This report sets out the findings for the project ‘Scoping Green Growth Challenges and Opportunities in South Asia’. The study, which focuses on five countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan), has as its objectives the assessment of the following:
- The relevance and effectiveness of green growth initiatives in South Asia;
- The current status of regional and national green growth strategies;
- Compatibility with traditional and emerging country growth models;
- Evidence on what works and what does not, and the knowledge gap;
- The challenges and opportunities that green growth poses for poverty reduction in the region; and
- The key institutions carrying out research on green growth in the region.
The research has been carried out in each of the five countries through a blend of desk review of interventions and evidence base, national-level policy screening following the template in Annex B, and validation of findings via stakeholder interviews with key policy-makers, donors, researchers and academics. A final review was undertaken to cross-reference the findings between the various research streams.