Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 90
Cover Image
Addressing marine litter through sustainable tourism : the case of the Siargao Islands in the Southern Philippines
Serrona, Kevin Roy B.; Yu, Jeongsoo; Camarin, Mary Jean A. - 2022
Marine litter seriously affects island-based or archipelagic economies. The Philippines is an example of a country at the center of this predicament due to its strategic geographic location as a regional trade route. Urbanization, rapid economic development, and the population increase are some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012803224
Cover Image
ESG Investment and SME Green Policies
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Agarwal, Aashi; Ram, KE Seetha - 2024
This paper examines the current landscape of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing by focusing on environment. We analyze the discrepancies in ESG scoring methodologies among different rating agencies and demonstrate how these inconsistencies can lead to distorted investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015070980
Cover Image
Proposing regulatory-driven blue finance mechanism for blue economy development
Yoshioka, Nagisa; Wu, Hsing Hao; Huang, Michael C.; … - 2020
communities, and small island developing states. Blue Finance, as a concept, is thus critical to ensure sustainability and … conservation of the marine ecosystem and resources aligned with economic growth. Ocean sustainability has attracted global finance … development programs seeking economic growth and sustainability. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012243597
Cover Image
Managing the risks of public infrastructure financing : toward sustainability
Zhao, Quanhou; Liu, Wei; Long, Xiaoyang; Sun, Jiaxi; … - 2020
of an infrastructure construction project to ensure the financial sustainability of such a project and then to safeguard … the national macrofinancial sustainability is a significant task for the PRC in strengthening the risk management of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239709
Cover Image
Blue Economy and sustainable tourism management in coastal zones: learning from experiences
Sotiriadis, Marios; Shen, Shiwei - 2020
The sustainable management of coastal zones requires appropriate tools within the framework of the Blue Economy. This paper adopts a supply/coastal zone perspective to investigate key issues and aspects related to the implementation of coastal tourism initiatives. The main research question is:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012289919
Cover Image
Sustainable transport infrastructure : road asset management in the CAREC region
Zakir, Dildar; Greenwood, Ian; Ayoobi, Ayoob - 2024
The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) region has historically been an important route for global trade - connecting Asia to Europe (and vice versa) and beyond through the ancient Silk Road before the evolution of maritime trade and commerce in the 1500s. The Asian Development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512502
Cover Image
Sustainable finance in Japan
Schumacher, Kim; Chenet, Hugues; Volz, Ulrich - 2020
This paper examines the emergent role of sustainable finance and investment in Japan and scrutinizes the need for the Japanese financial system to mitigate growing climate risks and support the transition of the Japanese economy to a low-carbon, sustainable pathway. It first illustrates Japan's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012171752
Cover Image
"Sanitation" in the top development journals : a review
Revilla, Ma. Laarni D.; Qu, Fangqi; Seetharam, … - 2021
The top 12 development journals published a total of 18,329 papers during the period 2000.2020. Out of these, just 51 focused on sanitation and related issues, which are the focus of this review. Results were mixed on the efficiency of sanitation delivery since political factors and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510768
Cover Image
The cold economy
Peters, Toby; Sayin, Leyla - 2022
Lack of cooling and cold-chain access is a critical development challenge that has significant implications for people's livelihoods, productivity, health, food, and nutritional security. While business-as-usual demand projections suggest 19 new cooling appliances will be sold every second by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013264856
Cover Image
Trade and SDG 13 : action on climate change
Prag, Andrew - 2017
or otherwise hindering climate change objectives. While concluding that the multilateral agreements of the World Trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646988