Impact on sustainable development

(e) Otherwise encourage the growth and development of the field of impact assessment, the development of techniques in the field of impact assessment, and the public understanding of and participation in the field of impact assessment

Sustainable development and poverty reduction were adversely affected by rising world oil prices.

C. Impact on sustainable development and economic growth

7. Emphasizes that the operational activities for development of the United Nations system should be valued and assessed on the basis of their impact on the programme countries as contributions to enhance their capacity to pursue poverty eradication, sustained economic growth and sustainable development

(b) Social impact assessment for sustainable forest management

819 (XXXI) Promotion of energy resources development and utilization in Africa

(e) Initiate ex post facto evaluations of projects, where appropriate, to obtain a more reliable assessment of the sustained impact of projects some years after activities have been completed (para. 50)

(e) Address ways of strengthening the institutional framework for sustainable development and evaluate and define the role and programme of work of the Commission on Sustainable Development

In recent years, social impact assessment is finding application in various social development contexts, such as gender assessment and poverty assessment.

Support for the preparation of a new code of environmental and environmental impact assessment law has been continued by both UNDP and the World Bank.

The IAIA non governmental organization representative to New York authored a background paper on quot Environmentally sound technology assessment quot for the former Centre for the Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) publication Environmentally Sound Technology for Sustainable Development (Advanced Technology Assessment System, Issue No. 7 (spring 1992)), and IAIA attended the NGO Forum in Rio.

It also means figuring out how these trends will affect sustainable development.

The Board also recommends that the Programme initiate ex post facto evaluations of projects, where appropriate, to obtain a more reliable assessment of the sustained impact of projects some years after activities have been completed.

Progress and impact assessment of management improvement measures

The Personal Envoy s assessment would influence the Secretary General s conclusions on the continued viability of MINURSO s mandate.

Gravely concerned at the negative impact of war on the promotion of sustainable development in the Great Lakes Region,

Sustainable development methodologies, approaches and assessment

Gravely concerned at the negative impact of war on the promotion of the sustainable and overall development of the country,

Further support to the accession process would continue to include monitoring of the WTO accession negotiations, assessing their development implications as well as evaluating their implications for institution building and national policymaking.

Although demographic impact assessment is a topic of considerable relevance, the attempt to secure IAIA participation at the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development was unsuccessful.

In addition to environmental impact assessment, the World Bank has emphasized participatory development in recent years, both subjects very much aligned with the concerns of IAIA.

They must have a more direct influence on the sustainable social and economic development of countries.

67. Reaffirms that the effectiveness of operational activities should be assessed by their impact on the poverty eradication efforts, economic growth and sustainable development of recipient countries

134. Reaffirms that the effectiveness of operational activities should be assessed by their impact on the poverty eradication efforts, economic growth and sustainable development of programme countries

(e) Launching of reforestation afforestation programmes and intensification of soil conservation programmes

The impact of disasters on sustainable development has been shown to be very severe.

The fields of impact assessment which have particular relevance to United Nations concerns have been environmental impact assessment and, to a much lesser extent, technology assessment.

By moving into follow up, the Branch was also in a position to evaluate the impact of its initial activities and to measure progress made by States.

(c) Need for mid term revision of the country strategy notes to appraise their impact on longer development

Social impact assessments examine the impacts development and economic projects might have on the people and communities concerned.

The Help Guide could also serve as a tool for monitoring and evaluating progress made in combating land degradation with the aim of supporting more coherent policies for ensuring sustainable development.

This would influence other national development policies and bring greater political attention to the management, conservation and sustainable development of forests.

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Such policies can have important long term impacts on efficiency and subsequently emissions, which in turn will influence the environmental sustainability of development and poverty alleviation efforts.

Price comparison measures can provide direct measures of price impacts of NTBs.

Operational activities for development should be viewed in the light of their effects and sustainability and the possibility of replicating them in other developing regions and countries they should not be bound to immediate results of limited impact.

Sudan looked forward to a continuation of that trend and requested UNIDO's help in achieving sustainable development, particularly in those regions suffering the consequences of conflict.

In the follow up and implementation phase a significant role can be played by the University, particularly in relation to capacity building and impact evaluation.

Sustainable development further implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

Concerned that many developing countries continue to struggle for a durable solution to their serious debt problems, where continuing debt and debt servicing obligations adversely affect their sustainable development,

5. The Committee continues its efforts to further evaluate the sources and effects of ionizing radiation.

Supporting and guiding youth groups to channel energies into promoting and fostering principles of sustainable development, good governance and human rights can have a significant effect on enhancing the achievement of those values.

However, they may also be analysed from the perspective of evaluating programme impact. At a very minimum, they illustrate an information gathering process that could also be employed for impact evaluation purposes.