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?

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Main Author: World Bank
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,
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spelling dig-okr-1098699442024-08-08T15:56:58Z Towards Environmentally Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Pour un developpement ecologiquement durable en Afrique Subsaharienne World Bank 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 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? 2012-08-13T09:56:56Z 2012-08-13T09:56:56Z 1997-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/01/12850758/towards-environmentally-sustainable-development-sub-saharan-africa https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9944 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 78 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain Washington, DC
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topic 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
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
spellingShingle 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
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
World Bank
Towards Environmentally Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
description 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?
topic_facet 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
author World Bank
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title Towards Environmentally Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Towards Environmentally Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Towards Environmentally Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Towards Environmentally Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Towards Environmentally Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort towards environmentally sustainable development in sub-saharan africa
publisher Washington, DC
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