Managing the Environmental and Social Impacts of a Major IDB Financed Road Improvement Project in Panama: The Case of Darién
The Environment and Safeguards Group (ESG) of the IDB has examined how potential environmental and social risks of major Bank-supported 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. The present paper presents the findings and recommendations for selected ongoing and/or completed IDB-financed road and road related projects in Panama. To the extent possible, the experience and lessons learned from all major 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.
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2012-11
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Authors: | Redwood, John |
Institutions: | Inter-American Development Bank |
Subject: | Urban Development | Environmental Policy | Pollution | Heritage Conservation | Roads & Highways | Land management & registration | Social Development | Biodiversity | Natural Resources Management | Lessons learned | lecciones aprendidas | Pan-American Highway | multi-sectoral regional projects | migrational in-flows | settlement | land use | ecological sensitivity | ethnic diversity |
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