Going for Growth is the OECD’s annual report highlighting developments in structural policies in OECD countries. It identifies structural reform priorities to boost real income for each OECD country and key emerging economies (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa).
China - and to some extent Brazil and India (BICs) - are staging a ”Great Convergence” in terms of industrial strength and incomes. This reverses the past two centuries of the Great Divergence, which has separated them from the West. In the process, the BICs are lifting millions of people out of poverty. But in the great transformation that lies ahead, there is a significant problem to contend with: the model of industrial capitalism that has served the West so well - and which has been held out as a model for the BICs as well - will not “scale” to lift vast new populations out of poverty. A new model of industrial capitalism has to be developed, and in some people’s eyes it is inconvenient that China is leading the way.
This paper, written for the United Nations High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons, seeks to 1) Explain the relationship between the sustainable development, green economy and green growth concepts; 2) Summarize the state of knowledge regarding the feasibility and ultimate potential of green growth; and 3) Recommend how the post-2015 international development cooperation agenda could be structured to maximize the contribution of green growth to sustainable development over the next two crucial decades.
This paper analyses the existing legal frameworks within which a possible Sustainable Energy Trade Agreement (SETA) could be negotiated to address energy-related trade governance and the resulting legal challenges and opportunities. It looks at a number of options under which a SETA could be given legal shape within and outside the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and assesses the pros and cons of the various approaches. It touches on a number of important considerations, such as the negotiating procedures, issues of accession, relationship to existing WTO rules and obligations, and dispute settlement. The paper also puts forward arguments as to why the WTO would provide the best forum to house such an agreement. The paper, produced by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), is part of a joint initiative on the promotion of sustainable energy, undertaken by the Global Green Growth Institute, the Peterson Institute for International Economics and ICTSD.
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This policy brief by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) estimates that the cost of tackling climate change in developing countries could reach some hundreds of billions of US dollars annually over the coming decades. Low-emission and climate-resilient development options often require upfront investments that can be costlier than conventional solutions. It points out that currently there is not a comprehensive global climate finance approach and it will take time before the Green Climate Fund (GCF) will be operationalised. Developing countries require support in their efforts towards climate compatible development through the use of climate finance, both public and private, that enables equitable access, national ownership, and effective management and monitoring. This can be achieved by engaging in three priority areas: international climate finance architecture; recipient readiness; and enabling environment for private sector to invest in climate compatible development.
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La présente étude porte sur la revue des dépense publiques environnementales, sous les aspects de leur volume alloué, eu égard à l’ampleur des problèmes à résoudre ou des besoins à satisfaire, de leur efficacité mesurée en termes de réalisations d’objectifs poursuivis, de leur efficience sous l’angle de la rationalisation des coûts dans la réalisation des objectifs.