Improving information about individual opportunity costs of deforestation agents has the potential to increase the efficiency of REDD when it takes the form of a payment for environmental services scheme. However, objectives pursued in REDD projects may vary across policy makers.
In 2006 the Government of South Africa undertook one of the earliest processes in the developing world to examine the opportunities and costs of carbon emission reductions.
India’s sustained and rapid economic growth offers an opportunity to lift millions out of poverty.
Green growth policies confront firms and workers with adjustments that may create welfare costs for different segments of the population and cause reductions in near-term actual versus potential gross domestic product.
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This policy brief reviews the challenges of African urbanization as well as opportunities for sustainable development in the region. It notes that making urban areas green, inclusive, and resilient is part of the agenda for cities to be successful in the short and medium term.
This paper argues that there are significant opportunities and challenges for promoting inclusive green growth in Africa without costly policy reversal.