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Substantial improvement has been done by
the Bank in its environmental performance since 1987. The
Bank focused on the environment as a new area of activity,
and it has sought to mitigate the negative environmental
effects of its development interventions. The Bank's
participation in the 1992 United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development, and the 1992 World Development
Report on the environment, demonstrated the Bank's
engagement, which helped launch many environmental
activities. These efforts have produced commendable results,
and promoted awareness in developing country governments, of
the linkages between the environment, and development. This
evaluation report finds that the Bank has made progress on
environmental issues, but notes that its commitments have
not been accompanied by precise goals, and performance
monitoring. It advances explanations of why things have
turned out this way, and offers recommendations that focus
on how to restore the environment to its proper role, in the
Bank's holistic, long-term development agenda.
