The World Bank and the environment, fiscal 1992, exercise 92. Annual report. Banque mondiale et l'environnement, ejercicio 92

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6163274

The report describes the Bank's activities in assisting countries with environmental management, such as programs to reduce poverty without exhausting natural resources. Included are assessments of the environmental impacts of projects supported by World Bank loans, and accounts of efforts to meet global environmental challenges with coordinated international action through the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Among the events in the period covered by the report are the affirmation of the World Bank's participation with United Nations organizations in the GEF and the Bank's administration of pilot programs aimed at finding solutions to such global environmental problems as pollution of international waters, global warming, depletion of the Earth's ozone layer, and dwindling biological diversity; the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development; and the publication of the World Development Report 1992, with its theme of development and the environment.

• Research Organization: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6163274
• Report Number(s): PB-93-217891/XAB; ISBN: 0-8213-2242-7
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Text in French; summary in English. See also PB--93-122695 and Spanish version, PB--93-217909
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
AGRICULTURE
BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY
CHARGES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FINANCING
FORESTS
GLOBAL ANALYSIS
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
MANAGEMENT
OZONE LAYER
PLANNING
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
UNITED NATIONS
WATER POLLUTION
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LAYERS
MATHEMATICS
POLLUTION
290301* - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment
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& Safety- Regional & Global Environmental Aspects- (1992-)