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Post 2015: Global Action for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future

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CHApTER SIx<br />

ECONOMY DEMOGRAPHY<br />

ENVIRONMENT<br />

104<br />

OPTIMISTIC<br />

International trade <strong>an</strong>d (productive) capital flows increase, especially<br />

among Southern partners. A dynamic world economy contributes to the<br />

widespread creation of productive employment, raising real wages <strong>an</strong>d<br />

reducing income inequality. <strong>Global</strong> poverty is signific<strong>an</strong>tly <strong>an</strong>d<br />

sustainably reduced, including in SSA.<br />

LAND AND WATER<br />

RESOURCES ARE<br />

ADEQUATELY MANAGED.<br />

EuropE<strong>an</strong> rEport on DEvElopmEnt 2013<br />

WORLD POPULATION GROWTH IS<br />

FURTHER REDUCED (DUE TO FALLING<br />

FERTILITY RATES), EASING<br />

DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURES.<br />

Greater international migration from poor developing<br />

countries attenuates impacts of population ageing in more<br />

adv<strong>an</strong>ced countries. Slower urb<strong>an</strong>isation growth (due to<br />

investments in rural areas) is accomp<strong>an</strong>ied by stronger<br />

investments in social <strong>an</strong>d municipal services.<br />

Strong investments in renewable<br />

energy sources dramatically reduce the<br />

world’s dependence on fossil fuels.

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