Development Roast Giving international development a proper roasting
By Michael Jacobs
Over the past four years the concept of ‘green growth’ has burst onto the international policy scene. A term rarely heard before 2008, it now occupies a prominent position in the international policy discourse. The last two G20 Summits—international meetings of the heads of government of the largest 20 economies that began in response to the financial crash in 2008—declared their support for this goal. The World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are all now committed to it. A new body, the Global Green Growth Institute, has been created to advise governments on its implementation. A whole panoply of green growth networks, forums and ‘knowledge platforms’ has sprung up.
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