                           country Progress Reports on the
implementation of PRSPs. Few of them are
*  The report will be widely disseminated       available at this stage, but the number is
external to the World Bank, e.g. through     expected to grow.
webpage postings, and through the
Poverty-Environment Partnership in       *   As a complement to this paper, a separate
which the Bank participates among some       report on how PRSPs include a long-run
20 donors.6                                 sustainability perspective, and in
particular the Millennium Development
*  Future editions will contain an increasing   Goals, is under consideration.
sample of PRSPs, and will be able to
consider more full PRSPs.
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Appendix A
Poverty Profiles of PRSP Countries
Per      Income of    ODA
Pop. in    Percentage of population below  Extreme  capita    lowest      as %     ODA
S                      millions         the poverty line        poverty  PPP GNP      quintile    of      per
No.       Country       (1998)    Rural    Urban     National    (%)         ($)       (%)        GNP     capita    HDI
I    Albania             3       30.3      14.7      22.6                 2,864                   13      53      0.656
2    Armenia             4                           55.0       23.0       2074                   8        58     0 674
3    Benin               6                           33.0                   857                   13      S l     0.378
4     Bolivia            8        79.1     51.0      70.0        38.0     2,205        4.0        11       93     0.593
5     BurkinaFaso        I 1      51.0     16.5      45.3                   866        5.5        18      46      0.219
6     Cambodia          I1                                                 1246        2.9        17       56     0.422
7    Cameroon           14                           50.6       23.0       1395                   6        34     0.481
8    C. African Rep.
9     Chad               7        67.0     63.0      64.0                   843                   19       37     0.324
10    Ethiopia           61       47.0     33.0       45.5                  566        7.1        16       16     0.252
11    Gambia             1                           49.0                  1428        4.4        19       42     0.291
12    Georgia            5        9.9      12.1       11.1                 3429                   6        37     0.633
13    Ghana              18       34.3     26.7       31.4       29.0      1,735       8.4         9       37     0.277
14    Guinea            7.0       52.0     24.0       40.3                 1,722       6.4        12       53     0.465
1 5   Guinea Bissau      1.2      70.0                88.0                  573        2.1        52      III     0.295
16    Guyana                                          35.0       21.0                  6.3        22      106     0.670
17    Honduras           6        46.0     56.0       50.0                 2,338       3.4        10       73     0.573
18    Kenya              16       46.4     29.3       42.0                  964        5.0        I1       26     0.463
19    Kyrgyz Rep.                                     55.3       23.3
20    Lao PDR             5                                                1683         9.6       16       64     0.465
21    Lesotho             2       53.9     27.8       49.2                 2,194        2.8        9       56     0.469
22    Macedonia           2                           20.0       5.3       4224                                   0.749
23    Madagascar         IS       76.7     47.1       70.0       32.8       741         5.1       10       20      0.348
24    Malawi             11                                                 551                   26       44     0.334
25    Mali               11       74.0                69.0       32.6       673        4.6        18       51     0.236
26    Mauritania          3       76.4     38.0       50.0                 1,500       6.2        26       98     0.361
27    Moldova            4                            53.4       19.5      1995         6.9        1       14     0.610
28    Mongolia            3       33.1     38.5       36.3       13.9      1463         7.3       24       84      0.669
29    Mozambique         17       71.2     62.0       69.4                   740        6.5       86       61      0.281
30    Nicaragua           5       76.1     31.9       50.3       17.3      1,896        4.2       36       160    0.547
31    Rwanda              8                           65.0                              9.7       42       118
32    SaoTome           0.14                          41.0       33.0        650                                   0.563
33    Sierra Leone        5        76       53         68        26.3       445         1.1        11      80
34    Senegal            9        79.5     30.0       57.9                 1,297        6.4       1i       80     0.342
35    Tajikistan          6       81.5      18.5      83.0       16.3      1,041                   2       11      0.575
36    Tanzania           32       57.0     41.0       51.1                   483        6.8       24       29      0.358
37    Uganda             21                           44.0                 1,072        6.6       19       41      0.340
38    Vietnam            77                           37.0                 1689         7.8        4       11     0.560
39    Yemen              17                                                 658         6.1        6       11     0.356
40    Zambia             10       88.0     46.0       68.0       57.9       678         4.2       35       251     0.378
Note: ODA-Official Development Assistance.
Source: World Development Indicators 2000, UN Development Indicators 2000 and country PRSPs.
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Appendix B
Natural Resource Profiles of
PRSP Countries
Percentage
Rate of       of land                                     Per capita
Percentage of  deforestation    under       Fresh water                      energy          Primary
area under      (percent)    protected     withdrawals      Coastal     consumption (kg     mineral
S No.          Country        closed forests  (1990-95)       area       (m3lcapita/yr)  length (kmn)   oil equivalent)    exports
I      Albania                  37.3                         2.8            94             649             335
2      Armenia                  21.1                         7.6            804             0              508           Copper
3      Benin                     15.5          -1.2           7.0           28              153            388
4      Bolivia                  53.9           -1.2          14.4           201             0              547
S      Burkina Faso              0.0           -0.7          10.4            39             0
6      Cambodia                 65.1                         16.2           66             1127
7      Cameroon                 42.4                         4.5            38             1799            413            Gold
8      C. African Rep.
9      Chad                      0.0           -0.8           9.1            34             0
10     Ethiopia                  17.3          -.0.5          5.5            S I            0              294
11     Gambia                   39.1                          2.2            29            503
12     Georgia                                                                              376            448
13     Ghana                     8.6           -1.3           4.8            35             758            370             Gold
14     Guinea                                  -1.1                                        1614                          Bauxite
1 5    Guinea-Bissau                           -0.4                                        3176
1 6    Guyana                   97.4                         0.3            1819           1154
17     Honduras                 51.6           -2.3           9.9           294            1878            532
18     Kenya                     16.8          -0.3           6.2            87            1586            497
19     Kyrgyz Rep.
20      Lao PDR                  30.0                                       259              0
21      Lesotho                   2.4                         0.2            30              0
22      Macedonia                                             7.1                            0             1430           Copper
23      Madagascar                              -0.8                                       9935                          Ti, Ni,Co
24      Mali                      0.0                         3.7            162             0
25      Malawi                   0.0                          11.3           98              0
26      Mauritania                                                                         1268                          Iron Ore
27      Moldova                  3.7                          1.2           667              0             1014
28      Mongolia                 22.5                         1.3           271                                        Copper
29      Mozambique               13.6           -0.7          6.1             40           6942            416
30      Nicaragua                               -2.5                                        1915           550
31      Rwanda                   16.1                        14.7            135             0
32      Sao Tome
33      Seirra Leone                                          1.1            98                                          Diamonds
34      Senegal                  16.0           -0.7          11.3          202             1327           316
35     Tajikistan                                                                            0             571
36     Tanzania                   9.1                        15.6            40            3461            454
37      Uganda                    5.0           -0.9          9.6             20             0
38     Vietnam                   17.2                         3.1           416            11409           51S
39     Yemen                     0.0                          0.0           253            3149            206
40      Zambia                    7.1                         8.6           216              0             694            Copper
Note: Ti, Ni, and Co refer to Titanium, Nickel, and Cobalt.
Source: World Resources 2000-01 and country PRSPs.
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Appendix C
Food Security Profiles of Countries
Daily                          lrri land
Food aid     per     Daily per                 as        Annual
Agr. as       as       capita     capita      Per     percentage   fertilizer
percentage  percentage  calorie    animal      capita     of crop      use
S No         Country          of GDP    of imports  supply     protein   crop land    land        (kg/ha)
I     Albania                63           9        2,349      682        0.21        49
2     Armenia                 41                    1864      404         0.17        52          12
3     Benin                   38          13       2,325       104        0.36         i
4     Bolivia                 16          33       2,190       406        0.33        4           4
5     Burkina Faso            35          18       2,471       109        0.34         1          7
6     Cambodia                51          47        1805       163        0.39        4           3
7     Cameroon                41          1        2167        125        0.55        0           4
8     C. African Rep.
9     Chad                    39          31       1,840       113        0.53        0           2
10    Ethiopia                55          50        1,661      101        0.20        2           14
II    Gambia                  30          4        2295        126        0.16         1          5
12    Georgia                 32                   2,614       316                    44
13    Ghana                   36          15       2,360       84         0.27        0           3
14    Guinea                  23          2        2,232       62                     6
Is    Guinea-Bissau           54          5        2,430       165                    5
16    Guyana                  36          40        2410       343        0.60        26          30
17    Honduras                20          10       2,352       332        0.37        4           28
18    Kenya                   29          10       1,914       241        0.17         1          31
19    Kyrgyz Rep.
20     Lao PDR                52          44        2106       136        0.19         19          2
21     Lesotho                 I1          6        2,164      136        0.16         1           19
22     Macedonia               12                   2392       488        0.31         8          88
23     Madagascar             32           19       2,022      239                    35
24     Mali                   49          21        2,040       192       0.29         2           8
25     Malawi                 36          26        1911        56        0.18         2           16
26     Mauritania             25           10       2,622      443                     10
27     Moldova                31                    2892       388        0.49         14         53
28     Mongolia                           10        1917       845                     6           2
29     Mozambique             31          30        1,685       44        0.19         3           2
30     Nicaragua              34           15       2,186      165                     3
31     Rwanda                 37          56        2,238       60        0.22         0           I
32     Sao Tome
33     Sierra Leone                        14       2035        66                     5           6
34     Senegal                 18          1        2,368       193       0.29         3           8
35     Taiikistan                          7        2,001
36     Tanzania               47           18       2,054       129       0.13         4           10
37     Uganda                 44          51        2,160       138       0.36         0
38     Vietnam                26           9        2302       226        0.09        32          192
39     Yemen                   18          2        2130       144        0.11        31           7
40     Zambia                 16           15       1,954       113       0.67         1           11
Source: World Resources 2000 01 and country PRSPs.
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Appendix D -
Environmental Health and Habitat
Profiles of Countries
Percent of population   Per capita                     Percentage of
Percent of population      with access to       electricity    Crowding      Urban pop. with
with access to water        sanitation        consumption    (floor area /  access to garbage
S No.         Country          Rural       Urban        Rural      Urban         (kwh)       person m2)5      collection$
I     Albania                 70          97           10          97                          8                90
2     Armenia                                                                                  13               81
3     Benin                    53         41           11          60           S0              5               25
4      Bolivia                 43          88          39          77           409                             92
5      Burkina Faso            26          S0           5          38           21             12               40
6     Cambodia                 33          65           8          81
7     Cameroon                 43          57          36          64                          10               60
8     C. African Rep.
9     Chad                     17          48           7          74           14
10     Ethiopia                20          90                                   22              16              52
11     Gambia                              67          50          sI                           12              35
12     Georgia
13     Ghana                   52          88                      75           342             6               60
14     Guinea                  56          50           10         84           74              7               50
I5     Guinea-Bissau           57          38           17         32           40
16     Guyana                                                                                   I1              26
17     Honduras                66          91          71          91           486
18     Kenya                   49          67                      35                           11              47
19     Kyrgyz Rep.
20     Lao PDR                 51          60           16         98
21     Lesotho                  14         64                        5                                           7
22     Macedonia
23     Madagascar               10         83           25          64           41             6
24     Mali                    20          56           22          61           27             3                95
25     Malawi                  32          80           4           22                          7
26     Mauritania              41          86           19          44           67             10               15
27     Moldova                  18         98           8           90                          15               83
28     Mongolia                68          100          54         100                          9
29     Mozambique              40           17                      68           67             12               37
30     Nicaragua               29          84           34          77          412
31     Rwanda                  44          79
32     Sao Tome                                                                 113
33     Sierra Leone            21          58           8           17
34     Senegal                 28          82           12          68           93             8                75
35     Tajikistan              32          86           14         83
36     Tanzania                45          65                        6           58             5                25
37     Uganda                  32          47          so          60            34             4                20
38     Vietnam                 43                       20                                      6               45
39     Yemen                   55          88           17         47                           4               51
40     Zambia                  27          64           37         66           781             7
Note: $ = Crowding and accessito garbage collection are the estimates available for the urban areas of the capital city of the country.
Source: World Development Indicators 2000, World Resources 2000-01 and United Nations Social Indicators.
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Appendix E-
hifectious Disease Profiles of
Countries (per 100,000 population)
Tuber-
S No.   Country                  Malaria       Cholera       culosis    Polio      Measles           AIDS
I     Albania                                                  19     0.00
2     Armenia                                                  28      0.08            5
3     Benin                     10,398          3.7           44       0.13          194            9.0
4      Bolivia                    480          30.9           130      0.00            1
5     Burkina Faso               4,637          13.8           14      0.11           54            9.2
6     Cambodia                    870          41.8           142      1.30           20            2.9
7     Cameroon                   1,067          4.7            57      0.06           19           10.9
8     C. African Rep.
9     Chad                                                     50      3.03           10           18.9
10     Ethiopia                                                26      0.35             1            1.5
II     Gambia                                    1.3           92      0.00           12            6.7
12     Georgia                                                 30      0.00            0
13     Ghana                                                   24      0.20          232            6.5
14     Guinea                     8567          88.5           52      0.37           15            13.4
15     Guinea-Bissau                            11.3          163      0.00           49            3.4
16     Guyana                    4819                          35      0.00            0
17     Honduras                    949          83.3           88                                   13.7
18     Kenya                    23,068           5.7          103      0.04           12           22.4
19     Kyrgyz Rep.
20     Lao PDR                    1111          28.0           25      0.16           65             0.3
21     Lesotho                                                236      0.00            15
22     Macedonia                   112                         36      0.00            10
23     Madagascar                                              80      0.00            79            0.1
24     Mali                                     19.0           29      0.24           31             5.3
25     Malawi                   49,410                        172      0.00           44            36 6
26     Mauritania                                             169      0.22             9            0.6
27     Moldova                                   5.4           66                      26
28     Mongolia                    299          11.0           60                      23
29     Mozambique                                             112      0.00            24           12.6
30     Nicaragua                  1035         214.1           64        0.0            0            0.5
31     Rwanda                                                  38      0.02           541
32     SaoeTome                                                                                      3.0
33     Sierra Leone                            245.2           43                       8
34     Senegal                                  38.8           91      0.01            73            1.6
35     Tajikistan
36     Tanzania                 27,343           5.7          134      0.07            11
37     Uganda                                    2.7          120       0.51          217           13.7
38     Vietnam                    1189           8.2           47      0.19             8            0.5
39     Yemen                       260                         99      0.30             1            0.4
40     Zambia                   44,498                         158     0.07           106           46.9
Note: Though AiDS is not an infectious disease, it has been included-because of its impact on the human resource-poverty-
environment links.
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Appendix F
Format for Scoring in the
PRSP Assessment
1. Issues in Focus
Score I
1. Land use: degradation, deforestation, erosion, overgrazing, etc.
2. Water: drinking water, irrigation, fisheries and water pollution
3. Air: - quality and pollution
4.  Biodiversity & climate change: threats to ecosystem stability, nature-based opportunities
2. Causal Link Assessment
Score 2
1. Poverty profile and NR degradation: resource dependence and inequality
2. Environmental health: communicable and vector borne infections, e.g. diarrhea, malaria
3. Vulnerability: - impacts of climate variability (hurricanes, floods, drought)
4. Property rights: tenure and natural resource management
5. Incentives: price stability, taxation, subsidies, exchange rate, policies, trade, income and employment
from natural resources and issues relating to external debt
6. Empowerment: decentralization and partnerships
7. Gender: concerns on gender and environment links
3. Response Systems
Score 3
1. Environmental management capacity: regulation, legislation, institutional reform, cross-sectoral
coordination, information and early warning system, environmental standards and market mechanism
through economic instruments like cost recovery, product pricing, private sector participation
2. Investment in natural capital: Projects and programs relating to land and water resources management
and conservation, air quality and pollution abatement
3. Investment in man made capital: Projects and programs relating to water supply, sanitation, urban
infrastructure and housing for poor
4. Monitoring natural resource outcomes: Forests, protected area, agricultural., soil & water resources,
renewable energy use
5. Monitoring human resource outcomes: Housing, sanitation, preventive care (life expectancy, infant
mortality and nutrition), and population growth and welfare
4. Process
Score 4
1. Quality and level of participatory process in identifying the poverty-environment links and in the
integration of environment into PRSP proposals and implementation
Score:  0 = Issues not mentioned          2 = Issues elaborated
I= Mentioned but not elaborated  3 = Good practice
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Notes
1. In this paper we will, for the sake of       mainstreaming in PRSPs, see DFID (2002).
simplicity, use the term "PRSP" to also   5. This paper reviews good practice in
include Interim PRSPs when the distinction   existing PRSPs only. For a much broader
is not essential.                            perspective on good practice of envi-
2. See World Bank and IMF (2002) for a broad    ronmental mainstreaming in PRSs, see the
review of PRSPs. Environment is given        Environment chapter in the Poverty
marginal attention in that overall review.   Reduction Sourcebook (Bojo and others
3. For a detailed discussion about environ-     2000).
mental indicators, see Shyamsundar        6. Feedback is encouraged to <<jbojo@world
(2001).                                      bank.org>> and <<rreddyl@worldbank.
4. For a qualitative and complementary          org>>.
assessment of environmental
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