CONTENTS
Foreword
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1
INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
I
What Is Sustainable Development?
II
An Introduction to Economic Growth
III
Continuing Poverty in the Midst of Plenty
IV
Global Environmental Threats Caused by Economic Development
V
Pathways to Sustainable Development
2
AN UNEQUAL WORLD
I
Incomes Around the World
II
Urban-Rural Inequality
III
Income Inequality Within Countries
IV
Measuring Wellbeing
V
Convergence or Divergence?
3
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
I
The Age of Modern Economic Growth
II
The Industrial Revolution Begins in England
III
The Great Waves of Technological Change
IV
The Diffusion of Economic Growth
V
Economic Development Since World War II: The Making of Globalization
4
WHY SOME COUNTRIES DEVELOPED WHILE OTHERS STAYED POOR
I
The Idea of Clinical Economics
II
A Further Look at Geography—Transport, Energy, Disease, and Crops
III
The Role of Culture—Demography, Education, and Gender
IV
The Role of Politics
V
Which Countries Are Still Stuck in Poverty?
5
ENDING EXTREME POVERTY
I
The Reasons to Believe That Extreme Poverty Can Be Ended
II
Strategies to End Extreme Poverty
III
South Asia—the Continuing Challenge of Food Supply
IV
A Closer Look at official Development Assistance
V
Designing Practical Interventions—the Case of the Millennium Villages
6
PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
I
Planetary Boundaries
II
Growth Dynamics
III
The Case of Energy
IV
The Case of Food
V
Population Dynamics and Sustainable Development
VI
Economic Growth Within Planetary Boundaries
7
SOCIAL INCLUSION
I
The Ethics of Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality
II
United Nations Declarations, Covenants, and the MDGs
III
Divided Societies
IV
Forces of Widening Inequalities
V
Gender Inequality
8
EDUCATION FOR ALL
I
Life Cycle Approach to Human Development
II
Early Childhood Development
III
The Rising Returns of Education and the Supply Response
IV
Social Mobility
V
The Role of Higher Education in Technological Advance
9
HEALTH FOR ALL
I
Universal Health Coverage
II
Poverty and Disease
III
Designing and Financing Primary Health Systems in Low-Income Countries
IV
Ten Recommended Steps to Health for All in the Poorest Countries
V
The Continuing Challenges of Health Coverage in the High-Income Countries
10
FOOD SECURITY
I
Sustainable Food Supply and the End of Hunger
II
Farm Systems, Ecology, and Food Security
III
How Environmental Change Threatens the Food System
IV
How the Food System Threatens the Environment
V
Toward a Sustainable Global Food Supply
11
RESILIENT CITIES
I
The Patterns of Urbanization Around the World
II
What Makes a City Sustainable, Green, and Resilient?
III
Smart Infrastructure
IV
Urban Resilience
V
Planning Sustainable Development
12
CLIMATE CHANGE
I
The Basic Science of Climate Change
II
The Consequences of Human-Induced Climate Change
III
Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Limit Global Warming to Two Degrees Celsius
IV
Adaptation
V
The Politics of Carbon Dioxide Mitigation
13
SAVING BIODIVERSITY AND PROTECTING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
I
What Is Biodiversity?
II
Biodiversity Under Threat
III
Oceans and Fisheries
IV
Deforestation
V
International Dynamics
14
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
I
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
II
Goal-Based Development
III
Financing for Sustainable Development
IV
Principles of Good Governance
V
Is Sustainable Development Feasible?
Bibliography
Index