The world is faced with challenges in all three dimensions of sustainable development: economic, social and environmental. For instance, more than 1 billion people are still living in extreme poverty, ...

Sustainable use of natural resources without considering the need of the future generation. Present generation fulfils its needs while considering the needs of the future generation as well. It means ...

Several challenges threaten progress towards sustainable development goals. The spike in food and energy prices in 2008 led to a severe food crisis. The subsequent fall of energy prices has eased some ...

The World Bank, in collaboration with George Washington University (GWU) and the University of Virginia (UVA), hosted the 1st World Bank-GWU-UVA Conference on “The Economics of Sustainable Development ...

Is ‘sustained’ economic growth compatible with ‘sustainable’ economic growth? Architects of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) clearly thought so — both sustained and sustainable ...

Thank you so much for the kind introduction, Eirik and my appreciation to NORAD for inviting me to join your important conference. A very good morning to everyone. I thought to speak today to a ...