Towards Environmentally Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Environmental degradation primarily affects the poor, both in rural and urban areas. Reversing the downward spiral of this degradation is essential to any strategy for reducing poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study outlines the World Bank's strategy for improving its assistance to SSA countries as they move toward environmentally sustainable development (ESD). It assesses the environmental situation and long-term trends in Africa, draws lessons from Bank experience, and proposes new directions. The study focuses on three questions: what are the key environmental issues and challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa? How has the World Bank responded to those challenges, and what are the lessons learned? And what should the World Bank do to help African countries make their development sustainable?

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 1997-01
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION, BIODIVERSITY, CAPACITY BUILDING, COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT, COASTAL ZONES, CONSERVATION, CULTURAL VALUES, DEFORESTATION, DEGRADATION OF RESOURCES, DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DRYLANDS, EARTH SUMMIT, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECOSYSTEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS, ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURE, ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES, ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL RISK, ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY, ENVIRONMENTAL WORK, ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, FERTILITY, FISHERIES, FOOD SECURITY, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, FORESTRY, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, INCOME, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSTITUTIONAL · · · · · · DEVELOPMENT, LAND DEGRADATION, LIVING CONDITIONS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY, MACROECONOMICS, MIGRATION, NATURAL CAPITAL, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, PARTICIPATORY PROCESS, PER CAPITA INCOME, PLAN OF ACTION, POLLUTION, POLLUTION CONTROL, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION GROWTH RATE, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC INFORMATION, RATE OF POPULATION GROWTH, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, RURAL AREAS, SAFE WATER, SANITATION, SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY, STABLE POPULATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE USE, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POPULATION, URBANIZATION, WASTE, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WATER MANAGEMENT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/01/12850758/towards-environmentally-sustainable-development-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9944
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