This primer provides guidance on presenting evidence about the economic, development, and poverty reduction benefits of the environment to public sector decision-makers, so as to justify and promote “environmental investment”.
This policy brief provides the first-ever public expenditure review for the environment and natural resources in Rwanda. It was written under the theme: “Putting environment on budget.”
The scope of this study includes a review of public expenditure in the environment and natural resources sector, encompassing expenditure incurred by ministries, government departments and other agencies, and the local administration at the Dzongkhag and Geog levels on environment-related interventions along with all donor-supported projects of the environment sector.
This report provides the first-ever public expenditure review (PER) for environment and natural resources in Rwanda. It was written under the theme: “Putting environment on budget.” The objective was to evaluate the appropriateness in the use of funds in the environment sector.
This training manual on how to carry out a "Public Expenditure Review" was commissioned by the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) in support of the implementation of the Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI). Broadly, the initiative aims to enhance the contribution of sound environmental management to poverty reduction, sustainable economic growth, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
This report describes the programme framework of the Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI) in Nepal, which has the overall goal to support poverty reduction and inclusive development by integrating climate and environmental concerns and opportunities of the poor into development planning and economic-decision making.
This Inception Report and Work Plan responds to Contract No. 13288 from UNEP to “support the strengthening of the capacity of the Government of Rwanda, particularly in the Ministry of Finance in the area of environmental mainstreaming, environmental fiscal reform, and public expenditure reviews”.
This report encapsulates the key takeaways from the Workshop held in Bhutan with two main objectives, namely, 1) to take stock of environmental mainstreaming achievements to date, including Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI) Phase I, and, 2) to discuss the challenges and opportunities of addressing environmental mainstreaming in the future.
This note provides guidance on how to integrate the environment into the budget process in Malawi on the basis of the analysis of six stages of the budget process.
This report outlines four case studies that have been featured in several government policies, strategies and policy meetings. Top on the priority list of the activities is the formulation of supportive legislation for water use rights and fees, and tax exemptions on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).