Cairo — New study shows power of investing in a greener economy to boost GDP and life expectancy, create more and better jobs, and rapidly reduce poverty gap
Increasing Kenya's GDP by 12 per cent, raising Senegal's life expectancy rate by 1.3 years, and reducing Burkina Faso's rural urban divide by 8 per cent - are all above and beyond what can be expected from a business as usual scenario, with a switch to green investments, says a new report launched today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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