Structural Transformation and Sustainable Development in the Global South: An Integrated Approach

This book investigates the relationship between sustainable development and structural transformation within international development policy.

On the one hand, sustainable development is promoted as a multi-dimensional concept for achieving environmentally and socially responsible change. On the other hand, structural transformation refers to a sustained period of growth in living standards and incomes that brings sectoral change. For some, these two objectives seem at odds with each other,...