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                     ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
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                                                          ABBREVIATIONS 
                 
                              ADB             –       Asian Development Bank 
                              BME             –       Benefits Monitoring and Evaluation 
                              CBD             –       Convention on Biological Diversity 
                              CCO             –       Chief Compliance Officer 
                              CEA             –       country environmental analysis 
                              CP              –       cleaner production 
                              CSP             –       country strategy and program 
                              DMC             –       developing member country 
                              EA              –       environmental assessment 
                              EIA             –       environmental impact assessment 
                              EMP             –       environmental management plan 
                              ERP             –       environmentally responsible procurement 
                              IEE             –       initial environmental examination 
                              IPDP            –       Indigenous People's Development Plan 
                              ISA             –       initial social assessment 
                              LTSF            –       Long-term Strategic Framework 
                              MEA             –       multilateral environmental agreement 
                              MRM             –       Management Review Meeting 
                              NGO             –       nongovernment organization 
                              OM              –       Operations Manual 
                              PAM             –       Project Administration Memorandum 
                              PCR             –       project completion report 
                              PPTA            –       project preparatory technical assistance 
                              PSOD            –       Private Sector Operations Department 
                              RD              –       regional department 
                              REA             –       rapid environmental assessment 
                              RRP             –       Report and Recommendations to the President 
                              RSDD            –       Regional and Sustainable Development Department 
                              RSES            –       Environment and Social Safeguard Division 
                              SDP             –       Sector Development Program 
                              SEIA            –       summary environmental impact assessment 
                              SIEE            –       summary initial environmental examination 
                              SME             –       small- and medium-scale enterprise 
                              SRC             –       Staff Review Committee 
                              TA              –       technical assistance 
                              TOR             –       terms of reference