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The world bank and the environment. Progress report. Banque mondiale et l'environnement

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6163324
The second annual report describes specific environmental strategies and environmental lending in the Bank's four operational regions: Africa; Asia; Europe, Middle East, and North Africa; and Latin America and the Caribbean. It details the Bank's progress in eight environmental categories: energy and the environment, pollution, urban environment, water resources management, forest and land management, social and cultural, environmental economics, and the global environment. One chapter is devoted exclusively to tropical forests, studying ways in which the Bank is dealing with deforestation as a part of the constant review of its forest policies. Suggestions are made for decreasing the degradation of tropical forests while meeting demands for forest products. This chapter reflects a shift in Bank emphasis from commercial ventures to conservation measures. The publication reports on other initiatives by the Bank during fiscal 1991, including the launching of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)--a pilot program to oversee reduction of global warming, preservation of biological diversity, protection of international waters, and prevention of ozone depletion.
Research Organization:
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
6163324
Report Number(s):
PB-93-217875/XAB; ISBN: 0-8213-1904-3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English