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For more than a decade, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has provided critical support to developing countries for fighting global environmental problems such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity. But recent developments do not bode well for the ability of the GEF to continue playing its pivotal role in support of implementing multilateral environmental agreements. Its already modest resource base has been declining in real terms, and a December 2005 deadline for the conclusion of the fourth replenishment of the GEF (GEF4) passed without a compromise between major donors. The adoption of a resource allocation framework in September 2005 is likely to complicate how the GEF can program its resources in the future, even if replenishment negotiations can be completed by June 2006. Current events reinforce the need for a close look at what the future role of the GEF should be and how resources for addressing global environmental problems in developing countries should be raised.1

Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Fiscal Year of the Global Environment Facility and the World Bank Group -- Acknowledgments -- Program at a Glance: The Global Environment Facility -- Key Bank Staff Responsible During Period Under Review -- Glossary -- Executive Summary -- Secretariat Management Comments: The Global Environment Facility -- Management Comments: The World Bank Group -- Chairperson's Summary: Subcommittee of the Committee on Development Effectiveness -- 1 Introduction, Purpose, and Methodology -- Purpose of the Review -- Scope of the Review -- Organization of the Review -- Methodology -- 2 Evolution of the GEF and its Partnership with the World Bank Group -- Initial Establishment and Restructuring -- Agency Numbers and Direct Access -- Reforms of Administrative Fees -- The Earth Fund and IFC Delegated Authority -- Conclusions -- 3 Mutual Relevance -- Relevance of the World Bank Group to the GEF -- Relevance of the GEF from the Perspective of the World Bank Group -- Conclusions -- 4 Division of Labor and Inter-Organizational Coordination between the World Bank Group and the GEF -- Characterization of the World Bank Group-GEF Project Cycle -- IFC-GEF Coordination Arrangements -- Project-Cycle Issues -- Secondary Evidence -- Harmonizing the World Bank and GEF Project Cycles: Procedures and First Experiences -- Conclusions -- 5 Portfolio Evolution and Project Effectiveness -- Overview of the World Bank's GEF Project Portfolio -- Overview of the IFC's GEF Portfolio -- Effectiveness and Sustainability of World Bank-Implemented GEF Projects -- Effectiveness and Sustainability IFC-Implemented GEF Projects -- Conclusions -- 6 Experiences with Catalytic Approaches in the World Bank Group-GEF Partnership -- Co-financing and Leveraging -- Innovation, Demonstration, and Replication -- Associated and Blended World Bank-GEF Projects.