C. Environmental impact assessment

The study Industrial Clusters and Poverty Reduction Towards a Methodology for Poverty and Social Impact Assessment of Cluster Development Initiatives was published in 2004 and addresses the relationship between industrial clusters and poverty reduction.

Assessment of the impact of suspension of recruitment

It has an impact on the poorest segments of the population far more than on others.

Efforts towards policy impact and learning benefited from the lessons learned through the impact assessment as well as from the independent external programme evaluations.

C. Socio economic and humanitarian impact assessments

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

3. Methods of impact assessment

Socio economic impact assessments should include gender assessment clauses.

Assessing impact and measuring results

The use of environmental impact assessment, where appropriate

Article 16 Assessment of potential effects of activities

(g) Preparing environmental impact assessments.

365. The exacerbation of poverty has had a lasting effect on schools.

Furthermore, within the framework of the project cycle management, the issue of impact assessment and the adoption of a set of standards for impact assessment measures will be pursued.

Environmental impact assessment techniques should also take into account the ecological footprints of cities.

The impact evaluations suggest a need to establish basic targets at the country level and a simple system to monitor and evaluate impact.

An assessment should be made of the likely impact of the cooperation on the affected minorities.

(b) Social impact assessment for sustainable forest management

We support the case for more attention to be given to the evaluation of the impact of projects.

The most recent estimates2 for 2004 indicate that the incidence of acute poverty rose to 21.5 per cent, while the overall incidence of poverty was 12 per cent.

(a) The effects of extreme poverty on the enjoyment and exercise of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of those affected by it

If any negative impact is considered significant by the project participants or the host Party, project participants have undertaken a socio economic impact assessment and or an environmental impact assessment in accordance with the procedures required by the host Party.

Nevertheless, identification of main sources of hardship in the trade and financial sectors may be particularly useful for the purpose of impact assessment.

Findings of the Poverty Assessment Analysis point that 20 per cent of the poor are either pensioners or disabled.

7. Expected impacts of climate change and vulnerability assessment

During this period, ENCOVI 2000 has been the only survey designed to assess the situation of poverty in the country, and is therefore the source of the most recent official estimates of acute and general poverty,5 with no other similar sources being available.

56. For most severely affected third countries, the task of impact assessment may be best served by special fact finding or evaluation missions being dispatched on the ground.

The exit of poverty stricken counties needs to pass the preliminary verification, secondary verification and special inspection for assessment.

Gender analysis was also incorporated in the highest proportion of poverty assessments in 2004.

Human rights impact assessments could consider several levels of impact, including country risk assessment (examining legislation in place and the situation in the country) as well as human rights compliance assessment (examining company policies and practices).

It may be difficult to assess the disruptive impact of our efforts against terrorist financing.

(ii) Annex I to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, 1991

It is obviously not possible to assess their impact at the country level.

An environmental impact assessment of the proposed launch site is to be conducted.

Those included the impact of policies and economic development on social justice and poverty as well as a more detailed assessment of the export opportunities actually created for developing countries by the Uruguay Round.

Governments should target assistance to the poorest and most vulnerable citizens.

As the number of post intervention reviews increases, a rudimentary framework for evaluating the impact of NGOs has appeared. Rather than simply looking at project inputs and outputs, the emphasis has turned towards measuring the overall impact of an operation.

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This requires appropriate tools for example, health impact assessments

Measuring the degree of vulnerability to food insecurity is the first step in poverty assessment.

Other factors, however, may impinge upon the accuracy of that assessment.

An assessment of the impact of relocation of those functions on the delivery of logistics support

The Committee also recommends the State party to adopt an official poverty line, which would enable the State party to define the extent of poverty and to monitor and evaluate progress in alleviating poverty.

v) providing local assessments and action programs to influence higher level (e.g. national) assessments and action programs