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Strategic Approaches to
Infrastructure and
Development
Pilot SEA Program at the World Bank
PEP Meeting, Washington, DC
November 19, 2007
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World Bank’s Pilot SEA
program
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Focus: policy and sector reform
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7 SEAs (4 related to Infrastructure)
Hubei (China), Pakistan, Sierra Leone
and West Africa (ECOWAS countries)
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Integrated to WB’s operations
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Institution-centered SEA (OECD-DAC Guidance)
– Identifies sector strategic priorities
– Assesses capacity to address priorities
– Formulates policy and institutional adjustments for addressing
weaknesses or seizing opportunities
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Hubei, China
YiBA Project
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Hubei, China
SEA of Road Network Plan 2020
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Linked with a highway project but goes beyond
to assess the planning process
Focuses on capacities in the provincial
administration to address environmental and
social risks of road development
Expected outcome
– Propose mechanisms for inter-institutional
coordination in transport development planning
– Refine road network plan
– Inform the institutional strengthening component of
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the Yiba project
SEPSA for National Trade Corridor
Improvement Program (NTCIP)
China
Disputed Territory
Afghanistan
India
Iran
NTCIP
Reduce costs of doing
business by improving
trade logistics
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US$6 billion investment
over next 5-6 years
SEPSA for NTCIP
Strategic Approach
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Poverty and social analysis embedded in
institution-centered SEA
Looks at trade/development issues in the
context of an infrastructure program
NTC effects:
Direct impacts from transport
infrastructure works  EIA
 Induced development impacts
(most important !)  SEA
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Institutions and
governance
are critical
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Sierra Leone Mining Sector Strategic
Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA)
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Rich mineral endowment
Weak capacity
Lack of infrastructure
undermines growth
potential
Mining TA project under
preparation
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Sierra Leone Mining Sector SESA:
Three Key Adjustment Areas
Environmental
Governance
Poverty Alleviation
(inclusion of
vulnerable stakeholders)
Mining as
sustainable
development
driver
Local and Regional
Development
(Infrastructure)
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SESA: Main Results
Successful reform would change significantly the
distribution of benefits and costs among
stakeholders
It is critical to increase the legitimacy of the reform
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Achieve wide buy-in of the reform
Empower vulnerable groups: women, farmers, youth
Establish a system of checks & balances:
– Conflict resolution
– Tripartite negotiations
– Transparency in accessing land and mineral rights
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West Africa Mineral Sector
Strategic Assessment (WAMSSA)
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WAMSSA:
Expected Outcome
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Platform for regional policy dialogue on coordination
and harmonization of sector, environmental and
social policies
Contribute to strengthening regional institutions for
equitable and sustainable economic integration,
including an infrastructure network, catalyzed by
mining growth:
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Equitable benefit sharing scheme
Protection of Upper Guinea Forest
Management of intra-regional migration
Basin management
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Emerging lessons
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Policy SEA should focus on institutions and sector
environmental governance; not impacts
Sector environmental governance should be
assessed in the context of
– Environmental and social sector priorities
– The underlying distribution of benefits and costs among
stakeholders
– Property rights to access natural resources
– Access to information, conflict resolution mechanisms and
accountability of policy makers
– Environmental regulatory framework (EA system)
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Thank you.
For information and questions:
Fernando Loayza, Ph.D.
Sr. SEA Specialist
[email protected]
http://www.worldbank.org/seatoolkit
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