What have we learned from attempts to introduce green-growth policies?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris
OECD Publishing - Paris
2013
24 p.
economic growth ; environmental policy ; poverty ; standard of living ; sustainable development
OECD Green Growth Papers
02
Economic development
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k486rchlnxx-en
English
Bibliogr.
"Long-term projections suggest that without policy changes, the continuation of business-as-usual economic growth and development will have serious impacts on natural resources and the ecosystem services on which human well-being depends. This highlights the necessity for both developed and developing countries to move to a new growth path that is consistent with the protection of the environment and a sustainable use of scarce natural resources, while still achieving sizeable gains in living standards and reducing poverty..."
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