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A SAFE AND JUST SPACE FOR HUMANITY A vision for inclusive and sustainable economic development Kate Raworth Senior Researcher Oxfam African Development Bank 3 May 2012

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ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

HUMAN DEPRIVATION

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DEPRIVATION AND DEGRADATION

Land and water conflicts

Food price crises

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STABILITY IN THE HOLOCENE

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Source: Rockström et al 2009

NINE PLANETARY BOUNDARIES

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CO2 350ppm

15% cropland4,000 km3 pa

35 m tonnes pa

276 Dobson units

2.75 aragonite

10 species/m pa

NINE PLANETARY BOUNDARIES

Source: Rockström et al 2009

11 m tonnes pa

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NINE PLANETARY BOUNDARIES

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A SAFE AND JUST SPACE FOR HUMANITY

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FALLING FAR BELOW THE SOCIAL FOUNDATION

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INTERDEPENDENCE OF THE BOUNDARIES

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INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN AFRICA

What is the state of Africa’s social foundation?

Which planetary boundaries are under most stress in Africa?

How is this stress undermining Africa’s prospects for inclusive economic growth?

Which investments can best bring Africa between social and planetary boundaries?

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TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH

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INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

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Low incomecountries: focused on tackling poverty but without locking in to unsustainable resource use

High income countries: the challenge of decoupling economic growthfrom resource use

Emerging economies: high potential to transform pathways of resource use along with rising wellbeing

INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

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Gross Domestic Product

THE BIGGER PICTURE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Value of goods and services in the monetised economy

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+ Value of unpaid goods and services

unpaid care services

unpaid ecosystem functions

undervaluedpublic goods Gross Domestic Product

Value of goods and services in the monetised economy

THE BIGGER PICTURE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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SocialCommunityInstitutions

HumanHealth

EducationCare

NaturalEcosystems

Non/renewable resources

PhysicalInfrastructure

Machinery

FinancialSavingsEquity

unpaid care services

unpaid ecosystem functions

undervaluedpublic goods Gross Domestic Product

+ Underlying stocks of assets – in five dimensions

Value of goods and services in the monetised economy

+ Value of unpaid goods and services

THE BIGGER PICTURE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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SocialCommunityInstitutions

HumanHealth

EducationCare

NaturalEcosystems

Non/renewable resources

PhysicalInfrastructure

Machinery

FinancialSavingsEquity

unpaid care services

unpaid ecosystem functions

undervaluedpublic goods Gross Domestic Product

Distribution of incomes and assets

Value of goods and services in the monetised economy

+ Value of unpaid goods and services

+ Underlying stocks of assets – in five dimensions

+ How incomes and wealth are distributed across household, and by gender and race

THE BIGGER PICTURE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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A SAFE AND JUST SPACE FOR HUMANITY

Kate Raworth, Oxfam. [email protected]