3xM ApproachDavid ReedWWF-MPO

MACROECONOMICS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OFFICEM/P/O

Economic Change, Poverty and the Environment

The 3xM Approach

3xM ApproachDavid ReedWWF-MPO

MACROECONOMICS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OFFICEM/P/O

Required Project Outputs

• A replicable analytical approach• A replicable intervention approach• Five demonstration projects in diverse countries

3xM ApproachDavid ReedWWF-MPO

MACROECONOMICS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OFFICEM/P/O

5 Country Experiences• China: Forest co-management in Yunnan

Province• Indonesia: Forest management on Lombok Island• El Salvador: Regional land use planning in

Chalatenango• South Africa: Local tourist development in fragile desert

area• Zambia: Land reform in deep rural areas

3xM ApproachDavid ReedWWF-MPO

MACROECONOMICS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OFFICEM/P/O

The Analytical Approach1) Analyzing Poverty-Environment Dynamics at the Local

Level2) Analyzing the Influence of Meso-Level Institutions3) Establishing Linkages to Macro Policies and National

Institutions4) Interpreting the Results5) Identifying Strategic Interventions

3xM ApproachDavid ReedWWF-MPO

MACROECONOMICS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OFFICEM/P/O

The Intervention Approach

1) Translating Socioeconomic Analysis into Intervention Plans

2) Implementing Direct Interventions at the Local Level3) Influencing Meso or Subnational Institutional

Arrangements4) Influencing National Policies and Institutions

3xM ApproachDavid ReedWWF-MPO

MACROECONOMICS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OFFICEM/P/O

The 3xM Approach• Effective intervention strategies require rigorous economic,

ecological and institutional analysis that cuts across the micro, meso and macro levels of a given society

• Removing obstacles at the local level that prevent the poor from competing economically, improving management of their natural resources and participating in political processes is the starting point of changing poverty-environment dynamics

3xM ApproachDavid ReedWWF-MPO

MACROECONOMICS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OFFICEM/P/O

The 3xM Approach Cont’d• Changing policies and institutional arrangements at sub-national

(meso) and national (macro) levels is required to establish a coherent policy and institutional context in which local initiatives can thrive

• Building alliances between rural communities and a wide range of advocates, experts and supporting institutes in urban areas is needed to effect the policy and institutional changes required across the three levels

3xM ApproachDavid ReedWWF-MPO

MACROECONOMICS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OFFICEM/P/O

Challenges

• Aligning the three Ms• Reforming institutional arrangements• Integrating rural development in national development

strategies• Strengthening political influence of rural communities

3xM ApproachDavid ReedWWF-MPO

MACROECONOMICS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OFFICEM/P/O

Supplemental Reforms

• Clarifying resource rights and responsibilities • Addressing the compensation issue• Strengthening the provision of public goods• Developing ‘pro-poor’ infrastructure

3xM ApproachDavid ReedWWF-MPO

MACROECONOMICS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OFFICEM/P/O

Key Messages

• Require that projects be grounded on multi-layered, poverty-environment analysis that cuts across the economic, institutional and ecological spheres

• Require that intervention projects demonstrate the link between micro and macro levels