Strategic environmental assessment in policy and sector reform conceptual model and operational guidance authors editors world bank the university of gothenburg swedish university of agricultural sciences the netherlands commission for environmental assessment world bank search for more papers by this author the university of gothenburg search for more papers by this author swedish . Strategic environmental assessment in policy and sector reform conceptual model and operational guidance november 2010 doi 101596 978 0 8213 8559 3 publisher international bank for . Because sector reform brings about significant policy change involving adjustments in laws policies regulations and institutions it is a sensitive political process often driven by strong economic interests policy makers are subject to a number of political pressures that originate in vested interests the recommendations of environmental assessment are often of little relevance unless . Strategic environmental assessment in policy and sector reform conceptual model and operational guidance english abstract around the world it is increasingly being recognized that for sustainability goals to be reached efforts need to go beyond complying with standards and mitigating adverse impacts to identifying environmental sustainability as an objective of the development. Strategic environmental assessment in policy and sector reform conceptual model and operational guidance strategic environmental assessment in policy and sector reform conceptual model and operational guidance toggle navigation who we are leadership organization and history with 189 member countries staff from more than 170 countries and offices in over 130 locations the world