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21-Sep-2007
Debt-for-environment swaps can help simultaneously reduce fiscal stress, stimulate economic growth and increase domestic resources for environment. This report summarises the major lessons learnt from the experience with designing, negotiating and implementing debt-for-environment swaps in CEE and EECCA countries. The analysis presents a possible model that indebted low-income countries and their creditors could use to channel finance to address environmental problems of international significance.
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New reports available for the OECD project on valuation of environment-related health impacts for children (VERHI)
20-Sep-2007
Leading academics in the valuation field have prepared methodological reports to help guide the VERHI research consortium in further development of the project. To download pdf formats of these documents, please visit www.oecd.org/env/social/envhealth/verhi
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14-Sep-2007
The political and economic landscape in the countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) is evolving. Are environmental policies keeping pace? What are the main barriers to further progress? What are the emerging policy issues and priority areas for action? A new OECD/EAP Task Force report assesses the progress that has been made by countries so far in achieving the objectives of the EECCA Environment Strategy and focuses on actual policy measure taken by EECCA government.
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05-Sep-2007
The Environment Strategy for countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) was adopted at the 2003 “Environment for Europe” Ministerial Conference. As a broad strategic framework, it aimed at supporting EECCA countries’ efforts to facilitate partnerships. In Kiev, ministers requested the EAP Task Force to monitor progress on partnerships.
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05-Sep-2007
Poor environmental compliance is symptomatic of policy failure and implies high costs for society, undermines the rule of law, and distorts the level playing field for businesses.
The current report, developed within the framework of the EAP Task Force’s Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network (REPIN), reviews progress in transposing the Guiding Principles into practice and provides recommendations on future action.
The report argues that EECCA countries need to pursue a better regulation process aimed at ambitious, but also fair, feasible, and clear environmental requirements.
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24-Jul-2007
The report builds on the analysis of environmental financing in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) prepared within the framework of the “Environment for Europe” ministerial conferences. It provides a comprehensive picture of financial flows for the improvement of the environmental conditions in the EECCA region based upon the assessment of domestic environmental expenditure as well as donors’ assistance and lending from International Financial Institutions (IFIs).
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12-Jun-2007
This report is one of the products of the OECD programme on environmental indicators. These indicators give a broad overview of environmental issues in OECD counties and are updated every year.
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31-May-2007
This expert meeting took place on the 27th of April 2007 in the OECD premises and was organised jointly by the OECD, the EUWI Finance Working Group and the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Programme. More about this work.
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22-May-2007
This publication presents the proceedings of an international workshop, held in South Africa, that addressed how international co-operation in science and technology can further the three inter-related aspects (economic, social and environmental) of the development process. The workshop focused on good practices in international S&T partnerships, specifically in the areas of water and energy.
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