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Environment Matters, 2004 (in English)
Integrating environmentally and socially sustainable development with economic growth is not straightforward, but it is crucial to making our dream of a world free of poverty into a reality. Every day, every decision, every investment leads the world in one direction or another. We can see a way forward that leads to a world free of poverty in 2050; the question is whether we will choose to follow that path.
— Ian Johnson, Vice President, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development; and Franciois J. Bourguignon, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist (from Environment Matters 2004)
This year’s edition of Environment Matters, dedicated to Economic Growth and the Environment, brings together a wide variety of external and internal viewpoints on the challenges ahead and the progress taking place. Three major partner countries—China, India and Mexico—present their perspectives. Also included are viewpoints from the academic world, the NGO sector, and civil society. Among other topics, this edition features the World Bank’s recent research on what happens to environment during growth and the different tools available to promote environmentally and socially sustainable economic growth. It also includes reviews of the World Bank’s environmental programs in developing countries and its global engagement. The overview by Environment Department Director J. Warren Evans, reviews progress in the implementation of the Environment Strategy over the last year, and emphasizes the need to put environment firmly back on the broader development agenda.
Our contributors include Alberto Cardenas Jimenez, the Mexican Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources; Prodipto Ghosh, the Indian Secretary of Environment and Forests; Xie Zhenhua, the Minister of China’s State Environment Protection Administration; David Pearce, Professor of Environmental Economics at University College, London; Frances Seymour, Director of Institutions and Governance Program at World Resources Institute; and Doug Miller, President of GlobeScan Inc.
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 | A Letter from Our President: Making Growth Green (794KB PDF) | | Welcome (162KB PDF) | | A Letter from Our Vice President, Ian Johnson and from Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Francois J. Bourguignon: Envisioning Responsible Growth (704KB PDF) | | Director's Overview (299KB PDF) | | Environment and Competitiveness (by Ing. Alberto Cardenas Jimemez, Mexico's Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources) (179KB PDF) | | Harmonizing Environmental Concerns and Economic Growth - The Indian Perspective (by Prodipto Ghosh, India's Secretary of Environment and Forests) (130KB PDF) | | Integrating Rapid Growth and Environmental Protection - A Challenge for China (by Xie Zhenhua, Minister of China's State Environmental Protection Administration) (152KB PDF) | | Growth and Environment - Can We Have Both? (by David Pierce) (116KB PDF) | | Mainstreaming and Infrastructure (by Francis Seymour, World Resources Institute) (141KB PDF) | | Health-Driven Environmental Issues a Top Concern in Low-GDP Countries (by Doug Miller, GlobeScan) (153KB PDF) | | Environment During Growth - Accounting for Governance and Vulnerability (by David Wheeler and Susmita Dasgupta, World Bank) (239KB PDF) | | Sustainable Development and Policy Reform - Implementing MDG 7, Target 9 (by Kulsum Ahmed and Ernesto Sanchez-Triana, World Bank) (232KB PDF) | | Taking Resource Dependence into Account (by Alan Gelb and Kirk Hamilton, World Bank) (195KB PDF) | | Energy, Climate Change, and Development (by Robert Watson, World Bank) (381KB PDF) | | The Elements of Sustainable Infrastructure (by Jeremy Warford, World Bank) (163KB PDF) | | The Environment and Natural Resources Management Portfolio (by Anjali Acharya and Ayesha Aparakka-Hemantha, World Bank) (347KB PDF) | | Safeguard Policies - Overview and Recent Activities (216KB PDF) | | Africa - Sub-Saharan (377KB PDF) | | East Asia and the Pacific (351KB PDF) | | Europe and Central Asia (408KB PDF) | | Latin America and the Caribbean (258KB PDF) | | Middle East and North Africa (345KB PDF) | | South Asia (315KB PDF) | | IFC - Growing Business with Sustainability (237KB PDF) | | WBI - Developing Capacity and Institutions (114KB PDF) | | News Updates (137KB PDF) | | Environmental Publications (398KB PDF) |
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