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Maldives Country Environmental Analysis: Towards a More Sustainable and Resilient Blue Economy

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-20T16:07:15Z
dc.date.available2024-02-20T16:07:15Z
dc.date.issued2024-02-20
dc.description.abstractMaldives’ past development path has led to significant improvements in physical capital (infrastructure and related services), and human capital (such as health and education). Over recent decades, the Maldives has witnessed remarkable economic growth. The nation doubled its real income per capita within a 20-year period, transitioned from low to middle-income status, and substantially reduced poverty. This economic growth path was complemented by considerable advancements in infrastructure, including developments in roads, harbors, and ports, as well as ensuring wider access to essential utilities like electricity, water, sanitation, and the internet. From 1966 to 2022, the Maldives inaugurated 17 airports and, achieved universal electricity access by 2014 (from 84 percent in 2000), showcasing its significant growth in produced capital. The country’s human capital has also seen marked progress, with notable achievements in key indicators within education and healthcare. For instance, life expectancy more than doubled from 1960 to 2020 and child mortality and maternal mortality drastically decreased. On the education side, educational attainment has significantly increased over the last decades and more than 9 in 10 people are literate in English. Maldives’ past development path has placed pressure on its blue natural capital (marine and coastal ecosystems). In addition to the cost to natural capital, there has also been a deterioration in fiscal and debt stability, due in parts to the financing of the infrastructure investments. Environmental degradation threatens key economic pillars like tourism and fishing. Moreover, natural capital is the first line of defense against disasters and climate change, especially sea level rise. Against this backdrop, the CEA of the Maldives documents the main sustainable natural resource and environmental management challenges and provides recommendations for transitioning to a more sustainable, resilient, and inclusive Blue Economy.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099021524234511634/P1784891f12d1a0cd18d5516f8fcf6ceaf4
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/41085
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41085
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectBLUE ECONOMY
dc.subjectNATURAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.titleMaldives Country Environmental Analysisen
dc.title.subtitleTowards a More Sustainable and Resilient Blue Economyen
dc.typeReport
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okr.crossref.titleMaldives Country Environmental Analysis: Towards a More Sustainable and Resilient Blue Economy
okr.date.disclosure2024-02-20
okr.date.lastmodified2024-02-15T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeCountry Environmental Analysis (CEA)
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099021524234511634/P1784891f12d1a0cd18d5516f8fcf6ceaf4
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okr.identifier.docmidP178489-f12d1aea-c841-4fcd-8d55-6f8fcf6ceaf4
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/41085
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34259874
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34259874
okr.identifier.report187763
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryMaldives
okr.sectorOther Public Administration
okr.themeRenewable Natural Resources Asset Management,Mitigation,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Oceans,Environmental policies and institutions,Climate change,Adaptation
okr.topicEnvironment::Adaptation to Climate Change
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Forecasting
okr.unitSAR ENR PM (SSAEN)
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