Title Social sustainability in development : meeting the challenges of the 21st century / Patrick Barron, Louise Cord, José Cuesta, Sabina A. Espinoza, Greg Larson, Michael Woolcock

Published Washington, DC : World Bank Group, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (xxxv, 102 pages) : color illustrations Series New frontiers of social policy New frontiers of social policy. Contents Front Cover -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Main Messages -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- 1 From Aspiration to Action -- Introduction -- Context -- Notes -- References -- 2 What Is Social Sustainability? -- Overview and Literature Review -- Definitions and Conceptual Framework -- Strengthening the Empirical Foundations of Social Sustainability -- Annex 2A Empirical Annex -- Annex 2B Social Sustainability and Developmental Outcome Correlations, Controlling for Income -- Notes -- References -- 3 Closing the ­Implementation Gap Introduction -- Challenges in Operationalizing Social Sustainability -- What Has Worked to Promote Cohesion, Inclusion, and Resilience? -- Leveraging Process Legitimacy: How Things Are Done Matters -- Notes -- References -- 4 Conclusion -- A Perfect Storm -- References -- Boxes -- Box 1.1 The Conceptual Foundations of Social Sustainability at the World Bank -- Box 1.2 Global Estimates of the Population at Risk of Exclusion -- Box 1.3 Social Media's Effects on Social Cohesion -- Box 2.1 Vignettes to Illustrate Social Sustainability -- Box 2.2 Social Sustainability Global Database Box 3.1 Social Inclusion in Uruguay -- Box 3.2 Strengthening Community Bonds: Insights from Indonesia -- Box 3.3 Strengthening Cohesion and Resilience in Nigeria -- Box 3.4 Strengthening the Integration of Migrants in Colombia -- Box 3.5 Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria -- Box 3.6 Stopping Female Genital Cutting and Other Harmful Practices by Building on Community Values and Leaders -- Box 3.7 Resilience-Kenya's Financing Locally Led Climate Action Program -- Box 3.8 Social Sustainability and Inclusion Country Diagnostic -- Box 3.9 Typology for Social Sustainability Box 3.10 Fostering Process Legitimacy through the Environmental and Social Framework -- Box 3.11 Strengthening the Links between Communities and Elected Officials -- Box 3.12 Working with Civil Society for Third-Party Monitoring in Tajikistan -- Box 3.13 The Panama Indigenous Peoples Plan -- Figure -- Figure ES.1 The Triad of Sustainability -- Figure ES.2 Conceptual Framework of Social Sustainability -- Figure ES.3 Drivers of Process Legitimacy -- Figure ES.4 Correlations between the Four Components of Social Sustainability and Development Outcomes -- Figure 1.1 The Triad of Sustainability Figure B1.2.1 Global Rate of Poverty and Estimated Share and Number of the Population at Risk of Exclusion, 2017 -- Figure 1.2 Share of Countries with Social Unrest Events, 12-Month Moving Average, by Region, 1985-2020 -- Figure 2.1 Appearance of Key Types of "Sustainability" in Published English Books, 1985-2019 -- Figure 2.2 Conceptual Framework of Social Sustainability -- Figure B2.2.1 Indicators of Social Cohesion and Inclusion -- Figure B2.2.2 Understanding Countries' Income Levels and Process Legitimacy -- Figure 2.3 Association between Social Cohesion and Poverty, Income, Inequality, Human Capital, and Human Development Summary All development is about people: the transformative process to equip, link, and enable groups of people to drive change and create something new to benefit society. Development can promote societies where all people can thrive, but the change process can be complex, challenging, and socially contentious. Continued progress toward sustainable development is not guaranteed. The current overlapping crises of COVID-19, climate change, rising levels of conflict, and a global economic slowdown are inflaming long-standing challenges-- exacerbating inequality and deep-rooted systemic inequities. Addressing these challenges will require social sustainability in addition to economic and environmental sustainability. This publication seeks to advance the concept of social sustainability and sharpen its analytical foundations. The book emphasizes social sustainability's four key components: social cohesion, inclusion, resilience, and process legitimacy. It posits that 1. Social sustainability increases when more people feel part of the development process and believe that they and their descendants will benefit from it; 2. Communities and societies that are more socially sustainable are more willing and able to work together to overcome challenges, deliver public goods, and allocate scarce resources in ways perceived to be legitimate and fair so that all people may thrive over time. By identifying interventions that work to promote the components of social sustainability and highlighting the evidence of their links to key development outcomes, this book provides a foundation for using social sustainability to help address the many challenges of our time Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Subject Economic development -- Sociological aspects. Community development -- Sociological aspects Social stability. Economic development -- Sociological aspects Social stability Form Electronic book Author Cord, Louise, author Cuesta, José A., author. Espinoza, Sabina A., author Larson, Gregory M., author Woolcock, Michael J. V., 1964- author. ISBN 9781464819476 1464819475

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