Sustainable Development in a Dynamic World: Transforming
Institutions, Growth, and Quality of Life
A copublication of the World Bank and Oxford University Press
About the cover:A montage of two satellite sensor products, the cover
image shows the lights of human settlements and (on May 14, 2002) variation in
sea surface temperatures. The image illustrates several World Development
Report 2003 themes: the link between growth and environment (higher income
correlated with greater energy use), the continuing socioeconomic challenge of
inequality and poverty reduction (vast disparity in the energy use of
industrial countries and that of developing countries), the interconnectedness
and impact of human activity (fossil fuel-based energy use raising sea surface
temperatures), and the need to gather information (such as that provided by
satellite sensors) to anticipate and monitor problems if the world is to shift
to a more sustainable development.
City lights image courtesy of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
Digital Archive, National Geographic Data Center, U.S. National Oceanic and
Aeronautics Administration
Sea surface temperatures image courtesy of U.S. National Climatic Data Center
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