This book presents the findings and recommendations of the  evaluation of the World Bank's Strategic Environmental Assessment  (SEA) Pilot Program. It shows that SEA can contribute to improving  development policy and sector reform by calling attention to  environmental and social priorities, strengthening constituencies,  enhancing policy capacities, and improving social accountability. It  also provides guidance for undertaking SEA in policy and sector  reform.    Although it acknowledges the need for tailoring SEA to the context  of specific sectors and countries, the book discusses in  detail—and illustrates with examples—the analytical work  and participatory processes required for effective SEA at the policy  level. It suggests that the time is ripe for scaling up SEA in  development policy and sector reform and recommends the establishment  of a global alliance on environmental and climate change mainstreaming  to support developing countries’ efforts for achieving  sustainable development. The book concludes by arguing that SEA applied  to sector reform and development policy is a critical step for these  efforts to be successful.    This title responds to demand for SEA approaches at the policy level  from policymakers, development and environmental specialists of  bilateral and multilateral institutions, and environmental assessment  specialists. This publication is the result of joint work by the  Environment Department of the World Bank, the Environmental Economics  Unit at the Department of Economics of the University of Gothenburg  (EEU), the Swedish EIA Centre at the Swedish University of Agricultural  Sciences, and the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment  (NCEA.) In line with the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, the  book also contributes to harmonization of SEA approaches by the donor  community that is led by the SEA Task Team of the OECD Development  Assistance Committee.

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