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employment schemes that reha- bilitate environmentally degraded areas;

energy efficient public transport or hous- ing systems;

and the use of fiscal savings from reduced energy subsidies to expand social programmes. Social policies thus play an essential role not only in reducing poverty but also in Social Drivers of Sustainable Development Box 2: Illustrating social drivers of sustainable development This brief illustrates the social drivers of sustainable development by presenting six sets of issues that tend to be neglected or insufficiently addressed in contemporary debates about sustainable development. UNRISD research demonstrates how these factors have often been essential underpinnings of inclusive and sustainable development in different contexts. Socialpolicyasadriveroftran?sformation Social reproduction and the economy of care Equality of opportunity and of outcomes Employment-centred economic policy Social and solidarity economy Empowerment, effective participation and accountability Eco-social policies aim to shift behaviours or provide incentives for more sustainable environmental management or resource use, strengthening the resilience or adaptive capacities of individuals and communities while also achieving social goals.

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2014 Social Drivers of Sustainable Development fostering economic development and in creating socially inclusive societies. They can be equally critical in ensuring fair access to environmental goods, services and resources necessary for sustainable development. Social reproduction and the care economy lay the foundations of sustainable development Social reproduction is the bedrock of a via- ble and sustainable society and economy. It includes the (largely unpaid and invis- ible) work of caring for children, the sick and elderly;

of ensuring a healthy and well- nourishedlabourforce;

andofplayingarange of community roles necessary for cohesive societies―burdens that fall predominantly on women within households. Yet it remains a persistently neglected issue despite sig- nificant attention to gender equity and the status of women in the global development agenda. The issue is also generally absent in national and global policy discussions around sustainable development. The costs of this neglect include unequal gender opportunities, including the marginalization of women in paid employment, and the poor quality of care or low human capital invest- ments in many contexts. These in turn act as constraints on econom........