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Index
Cover
Epigraph
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
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
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