Note on Green Growth for Bhutan

Bhutan has recently made significant progress in sustaining economic growth and reducing poverty. Bhutan also has valuable deposits of primary materials including dolomite, lime stone, gypsum, quartzite, stone, and marble, which are useful for fabrication of other materials. Thus, a significant part of Bhutan's current and prospective economic gains come from use of natural resources called, green sectors. The basic message in this note is that Bhutan starts from a solid base in terms of green growth, with additional opportunities for meeting its development goals and overcoming the above mentioned challenges on the basis of its natural resource endowment. However, realizing those opportunities and meeting those challenges will require focusing on the economic contribution from sustainable use of those natural resources, in addition to conservation of the environment. It will also require complementary measures, using the economic surplus (or as economists refer to it, rent) from sustainable natural resource use to help diversify economic activity and address institutional and other constraints. A more comprehensive view of green growth emphasizes sustainable use of natural capital, along with managing environmental risks cost-effectively and in an institutionally sound manner to limit risks to human health and of irreversible degradation of the natural environment. In this context, green growth needs to balance conservation with sustainable economic use of all resources to meet the needs of the present, and maintain opportunities for the future. The note touches upon issues of inclusion where possible but not in a systematic and comprehensive manner. The purpose of the note is to provide food for thought in ongoing discussion of growth strategies for Bhutan, and how green growth ideas may contribute to that discussion.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Narain, Urvashi, Toman, Michael, Jiang, Zhiyun
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014-07-31
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FOREST, ACTION PLAN, AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGROCHEMICALS, AIR, AIR POLLUTION, AIR QUALITY, AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT, ALUMINUM, ANIMAL, ANIMAL PRODUCTS, ATMOSPHERE, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, BAMBOO, BASIC CONSERVATION, BENEFIT SHARING, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION, BIOGAS, BIRD, BIRDS, BUS, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON NEUTRAL, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CARBON STORAGE, CATCHMENT AREA, CATTLE, CHEMICALS, CHICK, CHICKEN, CHICKENS, CHICKS, CLEAN AIR, CLEAN ENERGY, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CO2, COAL, COMBUSTION, COMMERCIAL FARMING, COMMON PROPERTY, COMMUNITY FORESTRY, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPOSTING, COPPER, CROP RESIDUES, CULTURAL DIVERSITY, DEBT, DECISION MAKING, DEFORESTATION, DEPTH ASSESSMENT, DESERTIFICATION, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DIESEL, DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION, DRINKING WATER, DRINKING WATER QUALITY, DRIVING, DROUGHT, DRY SEASON, DUST, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GOODS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS, ECONOMIC RENTS, ECONOMIC VALUE, ECONOMICS, ECONOMISTS, ECOSYSTEM, EGGS, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, ELEPHANT, EMISSION, EMISSIONS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENTITLEMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, EXPENDITURES, EXPLOITATION, FARMS, FATS, FERTILIZERS, FISH, FISHERIES, FLOODS, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD SECURITY, FOREST, FOREST AREA, FOREST CARBON, FOREST CARBON SEQUESTRATION, FOREST COVER, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST ECOSYSTEMS, FOREST FIRE, FOREST FIRES, FOREST INVENTORIES, FOREST LANDS, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST POLICY, FOREST PRODUCTIVITY, FOREST PRODUCTS, FOREST RESOURCES, FOREST TYPE, FOREST TYPES, FORESTRY, FORESTRY SECTOR, FORESTS, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, GASES, GHG, GLASS BOTTLES, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY, GRASSLANDS, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GROSS EARNINGS, HAZARDOUS WASTE, HOUSEHOLD FUELS, HYDROLOGY, ILLEGAL LOGGING, INCINERATION, INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS, INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, LABOR FORCE, LAKE, LAKES, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND USE, LAND USES, LANDFILL, LANDFILLS, LIVESTOCK, LOGGING, MANGANESE, MARKET PRICES, METALS, METHANE, MIGRATION, MINERAL DEPOSITS, MINERAL EXTRACTION, MINES, MOTOR VEHICLES, MOUNTAIN RANGE, NATIONAL ACCOUNTING, NATIONAL FOREST POLICY, NATIONAL INCOME, NATIONAL PARK, NATURAL CAPITAL, NATURAL FORESTS, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURE CONSERVATION, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, NITRATES, NITROGEN, NUTRIENTS, OIL, OILS, OPEN BURNING, PARTICLES, PARTICULATE, PASTURE, PASTURES, PESTICIDES, PET, PLANT, PLASTIC BAGS, POLICY ENVIRONMENT, POLLUTION, POPULATION CENSUS, POPULATION DENSITIES, POPULATION DENSITY, POULTRY, PP, PRECIPITATION, PRESENT VALUE, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PUBLIC GOOD, QUALITY ASSESSMENT, QUALITY STANDARDS, RAIN, RAINFALL, REBATES, RECYCLABLE MATERIALS, RECYCLING, RESERVE FORESTS, RESERVES, RESOURCE USE, RIVER BASINS, ROAD, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ROAD SAFETY, ROADS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, SEASONAL VARIABILITY, SILICON, SINK, SMALL HYDROPOWER, SMOKE, SOIL DEGRADATION, SPECIES, STREAM FLOW, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE FOREST, SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS, SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE, SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE USE, SUSTAINABLE USE, TEMPERATURE, TIMBER, TIMBER FOREST, TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS, TIMBER INDUSTRIES, TOTAL EMISSIONS, TOURISM, TOURISM INDUSTRY, TOURISM MANAGEMENT, TRADEOFFS, TRANSIT, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, TRANSPORTATION, TREES, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN CENTERS, VEGETATION, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WATER POLLUTION, WATERSHED, WILD ANIMAL, WILDLIFE, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, WIND,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/20187642/note-green-growth-bhutan https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20402
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