Sustainable Development Challenges
The world is faced with challenges in all three dimensions of sustainable development: economic, social and environmental. For instance, more than 1 billion people are still living in extreme poverty, income inequality within and among many countries has been rising and, at the same time, unsustainable consumption levels and production patterns have resulted in huge economic and social costs and may endanger life on the planet.
The World Economic and Social Survey 2013 contributes to the deliberations on addressing sustainable development challenges with a focus on three important cross-sectoral issues identified for action and follow-up at the 2012 United…
World Economic and Social Survey 2013
2013
Policy Brief No.40: Integrated Strategy for Sustainable Cities
June 2013
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Policy Brief No.41: Increasing public spending in agricultural R&D to ensure food security in developing countries
June 2013
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Policy Brief No.42: Challenges of financing human and sustainable development
July 2013
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Policy and research issues on finance and growth for Sub-Saharan Africa
Stephany Griffith-Jones and Ewa Karwowski with Nshalati Hlungwane
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Towards a sustainable social model: Implications for the post-2015 agenda
Nazrul Islam
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Human Development in an environmentally constrained world in the post-2015 era.
John Toye…
Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2013