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Social Sustainability and the Development Process: What Is It, Why Does It Matter, and How Can It Be Enhanced?

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dc.contributor.authorBarron, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorCord, Louise
dc.contributor.authorCuesta, José
dc.contributor.authorEspinoza, Sabina A.
dc.contributor.authorLarson, Greg
dc.contributor.authorWoolcock, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-10T22:49:53Z
dc.date.available2023-07-10T22:49:53Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-10
dc.description.abstractDevelopment debates frequently focus on making economic growth sustainable or ensuring that natural resources are used sustainably; such debates rest on longstanding scholarship and largely shared understandings of how such problems should be addressed. Increasingly, there are also calls for development to be socially sustainable. Yet the theory and evidence undergirding this third “pillar” are comparatively thin, focusing primarily on high-income countries and mapping only partially onto a coherent policy agenda. This paper seeks to help close these gaps by providing (a) a brief history and literature review of social sustainability, emphasizing its distinctiveness from economic and environmental sustainability; (b) a definition and conceptual framework, identifying social sustainability’s key components; (c) empirical evidence linking these components to mainstream development outcomes; and (d) operational insights for promoting social sustainability—on its own and as a complement to economic and environmental sustainability. The scale and intensity of the world’s current development challenges—and their impacts not just on economies and the environment but entire societies—requires a more robust understanding of their social dimensions, what policies and programs should be enacted in response, and how such efforts can be implemented with local legitimacy and sustained politically over time.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099741206152335619/IDU07170b25f089b00406f0b6a40c67d0a1670b5
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10487
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39972
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers; 10487
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectSOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT PROCESS
dc.subjectLEGITIMACY
dc.subjectSDG FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG)
dc.subjectSOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE POLICY
dc.titleSocial Sustainability and the Development Processen
dc.title.subtitleWhat Is It, Why Does It Matter, and How Can It Be Enhanced?en
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleSocial Sustainability and the Development Process: What Is It, Why Does It Matter, and How Can It Be Enhanced?
okr.date.disclosure2023-06-15
okr.date.lastmodified2023-06-15T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099741206152335619/IDU07170b25f089b00406f0b6a40c67d0a1670b5
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10487
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10487
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okr.sectorSocial Protection
okr.themeSocial Inclusion,Other Excluded Groups,Social Development and Protection
okr.topicCulture and Development::Culture in Sustainable Development
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Aspects of Climate Change
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Social Development & Poverty
okr.unitSocial PM (SSIGL)
okr.unitDECRG: Poverty & Inequality (DECPI)
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