This event brought together academics and development economics practitioners to present and discuss pressing questions relating to sustainable development, a theme central to the World Bank’s mission ...

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 ...

Two schools of thought tend to dominate today’s economic debates. According to free-market economists, governments should cut taxes, reduce regulations, reform labor laws, and then get out of the way ...

Environmental economics & Sustainable Development are at the cutting-edge of economic research and teaching dealing with some of the most pressing issues of our time, such as Climate Change. In ...

Green growth can then provide a pathway to more sustainable development that reconciles the urgent need for sustained growth with the imperative of avoiding lock-in to unsustainable growth patterns ...

Vice President Kashim Shettima has described the integration of women into the economic system as the bedrock for attaining sustainable development in Nigeria.

Governments need to promote new types of investment in order to achieve sustainable development, says Columbia University professor of sustainable development Jeffrey Sachs.

A strong, sustainable economy enhances a nation’s standard of living, creates wealth and jobs, encourages the development of new knowledge and technol ...

Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of inclusive growth, equitable distribution of resources, and sustainable development to address the challenge of poverty effectively.