Discussions of green growth –defined as economic progress that fosters environmentally sustainable, low-carbon, and socially inclusive development– and pro-poor (or inclusive) growth –growth coupled with equality of opportunity– have begun to converge during the past five years. Influential development agencies such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have been adding inclusiveness and poverty-alleviation dimensions to green growth policies and strategies to create overarching ‘frameworks for sustainability’.
Scaling inclusive business models. At the nexus of poverty and environment
Year: 2017
