Making Sustainable Commitments: An Environment Strategy for the World BankWorld Bank Publications, 2001 M01 1 - 234 pages For decades, governments and donors have attempted to improve social welfare through public support for development finance institutions (DFIs). This monograph presents two measures of social cost. The first measure is the Subsidiary Dependence Index (SDI) and the second is the Net Present Cost to Society (NPCs). These measures help to establish benchmarks and to chart trends. They help to measure the social cost of development finance institutions (DFIs) that receive public funds. This is significant since funds earmarked for development are scarce. The measurement of social cost in this monograph is the first step toward the wiser use of public funds. |
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Page xx - Its mission is to fight poverty for lasting results and to help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors.
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Page 3 - Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Page 3 - Our Common Future', the 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development chaired by Gro Harlem Brundtland, and furthered by the 1992 Rio Declaration.