Adopted in 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were … opportunity to improve the governance of, and accelerate progress in, the SDGs. This paper builds upon well-established work on … meta-governance to determine what changes in governance could be needed for such an outcome to materialize. More …

The relationship between human capital development and urbanization in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is explored …

how ocean tourism and economic development intertwine in archipelagic nations, examining national statistical data on … tourism and economic development in the Philippines over the last several years. Furthermore, it discusses the policy … landscape and identifies the enabling and disabling factors for the development of ocean tourism in the Philippines. It …

Infrastructure is often seen as a critical factor in economic development. However, impact assessment for …

In this paper, the literature on trade and development is surveyed, especially that regarding the role of …

construction? How can we evaluate the performance of infrastructure development? How and to what extent should the government be …

development while simultaneously securing an uninterrupted supply of energy. Using oil export revenues and the established legal … infrastructure, Azerbaijan has made significant investments for development in the renewable energy sector since the 2000s …

The global economic crisis refocused attention on the governance of international economic institutions (IEIs). This … macroeconomic management, development finance, trade, and financial stability. The authors argue that reforms currently being … policy areas (for example in regional development banks) and could expand and improve the provision of international public …

infrastructure. The empirical results indicate that governance and institutions are crucial for regional infrastructure development …This study is a comprehensive, empirical analysis of the linkages between governance, institutions, and regional …: every one point improvement in governance results in a 1 to 1.5 point rise in regional infrastructure. Countries (and …