Sustainable Futures
An Agenda for Action
Raphael Kaplinsky
- Long
- before
- the
- pandemic,
- economies
- across
- the
- world
- were
- in
- trouble,
- with
- growth
- slowing
- across
- the
- board.
- This
- downturn
- coincided
- with
- growing
- inequality
- and
- social
- exclusion.
- Rising
- political
- dissatisfaction
- with
- ruling
- elites
- fuelled
- the
- rise
- of
- populism.
- Add
- to
- this
- the
- alarming
- environmental
- emergency
- and
- few
- can
- deny
- we
- live
- in
- a
- time
- of
- multiple
- sustainability
- crises.While
- this
- conclusion
- can
- lead
- to
- despair,
- in
- this
- broad-ranging
- book
- Raphael
- Kaplinsky,
- a
- leading
- development
- policy
- analyst,
- argues
- that
- the
- future
- is
- not
- necessarily
- bleak.
- Interrogating
- the
- causes
- and
- nature
- of
- the
- systemic
- crises
- we
- are
- living
- through,
- he
- shows
- how
- the
- challenges
- which
- we
- now
- face
- mirror
- previous
- historical
- epochs,
- in
- which
- dominant
- ‘techno-economic’
- paradigms
- flourish,
- mature
- and
- run
- into
- crisis.
- In
- each
- case,
- decisive
- action
- is
- required
- to
- move
- to
- a
- more
- economically
- and
- socially
- sustainable
- world.
- In
- our
- time,
- we
- are
- witnessing
- the
- exhaustion
- of
- the
- Mass
- Production
- paradigm.
- How
- we
- herald
- and
- manage
- the
- transition
- to
- the
- next
- paradigm
- –
- that
- of
- Information
- and
- Communications
- Technologies
- –
- will
- determine
- our
- capacity
- to
- build
- a
- more
- prosperous,
- equitable
- and
- environmentally
- sustainable
- world.
- This
- book
- sets
- out
- an
- integrated
- agenda
- for
- action
- by
- multiple
- stakeholders
- to
- achieve
- this end.
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