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dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Aled
dc.contributor.authorDupuy, Kendra
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-12T14:00:56Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-01
dc.identifieroai:www.cmi.no:6225
dc.identifier.citationin Environmental Impact Assessment Review vol. 65 pp. 118-124
dc.identifier.issn0195-9255
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2493940
dc.description.abstractEnvironmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are an important analytic tool for identifying and potentially mitigating project risks and negative environmental and societal impacts. Their usefulness, however, depends on how they are implemented and on whether findings are used in public decision-making. Given the notorious vulnerability of public-private interactions to corrupt practices, we examine potential and actual corruption risks across four stages of a generic EIA process. Combined with case analysis of the EIA process in Albania, a Southeastern European context experiencing serious governance challenges, we reflect on the vulnerabilities of EIAs to various forms of corruption from a principal-agent perspective. We concur with earlier research suggesting that the fundamentally rationalist approach behind EIAs does not necessarily match the empirical realities of public environmental decision-making, particularly in less mature EIA systems. We conclude with suggestions for framing a future research agenda in this area and touch on tentative policy remedies.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relationEnvironmental Impact Assessment Review
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Impact Assessment Review
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEnvironmental Impact Assessment Review vol. 65
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEnvironmental Impact Assessment Review vol. 65
dc.relation.urihttps://www.cmi.no/publications/6225-deciding-over-nature
dc.subjectEnvironmental Impact Assessments
dc.subjectCorruption
dc.subjectAnti-Corruption
dc.subjectNatural Resource Governance
dc.subjectEnvironmental Crime
dc.subjectAlbania
dc.titleDeciding over nature: Corruption and environmental impact assessments
dc.typeJournal article
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.eiar.2017.05.002
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.eiar.2017.05.002


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