Green growth: implications for development planning

The document outlines a framework for integrating green growth into national development planning, emphasizing the need for iterative processes and the application of specific economic models to balance economic growth with environmental and social objectives.

• Green growth is defined as a strategic approach to promote economic development while simultaneously addressing climate change, the loss of natural capital and resources, and social objectives such as poverty reduction.
• Planning for green growth follows a similar structure to conventional economic planning but requires additional considerations across six stages: vision development, national baseline assessment/BAU scenario development, options and interventions development, impact analysis, roadmap/plan production, and implementation/capacity building.
• Effective green growth planning requires decision-makers to possess three core skills: an understanding of external drivers (such as international political processes and climate finance), knowledge of various policy instruments (market and non-market), and the ability to identify policy impacts using metrics beyond conventional GDP accounting.
• Various economic tools are available for green growth planning, each with specific strengths and limitations: Macroeconomic models (like CGE or EE-IO) can model changes over time and resource reallocation but are often data-intensive or opaque; Microeconomic models (like cost-benefit analysis) provide clear rationales for decisions; and Spatial-based models (like land-use mapping) are useful for on-the-ground decision making.

APA

Low, L. P. (2011). Green growth: implications for development planning. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN-Guide-to-Green-Growth.pdf

Chicago

Low, Lit Ping. Green growth: implications for development planning. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2011. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN-Guide-to-Green-Growth.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{low2011green, author = {Low, Lit Ping}, title = {{Green growth: implications for development planning}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2011}, month = jul, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN-Guide-to-Green-Growth.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }