CDKN-Green Growth: Implications for Development Planning
"Perhaps more so than conventional economic planning, green growth planning needs to be an iterative process, adapting to local developments over time and responding to the needs of national and local stakeholders. Planners rarely find the planning process straightforward and rely on economic principles and tools to inform the process. Conventional tools and methods, however, may not address environmental and social dimensions adequately or look beyond economic metrics. New tools and methods have emerged and existing ones have also evolved. However, feeding inputs into these tools and using them to obtain stakeholders’ buy-in remain key challenges.
CDKN aims to help decisionmakers in developing countries design and deliver climate compatible development. A challenge for CDKN’s core audience – national planners and policy makers in developing countries – is incorporating ‘green growth’ into a rigorous policy planning process.
This guide by CDKN aims to support national planners and policy makers in the green growth planning process by focusing on the key role of economics and economic tools."