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the world trading system, real convergence in the Euro area, and the causes of Brexit. The book comprises a selection of …
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This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of...
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Building on the impressive first edition, this revised and updated book examines a wide range of highly topical issues. Dr Panic questions whether economic prosperity, social wellbeing and peace are sustainable given existing national attitudes, institutions and policies, and explores the...
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This book examines the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on local economies, and presents selected case studies of MNEs operating in low income countries. By balancing external social and environmental costs against its corresponding benefits, the book demonstrates that MNEs can have a...
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This book argues that development is a comprehensive societal process with two key elements: economic restructuring and sociocultural transformation. While either of these elements alone can initiate change, a strong development plan needs to address both in order to succeed
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Employing a three-dimensional approach, this book discusses inclusive innovation for socio-economic growth and … and innovative area of research, Inclusive Innovation for Sustainable Development explores new social and technological … sector actors Inclusive Innovation for Sustainable Development provides a way forward for excluded majority populations to …
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Despite the accelerating pace of globalization, it is impossible to ignore the marginalization of the developing world …
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Technological innovation - combined with scientific research - has always constituted a driving force of transformation …
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This study develops a new indicator for national and global sustainability. The main components of the EIIW-vita indicator are: the share of renewable energy, the genuine savings rate, and the relative "green export" position of the respective countries; it is in line with OECD requirements on...
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This book contributes to the debate on the decoupling of emerging economies from the advanced economies with a new, empirical investigation approach. Taking counterfactual experiments performed using a time-varying panel VAR model, the author argues that over the last thirty years, emerging...
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