UNU Releases Key Policy report on Managing
Sustainable Development in Large Developing Countries
New UNU report to the ongoing WSSD preparatory process. This is the fourth in the series of reports that have been submitted officially as UNU's contribution to the WSSD. The policy report can be downloaded from the UNU/IAS website (http://www.ias.unu.edu)
Press Release
On 5 June 2002, the United Nations University (UNU) released a policy report entitled 'Improving the Management of Sustainable Development — Towards a New Strategic Framework for Large Developing Countries: China, India, and Indonesia'. This report was presented to policy makers attending the fourth and final Global Preparatory Meeting (PrepCom IV) for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Bali, Indonesia, where environmental ministers from across the world are gathered to conclude discussions on far-reaching actions to advance the sustainable development agenda. The Bali Meeting is the last stop on the road to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, which will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in August/September 2002.
The aim of the UNU report is to provide an overview of trends, policies already established, and new policy directions related to critical socio-economic and environmental issues identified in Agenda 21, focusing on three large developing countries: namely, China, India and Indonesia. This report is one of the core outputs of the UNU/IAS project on “Sustainable Development Frameworks for Developing Countries” carried out during the past five years in collaboration with leading scholars and institutions in those three countries.
The report covers both positive trends pointing towards greater sustainability and negative trends or issues in which progress has proved more elusive. It identifies policy gaps and trade-offs, suggests options for future policy directions, and examines the types of institutional and decision-making efforts that have been adopted in China, India, and Indonesia to improve their governance framework to meet the sustainable development challenge.
Sustainable Development in Large Developing Countries
New UNU report to the ongoing WSSD preparatory process. This is the fourth in the series of reports that have been submitted officially as UNU's contribution to the WSSD. The policy report can be downloaded from the UNU/IAS website (http://www.ias.unu.edu)
Press Release
On 5 June 2002, the United Nations University (UNU) released a policy report entitled 'Improving the Management of Sustainable Development — Towards a New Strategic Framework for Large Developing Countries: China, India, and Indonesia'. This report was presented to policy makers attending the fourth and final Global Preparatory Meeting (PrepCom IV) for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Bali, Indonesia, where environmental ministers from across the world are gathered to conclude discussions on far-reaching actions to advance the sustainable development agenda. The Bali Meeting is the last stop on the road to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, which will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in August/September 2002.
The aim of the UNU report is to provide an overview of trends, policies already established, and new policy directions related to critical socio-economic and environmental issues identified in Agenda 21, focusing on three large developing countries: namely, China, India and Indonesia. This report is one of the core outputs of the UNU/IAS project on “Sustainable Development Frameworks for Developing Countries” carried out during the past five years in collaboration with leading scholars and institutions in those three countries.
The report covers both positive trends pointing towards greater sustainability and negative trends or issues in which progress has proved more elusive. It identifies policy gaps and trade-offs, suggests options for future policy directions, and examines the types of institutional and decision-making efforts that have been adopted in China, India, and Indonesia to improve their governance framework to meet the sustainable development challenge.
