Evaluating Environmental Impacts of Rural Development Projects. Working Paper.

Laarman, Jan G.
North Carolina State University. Department of Forestry.

1993

CIENA
2502

RECONCEPTUALIZATION OF ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT. The many dimensions of human well-being. Flaws in standard economic accounts. Environmental failures, externalities and resource commons. IMPACTS ASSESMENTS: A CRITIQUE. Inadequate institutional commitment. Short time horizons. Narrow evaluation criteria and inadequate use of feedback. Problems of monetary valuation. Implementation issues. NEW DIRECTIONS. From project impacts to comprehensive environmental planning. No projects without policies. Technology for data management. Modifications of cost-benefit analisys. Multiple criteria evaluations. Project planning and flexibility. Personnel motivation and accountability. Education and training. Institutional reform, institutional will.

GENERAL; IMPACTO AMBIENTAL; ZONAS RURALES; PROYECTOS DE DESARROLLO; MEDIO AMBIENTE; ANALISIS COSTO-BENEFICIO; EVALUACION DE PROYECTOS;