1. What is Sustainable Development? Sustainable development is a central concept for our age. It is both a way of understanding the world and a method for solving global problems
Introduction & Economic Growth and Progress
Intro to Sustainable Development
Economic Growth and Progress
Continuing Poverty and Environmental Threats
2. A Short History of Economic Development
The world we’ve seen is divided – startlingly so – with 55 high-income economies (1.3 billion people), 103 middle-income countries (4.9 billion people), and 36 low-income countries (0.8 billion people). How did these vast differences across the world come about? How is it that there are countries like the United States at more than $50,000 dollars per person per year of income, and countries like Niger at under $500 dollars per person per year, less than 100th the income levels of the high-income countries when measured at market exchange rates? This huge gap certainly did not exist two centuries ago.
The Birth of Economic Development
Economic Development is New
The Industrial Revolution Starts in England
A New Era of Modern Economic Growth
The Great Waves of Technological Change The Diffusion of Economic Growth Economic Development Since World War II: The Making of Globalization
Economic Development Since World War II: The Making of Globalization
A Short History of Economic Development7 questions
3. Growth within Planetary Boundaries
To achieve sustainable development, countries need to achieve three goals simultaneously: economic growth, broad-based social inclusion, and environmental sustainability. While many countries have “solved” the growth puzzles, few have succeeded in achieving all three aspects of sustainable development.
The Planetary Boundaries
Growth Dynamics
The Case of Energy
The Case of Food
The Case of Population
Growth within Planetary Boundaries
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