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Inclusive Green Growth : The Pathway to Sustainable Development.
Title:
Inclusive Green Growth : The Pathway to Sustainable Development.
Author:
Bank, World.
ISBN:
9780821395523
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (249 pages)
Contents:
Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Greening growth is necessary, efficient, and affordable -- But obstacles are plentiful, and green growth is no substitute for good inclusive growth policies -- The way forward: Good and inclusive growth policies tailored to real-world challenges -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 1: An Analytical Framework for Inclusive Green Growth -- Why not grow now and clean up later? -- Delaying action can be costly -- Is green growth really possible? The analytical basis -- A real-world framework for green growth -- What about welfare? -- Trade-offs and synergies between green policies and growth -- Notes -- References -- 2: Influencing Firms, Consumers, and Policy Makers through Market and Nonmarket Mechanisms -- Incentivizing: Providing effective market signals to spur green growth -- Informing and nudging: Using information and framing to infl uence economic actors -- Imposing: Using rules and regulations -- Notes -- References -- 3: Green Innovation and Industrial Policies -- Innovation policies: Tailoring mixes of instruments to a country's innovation potential -- Green industrial policies: Ensuring that the standard caveats apply -- Notes -- References -- 4: Human Capital: Implications of Green Growth Policies for Labor Markets and Job Creation -- Green policies may create jobs, but are no substitute for sound labor markets -- But environmental regulation need not kill jobs either -- Smoothing the transition to greener growth paths for the labor market -- Notes -- References -- 5: Natural Capital: Managing Resources for Sustainable Growth -- Extractable renewable resources: Defi ning property rights and moving up the value chain.

Cultivated renewable resources: Innovation, sustainable intensifi cation, and integrated landscape approaches -- Nonprovisioning services: Creating knowledge and markets for economic valuation -- Nonrenewable resources: Promoting rent recovery and reinvestment -- Notes -- References -- 6: Physical Capital: The Role of Infrastructure in Green Growth Strategies -- Infrastructure as the heart of green growth -- Recognizing the need for efficiency: Meeting large unsatisfi ed infrastructure needs within tight fiscal constraints -- Minimizing the potential for regrets and maximizing short-term benefi ts -- Notes -- References -- 7: Crafting a Green Growth Strategy -- The challenges of developing a green growth strategy -- A step-by-step process for crafting a green growth strategy -- Uncertainty and the need for robust decision making -- Notes -- References -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
As the global population heads toward 9 billion by 2050, decisions made today will lock countries into growth patterns that may or may not be sustainable in the future. Care must be taken to ensure that cities and roads, factories and farms are designed, managed, and regulated as efficiently as possible to wisely use natural resources while supporting the robust growth developing countries still need. Economic development during the next two decades cannot mirror the previous two: poverty reduction remains urgent but growth and equity can be pursued without relying on policies and practices that foul the air, water, and land.Inclusive Green Growth: The Pathway to Sustainable Development makes the case that greening growth is necessary, efficient, and affordable. Yet spurring growth without ensuring equity will thwart efforts to reduce poverty and improve access to health, education, and infrastructure services. Countries must make strategic investments and farsighted policy changes that acknowledge natural resource constraints and enable the world's poorest and most vulnerable to benefit from efficient, clean, and resilient growth. Like other forms of capital, natural assets are limited and require accounting, investment, and maintenance in order to be properly harnessed and deployed. By maximizing co-benefits and avoiding lock-in, by promoting smarter decisions in industry and society, and by developing innovative financing tools for green investment, we can afford to do the things we must.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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