CASE STUDIES OF
S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E LO P M E N T I N P R AC T I C E
TRIPLE WINS FOR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
United Nations Development Programme
C A S E S T U D I E S O F S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E LO P M E N T I N P R AC T I C E
TRIPLE WINS FOR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
United Nations Development Programme
June 2012
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Table of Contents
FOREWORD .................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
INTRODUCTION: THE THREE STRANDS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT .............................................. 4
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1990: WHERE ARE WE NOW?............................................................... 6
WHAT HAS WORKED? ............................................................................................................................................................. 9
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? ............................................................................................................................................. 11
THINGS CAN BE DIFFERENT ............................................................................................................................................. 13
RECALIBRATING THE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA: WHAT IS
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