Poverty Reduction and the Millennium Development Goal on Environmental Sustainability : Opportunities for Alignment
About 50 countries have prepared interim and full Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs). In this context, this paper examines Millennium Development Goal (MDG)7: Ensuring Environmental Sustainability, its targets and indicators, and responds to...
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okr-10986-183902021-04-23T14:03:34Z Poverty Reduction and the Millennium Development Goal on Environmental Sustainability : Opportunities for Alignment Bojö, Jan Reddy, Rama Chandra ACCESS TO SAFE WATER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY AIR AIR POLLUTION BASELINES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY LOSS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CARBON MONOXIDE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH CIFOR CLEAN WATER CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION DEFORESTATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DISEASES DRINKING WATER EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEMS EDUCATION EMISSIONS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS FAO FISHERIES FOREST COVER FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST QUALITY FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY FORESTS FUELS FUELWOOD GASEOUS POLLUTANTS GASES GREENHOUSE GASES HEALTH HEALTH OUTCOMES HEPATITIS HEPATITIS A HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HYGIENE IMPACT INDICATORS INCOME LAND USE LAWS LOGGING LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARGINAL COST MINING MORBIDITY NATIONAL PARKS NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCE DEGRADATION ORGANIC POLLUTANTS OZONE OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY REDUCTION PROPERTY RIGHTS QUALITY OF LIFE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL POPULATION SAHARA SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SOLID WASTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE THE GAMBIA TIMBER TRACHOMA UNDP UNEP UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WATER SUPPLY WORLD BANK LENDING WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION About 50 countries have prepared interim and full Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs). In this context, this paper examines Millennium Development Goal (MDG)7: Ensuring Environmental Sustainability, its targets and indicators, and responds to three questions: To what extent do PRSPs define and adopt targets and indicators that align with those of MDG7? To what extent do the available data allow tracking of progress with respect to MDG7? When data are available, what are the trends, and how can the data be effectively utilized to examine the status and trends of countries in relation to MDG7? The assessment of interim and full Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) shows that: 1) Only 12 of the 28 full PRSPs present some information on the baselines and targets in line with the MDG7; and none of the 22 interim PRSPs present discussion on the long-term perspective; 2) Within the PRSPs that present targets aligned with MDG7, attention is almost exclusively focused on water and sanitation; 3) Available data can be used to document the status and trends of relevant MDG7 indicators. 2014-05-22T20:00:32Z 2014-05-22T20:00:32Z 2003-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/09/5539675/poverty-reduction-millennium-development-goal-environmental-sustainability-opportunities-alignment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18390 English en_US Environment Department Papers. Environmental Economics;no. 92 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ACCESS TO SAFE WATER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY AIR AIR POLLUTION BASELINES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY LOSS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CARBON MONOXIDE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH CIFOR CLEAN WATER CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION DEFORESTATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DISEASES DRINKING WATER EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEMS EDUCATION EMISSIONS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS FAO FISHERIES FOREST COVER FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST QUALITY FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY FORESTS FUELS FUELWOOD GASEOUS POLLUTANTS GASES GREENHOUSE GASES HEALTH HEALTH OUTCOMES HEPATITIS HEPATITIS A HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HYGIENE IMPACT INDICATORS INCOME LAND USE LAWS LOGGING LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARGINAL COST MINING MORBIDITY NATIONAL PARKS NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCE DEGRADATION ORGANIC POLLUTANTS OZONE OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY REDUCTION PROPERTY RIGHTS QUALITY OF LIFE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL POPULATION SAHARA SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SOLID WASTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE THE GAMBIA TIMBER TRACHOMA UNDP UNEP UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WATER SUPPLY WORLD BANK LENDING WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION |
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ACCESS TO SAFE WATER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY AIR AIR POLLUTION BASELINES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY LOSS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CARBON MONOXIDE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH CIFOR CLEAN WATER CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION DEFORESTATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DISEASES DRINKING WATER EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEMS EDUCATION EMISSIONS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS FAO FISHERIES FOREST COVER FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST QUALITY FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY FORESTS FUELS FUELWOOD GASEOUS POLLUTANTS GASES GREENHOUSE GASES HEALTH HEALTH OUTCOMES HEPATITIS HEPATITIS A HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HYGIENE IMPACT INDICATORS INCOME LAND USE LAWS LOGGING LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARGINAL COST MINING MORBIDITY NATIONAL PARKS NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCE DEGRADATION ORGANIC POLLUTANTS OZONE OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY REDUCTION PROPERTY RIGHTS QUALITY OF LIFE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL POPULATION SAHARA SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SOLID WASTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE THE GAMBIA TIMBER TRACHOMA UNDP UNEP UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WATER SUPPLY WORLD BANK LENDING WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Bojö, Jan Reddy, Rama Chandra Poverty Reduction and the Millennium Development Goal on Environmental Sustainability : Opportunities for Alignment |
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About 50 countries have prepared interim
and full Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs). In this
context, this paper examines Millennium Development Goal
(MDG)7: Ensuring Environmental Sustainability, its targets
and indicators, and responds to three questions: To what
extent do PRSPs define and adopt targets and indicators that
align with those of MDG7? To what extent do the available
data allow tracking of progress with respect to MDG7? When
data are available, what are the trends, and how can the
data be effectively utilized to examine the status and
trends of countries in relation to MDG7? The assessment of
interim and full Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)
shows that: 1) Only 12 of the 28 full PRSPs present some
information on the baselines and targets in line with the
MDG7; and none of the 22 interim PRSPs present discussion on
the long-term perspective; 2) Within the PRSPs that present
targets aligned with MDG7, attention is almost exclusively
focused on water and sanitation; 3) Available data can be
used to document the status and trends of relevant MDG7 indicators. |
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Bojö, Jan Reddy, Rama Chandra |
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Bojö, Jan Reddy, Rama Chandra |
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Poverty Reduction and the Millennium Development Goal on Environmental Sustainability : Opportunities for Alignment |
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Poverty Reduction and the Millennium Development Goal on Environmental Sustainability : Opportunities for Alignment |
title_full |
Poverty Reduction and the Millennium Development Goal on Environmental Sustainability : Opportunities for Alignment |
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Poverty Reduction and the Millennium Development Goal on Environmental Sustainability : Opportunities for Alignment |
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Poverty Reduction and the Millennium Development Goal on Environmental Sustainability : Opportunities for Alignment |
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poverty reduction and the millennium development goal on environmental sustainability : opportunities for alignment |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/09/5539675/poverty-reduction-millennium-development-goal-environmental-sustainability-opportunities-alignment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18390 |
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