Stakeholder Dialogue as an Institutional Strategy for Sustainable Development in China : The Case of Community Environmental Roundtables

Wang, Hua

dc.creator	Wang, Hua
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:03:56Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:03:56Z
dc.date	2011-08-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:58:26Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:58:26Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110815113133
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3520
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244484
dc.description	Stakeholder dialogue, as an alternative institutional strategy for environmentally and socially sustainable development, has received little attention from researchers and practitioners in developing countries such as China, even though the dialogue strategy can potentially lead public governance to a more efficient level. This paper first discusses the potential of stakeholder dialogue as an institutional tool for promoting sustainable development in China, and then presents a pilot program of stakeholder dialogue recently developed in China -- the community environmental roundtables. Community leaders organize roundtable dialogues where representatives from government agencies, companies and the local residents exchange their views toward certain environmental issues they are facing and discuss possible ways to resolve the issues. Informal agreements are reached during the dialogues and implemented after them. This community roundtable dialogue strategy has been piloted in dozens of Chinese municipalities, addressing various environmental issues. A survey of dialogue participants shows that significant impacts have been generated on environmental protection, community management, as well as social and institutional development at the community level. Mutual understanding and trust among the government, companies, and local citizens are enhanced, environmental and social conflicts are reduced, and the public performance of various parties has been improved. This approach is expected to help solve other conflicts and public governance issues in China as well. The potential challenges of institutionalizing such a program in China are also discussed in the paper.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5759
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subject	ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
dc.subject	AIR POLLUTION
dc.subject	AUTHORITY
dc.subject	BUDGET SYSTEM
dc.subject	BUSINESS COMMUNITY
dc.subject	CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	CITIZEN
dc.subject	CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	CITIZENS
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subject	COAL
dc.subject	COMMUNIST
dc.subject	COMMUNIST PARTY
dc.subject	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	COMMUNITY GROUPS
dc.subject	COMMUNITY LEADERS
dc.subject	COMMUNITY LEVEL
dc.subject	COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	COMMUNITY WORKERS
dc.subject	CONSTITUENCY
dc.subject	DECISION MAKING
dc.subject	DECISION-MAKING
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	DISCLOSURE
dc.subject	DISTRICTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
dc.subject	ECONOMICS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTS
dc.subject	EXECUTION
dc.subject	EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	FARMS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject	FISH
dc.subject	GOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE ISSUES
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT AGENCY
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT SECTOR
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS POLICY
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	LABOR COSTS
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	LEGAL DOCUMENTS
dc.subject	LEGAL PROVISIONS
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	LOCAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subject	LOCAL COMMUNITY
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	LOCAL PEOPLE
dc.subject	MASS MEDIA
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	MUNICIPALITY
dc.subject	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	NGO
dc.subject	PARTICIPATORY APPROACH
dc.subject	PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	POLICY ANALYSIS
dc.subject	POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject	POLICY GUIDANCE
dc.subject	POLICY INSTRUMENTS
dc.subject	POLICY STUDIES
dc.subject	POLITICAL LEADERS
dc.subject	POLITICAL POWER
dc.subject	POLLUTERS
dc.subject	POLLUTION
dc.subject	POLLUTION ABATEMENT
dc.subject	POLLUTION CONTROL
dc.subject	POLLUTION REDUCTION
dc.subject	PROPAGANDA
dc.subject	PUBLIC AFFAIRS
dc.subject	PUBLIC AGENCIES
dc.subject	PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC GOOD
dc.subject	PUBLIC GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEARINGS
dc.subject	PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	PUBLIC OPINIONS
dc.subject	PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS
dc.subject	REGULATORY SYSTEM
dc.subject	REPRESENTATIVES
dc.subject	RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	RIVER BASINS
dc.subject	SERIES OF MEETINGS
dc.subject	SOCIAL CONFLICT
dc.subject	SOCIAL IMPACT
dc.subject	SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROBLEMS
dc.subject	SOCIAL STABILITY
dc.subject	SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOLID WASTES
dc.subject	STAKEHOLDER GROUP
dc.subject	STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TAX REVENUES
dc.subject	WATER POLLUTION
dc.subject	WORKING GROUP
dc.title	Stakeholder Dialogue as an Institutional Strategy for Sustainable Development in China : The Case of Community Environmental Roundtables
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	East Asia and Pacific
dc.coverage	East Asia and Pacific
dc.coverage	East Asia
dc.coverage	Asia
dc.coverage	China