The Political Economy of Green Growth: Illustrations from Southern Africa

Danielle Resnick (), Finn Tarp and James Thurlow

No wp-2012-011, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The concept of 'green growth' implies that a wide range of developmental objectives, such as job creation, economic prosperity and poverty alleviation, can be easily reconciled with environmental sustainability. This study, however, argues that rather than being win-win, green growth is similar to most types of policy reforms that advocate the acceptance of short-term adjustment costs in the expectation of long-term gains.

Keywords: Economic development; Environment and economic development; Economic policy; Sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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