Evaluating environment in international development /

"More than twenty years after the Earth Summit was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, both national and international actors in governmental and nongovernmental fields are still searching for insights into how sustainable development can be advanced and environmental concerns incorporated into the...

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Group Author: Uitto, Juha I
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "More than twenty years after the Earth Summit was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, both national and international actors in governmental and nongovernmental fields are still searching for insights into how sustainable development can be advanced and environmental concerns incorporated into the development agenda more effectively. Moreover, climate change has emerged as a preeminent challenge to both the environment and to development. Evaluating Environment in International Development provides international perspectives and in-depth knowledge of evaluating development and the environment a
Carrier Form: xxiv, 302 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780415742894 (paperback) :
0415742897 (paperback)
Index Number: HC79
CLC: X22
Call Number: X22/E921
Contents: Introduction : evaluating contributions to national results in environment and development / Juha I. Uitto -- A global public goods perspective on environment and poverty / Rob D. van den Berg -- Evaluation and the reconciliation of global environmental benefits with local development / Howard Macdonald Stewart -- Evaluation at the nexus : principles for evaluating sustainable development interventions / Andy Rowe -- Assessing progress towards impacts in environmental programmes using the field review of outcomes to impacts methodology / David Todd and Rob Craig -- Meta-evaluation of climate