World Development Report 2003 Sustainable Development in a Dynamic World: Transforming Institutions, Growth, and Quality of Life

by World Bank

• ISBN13: 9780821351512
• ISBN10: 0821351516
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-30
• Publisher: World Bank Publications

Summary

The World Development Report 2003 addresses how to lift from poverty the three billion people now living in severe deprivation. It also explores how to improve the quality of life for everybody today and for the two billion more who will join mankind in the next thirty years. Substantial increases in growth and productivity will be necessary to achieve this goal. The current scale of economic activity and speed of change is such that ecosystem and social structures cannot keep up. The Report puts forth two main messages: the first point is that enhancing prosperity and reducing poverty requires better care of the planet's ecosystem and social fabric. And secondly, that stronger collective action at all levels--from local to global--is essential for generating and scaling up the institutions that can transform growth.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	viii
Foreword	ix
Acronyms and Abbreviations	xi
Roadmap to World Development Report 2003	xiii
Achievements and Challenges	1	(12)
The core development challenge	1	(8)
Act now---for long-term problems	9	(4)
Managing a Broader Portfolio of Assets	13	(24)
Sustainability---an evolving framework	14	(1)
Measuring sustainability	15	(3)
The importance of a range of assets	18	(1)
Why the need to manage a broader portfolio of assets?	18	(5)
Tradeoffs and sustainable development	23	(3)
Some assets are overused or underprovided---why?	26	(5)
Correcting the overuse or underprovision of important assets	31	(6)
Institutions for Sustainable Development	37	(22)
Institutions coordinating human behavior	38	(3)
Institutions protecting assets	41	(3)
Picking up signals, balancing interests, and implementing decisions	44	(3)
Overcoming barriers to coordination	47	(4)
Promoting inclusiveness	51	(4)
Catalysts for change	55	(4)
Improving Livelihoods on Fragile Lands	59	(24)
Inclusion, innovation, and migration	59	(1)
Managing fragile land to improve livelihoods	60	(1)
Living on the edge---the arid plains	61	(7)
Living on a precipice---the mountains	68	(3)
Nurturing assets by listening---and by enabling communities to act	71	(1)
Nurturing women's human capital	71	(4)
Building on traditional social capital	75	(2)
The use of nonrenewable local resources---balancing interests	77	(1)
Balancing interests among governments, companies, and communities	78	(3)
Partnering for change	81	(2)
Transforming Institutions on Agricultural Land	83	(24)
Land and water constraints	84	(3)
Eliminating rural poverty and, preparing outmigrants	87	(8)
Intensifying the use of land	95	(3)
Intensifying the use of water	98	(3)
Getting ahead of the frontier	101	(4)
Conclusion	105	(2)
Getting the Best from Cities	107	(26)
City lights: beacons of hope and warning flares	108	(6)
Building informed constituencies to address spillovers and anticipate risks	114	(3)
Balancing interests to provide urban public goods	117	(4)
Inclusion and access to assets---challenging the institutional roots of urban slums	121	(5)
Institutions for sustainable urban development	126	(6)
Conclusion	132	(1)
Strengthening National Coordination	133	(24)
Promoting inclusiveness	134	(2)
Creating a sound investment climate	136	(4)
Managing the environment	140	(8)
Managing natural resources and using aid effectively	148	(5)
Averting violent conflict	153	(3)
Conclusion	156	(1)
Global Problems and Local Concerns	157	(26)
Designing institutions to solve global problems	157	(6)
Conserving biodiversity: maintaining current services and future options	163	(9)
Mitigating and adapting to risks of climate change	172	(10)
Conclusion	182	(1)
Pathways to a Sustainable Future	183	(15)
Acting today	185	(6)
Ongoing dialogue: a global vision and accord	191	(5)
Ongoing dialogue: some open questions	196	(2)
Bibliographical Note	198	(34)
Selected World Development Indicators	232