Environmental Reviews of Poverty Reduction Strategies Poverty-Environment Partnership Brussels May 22, 2003 Jan Bojö & Rama Chandra Reddy Environment Department, World Bank

2 Outline Update on general review mainstreaming of environment in PRSPs Update on general review mainstreaming of environment in PRSPs New review of MDG7 and PRSPs New review of MDG7 and PRSPs

1. Update of Environmental Review of PRSPs

4 What are We Looking For in PRSPs? Four main themes reviewed (#scores) Problems & opportunities described (4) Problems & opportunities described (4) Poverty-environment links analyzed (7) Poverty-environment links analyzed (7) Environmentally relevant actions (5) Environmentally relevant actions (5) Process (1) Process (1)

5 Rating of Environmental Mainstreaming 19 full and 30 Interim PRSPs rated 19 full and 30 Interim PRSPs rated 17 points considered 17 points considered Scale 0 – 3 Scale 0 – 3 (0 = no mention; 3 = good practice) Total score = unweighted average Total score = unweighted average

6 Main Findings Considerable variation: Considerable variation: Average score low: 1.2 Average score low: 1.2 Full PRSPs (19) rank high Full PRSPs (19) rank high

7 Top Scoring PRSPs Mozambique Mozambique Yemen (new) Yemen (new) Honduras Honduras Nicaragua Nicaragua Bolivia Bolivia All full PRSPs All full PRSPs

8 New Dissemination Country-by-country reviews sent first to Country Director & team members for comment Country-by-country reviews sent first to Country Director & team members for comment Uneven response Uneven response Review released to subscribers: donors & NGOs Review released to subscribers: donors & NGOs Summary review expected published & posted July 2003 Summary review expected published & posted July 2003

2. MDG7 & Poverty Reduction Strategies

10 MDG7: Targets Integrate sustainable development in policies & reverse loss of environmental resources Integrate sustainable development in policies & reverse loss of environmental resources Halve by 2015 proportion of people without sustainable access to safe water Halve by 2015 proportion of people without sustainable access to safe water Achieve by 2020 significant improvement for 100 million slum dwellers Achieve by 2020 significant improvement for 100 million slum dwellers

11 MDG7: Indicators Proportion land covered by forests Proportion land covered by forests Protected land area Protected land area Energy use/unit GDP Energy use/unit GDP Per capita CO2 emissions Per capita CO2 emissions Proportion using solid fuels Proportion using solid fuels Proportion with sustainable access to improved water & adequate sanitation Proportion with sustainable access to improved water & adequate sanitation Proportion with secure tenure Proportion with secure tenure

12 Poverty-relevance of indicators Relevance varies across countries! Relevance varies across countries! Clear: solid fuels, water & sanitation, tenure Clear: solid fuels, water & sanitation, tenure Ambiguous: forest & protected land area Ambiguous: forest & protected land area Weak: CO2 emissions and energy intensity Weak: CO2 emissions and energy intensity

13 Review of PRSPs Sample of 49 PRSPs reviewed Strategies in line with MDG7? Strategies in line with MDG7? Data available? Data available? Are countries on the right track? Are countries on the right track?

14 Findings Only 8 of 49 present baseline/targets in line with MDG7 Only 8 of 49 present baseline/targets in line with MDG7 Focus on water & sanitation Focus on water & sanitation Data deficient, but could be used better Data deficient, but could be used better Most countries lagging behind target Most countries lagging behind target

15 Summary New results for larger and more mature sample of PRSPs New results for larger and more mature sample of PRSPs Mainstreaming quite uneven, average low, but trend encouraging Mainstreaming quite uneven, average low, but trend encouraging MDGs useful framework for addressing poverty & environment simultaneously MDGs useful framework for addressing poverty & environment simultaneously Results of MDG7 review: poor & partial integration; data can be used better, performance lagging Results of MDG7 review: poor & partial integration; data can be used better, performance lagging