China's astonishing economic development over the last decades has produced a momentous impact on the country's environmental equilibrium. Chinese officials are now confronted with the need to tackle environmental problems without disrupting the country's development. The Chinese government...

Over the past years, impact assessment studies became a regular feature of trade and investment policymaking processes. These studies collect quantitative and qualitative information on the connexion between proposed policies and their likely positive or negative consequences. This chapter...