Social Sustainability in Development: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century

by Patrick Barron, José Cuesta, Louise Cord

Book Overview

All development is about people: the transformative process to equip, link, and enable groups of people to drive change and create something new to benefit society. Development can promote societies where all people can thrive, but the change process can be complex, challenging, and socially contentious.

Continued progress toward sustainable development is not guaranteed. The current overlapping crises of COVID-19, climate change,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464819467
• ISBN13: 9781464819469
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"