"This edited book derives from the background papers originally prepared as the basis for a World Bank study published in 2005, titled Integrating Environmental Considerations in Policy Formulation: Lessons from Policy-Based SEA Experience (Report No. 32783)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SEA and policy formulation / Kulsum Ahmed and Ernesto Sánchez-Triana -- Policy-level strategic environmental assessments: process integration and incentives of policy proponents / Leonard Ortolano -- The continuous process of policy formation / Martha S. Feldman and Anne M. Khademian -- Toward environmental priority setting in development / Richard D. Morgenstern -- Giving the most vulnerable a voice / Caroline Kende-Robb and Warren A. Van Wicklin III -- Building and reinforcing social accountability for improved environmental governance / Harry Blair -- Learning in environmental policy making and implementation / Alnoor Ebrahim -- Using strategic environmental assessments to design and implement public policy / Kulsum Ahmed and Ernesto Sánchez-Triana.