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dc.titleManaging the Environmental and Social Impacts of Major Road Investments in Frontier Regions: Lessons from the Inter-American Development Bank's Experience
dc.contributor.authorRedwood, John
dc.contributor.orgunitEnvironmental and Social Safeguards Unit
dc.coveragePanama
dc.coverageBolivia
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.coveragePeru
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.date.available2012-11-21T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2012-11-19T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThe Environment and Safeguards Group (ESG) of the IDB has examined how potential environmental and social risks of major road improvement investments in natural resource rich and socio-culturally diverse "frontier" regions have been identified and addressed in various parts of South and Central America. This was done through a set of specific case studies for completed and ongoing Bank-supported projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Panama and Peru. In doing so, experience and lessons learned with respect to various parts of the project cycle -- design/preparation, up-front environmental assessment, implementation/supervision, and monitoring and evaluation -- are considered, as are the analysis and management of direct, indirect and cumulative environmental and social impacts. The present paper summarizes the main findings and recommendations from this series of county case studies.
dc.format.extent139
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0009052
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Managing-the-Environmental-and-Social-Impacts-of-Major-Road-Investments-in-Frontier-Regions-Lessons-from-the-Inter-American-Development-Bank-Experience.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectUrban Development
dc.subjectEnvironmental Policy
dc.subjectDisaster
dc.subjectPollution
dc.subjectHeritage Conservation
dc.subjectWater Supply and Sanitation
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subjectNatural Resources Management
dc.subject.jelcodeQ51 - Valuation of Environmental Effects
dc.subject.jelcodeQ56 - Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population Growth
dc.subject.jelcodeR42 - Government and Private Investment Analysis • Road Maintenance • Transportation Planning
dc.subject.keywordsroad improvement projects, ecologically sensitive areas, economic, social and environmental impacts, risk mitigation
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberTechnical Notes
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