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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
A Methodology for Assessing National Sustainable Development Strategies
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| Autores: |
Cherp, Aleg
George, Clive
Kirkpatrick, Colin
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| Data: |
2006-08-07
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| Ano: |
2004
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| Palavras-chave: |
Sustainable development
Strategic planning
National sustainable development strategies
Transition countries
Environmental Economics and Policy
International Development
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| Resumo: |
At the Rio Earth Summit of 1992, governments undertook to develop and adopt national sustainable development strategies as a key component of implementing the goals of Agenda 21. Only partial progress was reported at the 2002 World Summit in Johannesburg, with uncertainty as to the effectiveness of those strategies that had been introduced. This paper describes a methodology for assessing a country's progress in implementing a national sustainable development strategy for (NSDS) and for identifying potential areas for improvement. Five key principles of sustainable development and strategic planning are identified, and a set of assessment criteria are proposed for each principle. The results of applying the methodology in two Eastern European countries, Belarus and Slovakia, are reported. These case studies suggest that the proposed NSDS assessment methodology has considerable potential for strengthening sustainability planning at the national level. The effectiveness of the NSDS assessment methodology in strengthening national processes for sustainable development and strategic planning will also require greater transparency and accountability in governance practices. This suggests that progress in improving the quality of NSDS processes is likely to be conditional on broader considerations of institutional building and governance reform.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
23303
http://purl.umn.edu/30577
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
University of Manchester>Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) >Impact Assessment Research Centre (IARC) Working Papers
IARC Working Paper 06/2004
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| Formato: |
19
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