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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Main Authors: Bojö, Jan, Reddy, Rama Chandra
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AIR
FAO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/09/5539675/poverty-reduction-millennium-development-goal-environmental-sustainability-opportunities-alignment
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spelling 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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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
relation Environment Department Papers. Environmental Economics;no. 92
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Bojö, Jan
Reddy, Rama Chandra
author_facet Bojö, Jan
Reddy, Rama Chandra
author_sort Bojö, Jan
title Poverty Reduction and the Millennium Development Goal on Environmental Sustainability : Opportunities for Alignment
title_short 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
title_fullStr Poverty Reduction and the Millennium Development Goal on Environmental Sustainability : Opportunities for Alignment
title_full_unstemmed Poverty Reduction and the Millennium Development Goal on Environmental Sustainability : Opportunities for Alignment
title_sort poverty reduction and the millennium development goal on environmental sustainability : opportunities for alignment
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url 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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