United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-05-31 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:RCED-94-41 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-41 P0b002ee18038750b f:rc94041 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-41 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-41 RCED-94-41 International relations International cooperation Federal aid to foreign countries Interagency relations Foreign aid programs Foreign governments Environmental policies Environmental monitoring Program management 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 Chapter Report RCED 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. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-41/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-41.htm GAO/RCED-94-41 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-41 Chapter Report GAO/RCED-94-41; Environmental Issues in Central and Eastern Europe: U.S. Efforts to Help Resolve Institutional and Financial Problems; International relations International cooperation Federal aid to foreign countries Interagency relations Foreign aid programs Foreign governments Environmental policies Environmental monitoring Program management 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