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ADB Environmental Assessment Guidelines

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Environmental Assessment of Sector Loans

Sector loans must follow the same environmental assessment and review process as project loans. Sector loans must also fulfill the same public consultation, information disclosure, and reporting requirements as project loans.

Sector lending usually involves a set of projects:

• in a specified geographical area
• over a specified period of time
• or both

Policy and institutional changes proposed in a sector loan should be examined to determine their environmental implications, and appropriate environmental interventions should be introduced.

Sector loans must also fulfill the same public consultation, information disclosure, and reporting requirements as project loans. Under the sector lending modality, subprojects are not necessarily identified prior to loan processing, and ADB financed sector loans normally include only small subprojects.

Because of this, it is necessary to:

• conduct environmental assessments of sample subprojects
• develop an environmental assessment and review procedures for subprojects
• undertake an environmental assessment of sector impacts.

Basic Requirements

Environmental Assessment Reporting Formats

• Content and Format of Initial Environmental Examination (IEE)
• Content and Format for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
• Environmental Assessment of Sector Loans Recommended Contents
• Environmental Assessment and Review Procedures Recommended Contents

Guidelines for Environmental Assessment of Sector Loans

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