Publication: Best Investments for an Economic Recovery from Coronavirus: An Illustration Based on the Fiji Climate Vulnerability Assessment to Pinpoint Stimulus Options
Date
2020-08-25
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Published
2020-08-25
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Abstract
The COVID-19 crisis is causing massive
suffering across the globe. In addition to the human
consequences of the disease, containment measures to slow
down and control the virus have deprived people of their
livelihood and put many firms in a difficult financial
situation. As a result, governments are planning massive
stimulus packages to accelerate recovery once the health
emergency is under control. To help governments think
through investments for a green recovery, we proposed a
sustainability checklist to screen potential projects and
policies. To test how the sustainability checklist might
work for a specific country, the checklist was applied to
the Fiji Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CVA). The
objective is to demonstrate how the checklist can be used as
a screening, scoring, and prioritization tool to identify
projects that create synergies between short-term needs and
long-term objectives.
Citation
“Fargher, Samuel; Hallegatte, Stephane. 2020. Best Investments for an Economic Recovery from Coronavirus; Best Investments for an Economic Recovery from Coronavirus : An Illustration Based on the Fiji Climate Vulnerability Assessment to Pinpoint Stimulus Options. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34405 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”