Responsible Growth for the New Millennium: Integrating Society, Ecology, and the Economy

CONTENTS......Page 5
Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 16
1 Responsible Growth for the New Millennium......Page 18
Achieving Responsible Growth......Page 21
Acting Now to Lay the Foundation for a Sustainable Future......Page 23
1.4 Integration with Global Markets Is Associated with Faster Growth......Page 25
Attaining Sustainable Energy......Page 27
Realizing Sustainable Water......Page 28
Sustaining Technology......Page 30
Sustaining Societies......Page 31
Creating Stronger Partnerships for a Sustainable World......Page 34
2 Agriculture and Rural Development—Pillars for Growth in Poor Countries......Page 38
2.1 Agriculture Value Added Annual Growth Rates......Page 39
2.1 The Agricultural Growth–Poverty Reduction Connection......Page 45
Conclusions......Page 57
3 Trade as an Engine of Responsible Growth......Page 58
3.2 Exports of Developing Countries Became More Competitive in the 1990s......Page 62
Development and the Promise of the Doha Development Agenda......Page 71
4 Toward a Sustainable Energy Future......Page 92
Energy ’s Role in Responsible Growth—the Multiplier Effect of Modern Energy......Page 93
Energy as a Driver of Responsible Growth......Page 96
Improvements to Energy Efficiency......Page 97
Energy Consumption—the Downside of Growth?......Page 98
Energy Pricing and Affordability......Page 99
Financial Sustainability and Investment Needs......Page 100
Four Strategies for Energy......Page 102
Joint Efforts Needed......Page 106
5 Water Resources: Managing Scarcity......Page 108
5.1 A Typology of Water Interventions......Page 110
Management Challenges......Page 111
Investment in Infrastructure......Page 113
Conclusions......Page 122
6 Water Supply and Sanitation for Responsible Growth......Page 124
Water Supply and Sanitation Is a Millennium Priority......Page 127
Investment Without Reform Will Not Reach the Goals......Page 128
People Are at the Center of Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation......Page 129
Delivering Safe Water and Sanitation Costs Money......Page 130
Sanitation and Hygiene Require Special Attention......Page 131
Safe Water Supply Requires Working with Others......Page 132
A Response to the International Challenge Is Needed......Page 133
Conclusions......Page 142
7 The Environment as a Resource for Development......Page 144
Pillars for Responsible Growth......Page 145
Developments Shaping the Environmental Agenda......Page 146
Conservation of Biodiversity......Page 151
Global Environmental Challenges and Local Responsible Growth......Page 152
Environmental Priorities: One Size Does Not Fit All......Page 155
8 Forests: Balancing Conservation and Development......Page 158
Engaging Multiple Stakeholders......Page 160
Balancing Preservation and Development......Page 161
Putting It All Together: A Holistic Approach to Forests and Growth......Page 166
9 A Socially Balanced Approach to Development......Page 168
What Is Social Development?......Page 169
Social Dynamics and Sustainable Development......Page 171
9.1 Success Factors in Highly Satisfactory Projects with Social Development Components......Page 173
The Potential of Social Development—Sustaining Growth......Page 176
Strategic Priorities for Social Development......Page 177
Conclusions......Page 182
Appendix: World Bank Sector Strategies......Page 184
Index......Page 186
2.2 Underlying Success Factors in Agricultural Development......Page 46
2.3 Agricultural Technology Generation and Dissemination......Page 47
2.4 Meeting the Challenge of the Livestock Revolution......Page 48
2.5 Integrated Pest Management in Mali......Page 50
2.6 Malaysia’s Export-Oriented Agricultural Growth Based on Cash Crops......Page 53
2.7 Kenyan Entrepreneurs Building a Market for Business Services......Page 56
3.1 Improving Labor Standards......Page 72
3.2 Trade and Environment......Page 74
4.1 The Community Development Carbon Fund......Page 104
6.1 China’s Rural Water Program: Connecting Improved Service to Sustainable Financing......Page 134
6.2 Community-Based Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Uttar Pradesh, India......Page 136
6.3 Public-Private Partnership in Senegal......Page 138
6.4 Knowledge and Intersectoral Collaboration Can Make a Difference......Page 140
7.1 Improving Environmental Institutions in Benin......Page 150
8.1 Forests and the Fight against Poverty......Page 162
8.2 Forests and Sustainable Economic Development......Page 163
8.3 Forests and Global Environmental Values......Page 165
1.2 As World Income Increases, the Share of Income of Formerly Low-and Middle-Income Economies Will Increase......Page 19
1.3 Incomes and Emissions Are Distributed Very Unequally......Page 22
2.1 Enormous Income Gains Are Possible from Full Multilateral Trade Liberalization......Page 40
2.2 Industrial Countries Are Moving Slowly to Open Their Agricultural Markets......Page 42
3.1 Developing Countries Have Become Important Players in Global Trade......Page 59
3.3 Integration with Global Markets Is Associated with Faster Growth......Page 63
3.4 Trade and Growth Go Hand-in-Hand......Page 64
3.5 Openness Can Help Promote Growth, But Not in All Cases......Page 66
3.6 Changes in Trade Have Little Relation to Inequality......Page 68
3.7 Agricultural Exports and Production Are Positively Related......Page 69
3.8 Escalating Tariff Rates Discourage Development......Page 76
3.9 Developing Countries Lag Behind Rich Countries in Services Liberalization......Page 81
3.10 Clearing Customs Takes Longer in Developing Countries......Page 84
4.1 Financing for the Power Sector Emerging Markets Needs to Rise......Page 101
5.1 Development of Economically Feasible Hydropower Potential Differs by Region......Page 114
6.2 Millions of People Need to Be Served Each Year to Reach the Millennium Development Targets for Water Supply and Sanitatio......Page 125
7.1 Selected Outcome Indicators: Limited Progress toward Environmental Sustainability......Page 149