Environmental Issues in Central and Eastern Europe: U.S. Efforts to Help
Resolve Institutional and Financial Problems (Chapter Report, 05/31/94,
GAO/RCED-94-41).

Severe environmental degradation afflicts much of Central and Eastern
Europe. The region's problems result mainly from former communist
government policies that promoted heavy industry and discouraged
conservation by setting the prices of natural resources below market
levels. The total cost for cleaning up the entire region has been
difficult to estimate, but the World Bank project that provides
wastewater treatment to the major facilities in Poland, the Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Bulgaria alone would total about $50
billion. This report (1) describes the region's institutional capacity
for addressing environmental problems, (2) describes the uses of U.S.
assistance, and (3) identifies problems in developing and implementing
the program. GAO focuses on three countries that receive the largest
share of U.S. environmental aid: Poland, Hungary, and the Czech
Republic.

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 REPORTNUM:  RCED-94-41
     TITLE:  Environmental Issues in Central and Eastern Europe: U.S. 
             Efforts to Help Resolve Institutional and Financial
             Problems
      DATE:  05/31/94
   SUBJECT:  International relations
             International cooperation
             Federal aid to foreign countries
             Interagency relations
             Foreign aid programs
             Foreign governments
             Environmental policies
             Environmental monitoring
             Program management
IDENTIFIER:  Europe
             Poland
             Czech Federal Republic
             Slovak Federal Republic
             Hungary
             Bulgaria
             United Kingdom
             Italy
             Germany
             Denmark
             Sweden
             Austria
             Finland
             Japan
             Romania
             Albania
             Environmental Action Programme for Central Europe
             
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