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  "title": "G20 Note On Environmentally Sustainable Investment For The Recovery",
  "publication": "Policy Papers, April 29, 2021",
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  "summary": "This Note prepared for the G20 Infrastructure Working Group summarizes the main finding of the IMF flagships regarding the role of environmentally sustainable investment for the recovery.",
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      "heading": "Summary",
      "content": "- This Note prepared for the G20 Infrastructure Working Group summarizes the main finding of the IMF flagships regarding the role of environmentally sustainable investment for the recovery.\n- It emphasizes that environmentally sustainable investment is an important enabler for a resilient, greener, and inclusive recovery—it creates jobs, spurs economic growth, addresses climate change, and improves the quality of life.\n- It can also stimulate much needed private sector greener and resilient investment."
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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- Environmentally sustainable investment contributes to job creation.\n- Environmentally sustainable investment spurs economic growth.\n- Environmentally sustainable investment addresses climate change.\n- Environmentally sustainable investment improves quality of life.\n- Environmentally sustainable investment can stimulate private sector greener and resilient investment."
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      "heading": "Policy implications and emphasis",
      "content": "- Environmentally sustainable investment should be integrated into recovery strategies to enhance resilience, green outcomes, and inclusiveness.\n- Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP) are relevant channels for directing environmentally sustainable investment.\n- Focus areas include green infrastructure, energy efficiency improvement investment, and public investment management to support sustainable growth."
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      "content": "- Subject: Climate change, Economic growth, Environment, Expenditure, Infrastructure, Job creation, Labor, Monetary policy, National accounts, Natural disasters, Political economy, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Sustainable growth\n- Keywords: climate change, Climate change, energy efficiency improvement investment, environmentally sustainable investment, Global, green infrastructure, IMF flagship, Infrastructure, Job creation, management practice, Natural disasters, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), public investment management, quality infrastructure investment agenda, Sustainable growth, transparency policy\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Policy Paper\n  - Policy Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Policy Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2021/04/29/g20-note-on-environmentally-sustainable-investment-for-the-recovery-460112"
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    "Published: April 29, 2021",
    "Series: Policy Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513577913.007",
    "This Note prepared for the G20 Infrastructure Working Group summarizes the main finding of the IMF flagships regarding the role of environmentally sustainable investment for the recovery.",
    "It emphasizes that environmentally sustainable investment is an important enabler for a resilient, greener, and inclusive recovery—it creates jobs, spurs economic growth, addresses climate change, and improves the quality of life.",
    "It can also stimulate much needed private sector greener and resilient investment.",
    "Environmentally sustainable investment contributes to job creation.",
    "Environmentally sustainable investment spurs economic growth.",
    "Environmentally sustainable investment addresses climate change.",
    "Environmentally sustainable investment improves quality of life.",
    "Environmentally sustainable investment can stimulate private sector greener and resilient investment.",
    "Environmentally sustainable investment should be integrated into recovery strategies to enhance resilience, green outcomes, and inclusiveness.",
    "Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP) are relevant channels for directing environmentally sustainable investment.",
    "Focus areas include green infrastructure, energy efficiency improvement investment, and public investment management to support sustainable growth.",
    "Subject: Climate change, Economic growth, Environment, Expenditure, Infrastructure, Job creation, Labor, Monetary policy, National accounts, Natural disasters, Political economy, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Sustainable growth",
    "Keywords: climate change, Climate change, energy efficiency improvement investment, environmentally sustainable investment, Global, green infrastructure, IMF flagship, Infrastructure, Job creation, management practice, Natural disasters, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), public investment management, quality infrastructure investment agenda, Sustainable growth, transparency policy",
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