Sustainability and development after COVID-19

被引：240

作者：

Barbier, Edward B. ^{[1
,2
]}

Burgess, Joanne C. ^{[1
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Colorado State Univ, Dept Econ, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA

[2] Colorado State Univ, Sch Global Environm Sustainabil, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA

[3] Colorado State Univ, Sch Global Sustainabil, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2020年 / 135卷

关键词：

COVID-19; Developing countries; Natural climate solutions; Sustainable development goals (SDGs); Sustainability; WATER MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION; INFRASTRUCTURE; SUBSIDIES;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105082

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Developing countries are highly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic, in part due to the lack of international support for ensuring progress towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet the mounting financial burden faced by all countries means that additional support is unlikely to be forthcoming in the near future. It is critical that developing countries find innovative policy mechanisms to achieve sustainability and development aims in a cost-effective manner. This requires identifying affordable policies that can yield immediate progress towards several SDGs together and aligns economic incentives for longer term sustainable development. We identify three policies that meet these criteria: a fossil fuel subsidy swap to fund clean energy investments and dissemination of renewable energy in rural areas; reallocating irrigation subsidies to improve water supply, sanitation and wastewater infrastructure; and a tropical carbon tax, which is a levy on fossil fuels that funds natural climate solutions. Such innovative and cost-effective policy mechanisms do not require substantial external support, and they foster greater progress towards achieving the SDGs in poorer economies. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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