Greening Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ralph A. Luken is a Sustainable Development Advisor on environmental issues, having worked for United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) from 1990 to 2002 as a Senior Office in the Environment Department. Previously he worked for the US Environmental Protection Agency and consulted for the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the US Agency for International Development and the World Bank. He holds a PhD in Environmental Economics from the University of Michigan. Edward Clarence-Smith is a Senior Green Industry Expert, having worked for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) from 1998–2016 as Senior Officer in the Environmental Department. Previously, he worked in an environmental consulting firm; the Natural Resources Defense Council; the OECD’s Environment Department; and the US Environmental Protection Agency.

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Acknowledgements

List of acronyms

1 Introduction and overview

2 Defining green industrialisation

3 Policies and programmes for greening industry

4 Policies and programmes for greening services

5 Green industry indicators

6 Green industry assessments

7 Green industrialisation research

Annex 1: composite indexes

Annex 2: economic and technology policies

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