Environmental sustainability in South Africa: Understanding the criticality of economic policy uncertainty, fiscal decentralization, and green innovation

Submitted by Michelle Blanc… on
EfD Authors:
Muchapondwa, Edwin

South Africa, like most developing nations, is confronted with choosing between the need to advance their economy and the need to protect the environment. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs-7, 11, 12 & 13) provide a strong foundation for this investigation. To this end, the current research investigates the combined impacts of economic policy uncertainty, fiscal decentralization, and green innovation on environmental sustainability for the instance of South Africa with yearly frequency data from 1960 to 2020.

Peer Reviewed
Climate Change, Policy Design, Urban

Inclusive Green Economy Policy Review for Rwanda

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Maniragaba, Abias
Sabiti, Fred
Karimu, Amin

In order to achieve Agenda 2030, we need to get the economic incentives right and make sure to leave no one behind. In other words, we need a transformation towards an inclusive green economy. Such transformation requires increased knowledge of, and capacity to apply, policy instruments such as bans, taxes, fees, subsidies, permits, and refund systems that generate incentives for an inclusive green economy. The Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) Program aims to strengthen the country and regional capacity of green economy transformation in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Report
Agriculture, Climate Change, Land, Policy Design, Waste

Poverty and gender considerations in marine spatial planning

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Brühl , Johanna
Turpie, Jane
Leiman, Anthony
Mulwa, Richard
Köhlin, Gunnar

Summary

The report provides a framework for ensuring that marine spatial planning (MSP) does not worsen poverty and gender inequality in developing countries, and that potentially marginalised groups are appropriately considered and engaged in the MSP process.

This report provides guidelines for the steps of a more inclusive MSP process.

The findings indicate that a scorecard can be used to guide the social sustainability of the MSP process. The criteria in the scorecard include:

Report
Gender, Policy Design, Water
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