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Evaluating Projects and Assessing Sustainable Development in Imperfect Economies
Arrow, Kenneth; Dasgupta, Partha; Mäler, Karl-Göran - 2003
We are interested in three related questions: (1) How should accounting prices be estimated? (2) How should we evaluate policy change in an imperfect economy? (3) How can we check whether intergenerational well-being will be sustained along a projected economic programme? We do not presume that...
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On the art of aggregating "apples & oranges"
Jesinghaus, Jochen - 2000
The Communication on Environmental Indicators and Green National Accounting (Com (94) 670 final, 21.12.94) laid the basis for indicator and accounting projects aimed to give comprehensive support to environmental policy, like GARP and GreenStamp. The article is intended to demonstrate: that...
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Environmental evaluation and global development institutions: A case study of the global environment facility
Batra, Geeta; Uitto, Juha I.; Feinstein, Osvaldo Néstor - 2022
"Evaluation is increasingly important for finding sustainable solutions for the people and the planet, based on a systematic analysis of what works, for whom, and under what circumstances, and to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, as they pertain to the...
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Thresholds of transformation: UNRISD sustainable development performance Indicators pilot testing - Synthesis report
Baue, Bill; Thurm, Ralph A. - 2022
This report summarizes and synthesizes the outcomes of a pilot testing project on a set of UNRISD-designed Sustainable Development Performance Indicators (SDPI) that are intended to gauge whether economic entities are on a pathway consistent with the transformative goals and vision of the 2030...
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ICT- social entrepreneurship nexus and job creation in Nigeria
Worgwu, Haoma; Osabohien, Romanus; Al-Faryan, Mamdouh … - In: International Journal of Management, Economics and … 12 (2023) 1, pp. 79-103
employment in Nigeria. The study made use of survey data obtained from youth entrepreneurship with innovation (YouWiN) (2019 …
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Sustainability, Digital Transformation and Fintech: The New Challenges of the Banking Industry
Pérez, Andrea (contributor) - 2021
In the current competitive scenario, the banking industry must contend with multiple challenges tied to regulations, legacy systems, disruptive models/technologies, new competitors, and a restive customer base, while simultaneously pursuing new strategies for sustainable growth. Banking...
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Testing the efficacy of sustainable development for the quality of governance and environmental degradation in Nigeria
Aberu, Felix - In: International Journal of Management, Economics and … 12 (2023) 4, pp. 279-298
The puzzle of identifying the determinant of sustainable development in Nigeria has become a question for research … process in Nigeria. This study used a comprehensive set of data spanning from the 1996 to 2022 extracted the World Bank … database to investigate the sustainable development puzzles in Nigeria with a particular focus on establishing an empirical …
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The aftermath of Nigeria's 2023 presidential elections and its impact on the sub-region
Kohnert, Dirk - 2023
Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 25 February 2023. The candidate of Nigeria's ruling All Progressives … interfere in Nigeria's internal affairs. Given the recent history of military coups in West Africa, including Russia …. Although Nigeria is a resource-rich country and oil and gas revenues have funded national budgets for decades, around 40% of …
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The enhanced use of wood-biomass: Macroeconomic, sectoral and environmental impacts
Schwarzbauer, Wolfgang; Balabanov, Todor - 2008
The main objective of this paper is to identify fuel substitution potential by estimating potential price induced energy substitution and by considering available technological options. We consider the impacts of CO2 taxation on reduction of emissions until 2020, assuming CO2 neutrality of...
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Quantifying sustainability: A new approach and world ranking
Carraro, Carlo; Campagnolo, Lorenza; Eboli, Fabio; … - 2012
This paper proposes a new tool to assess sustainability and make the concept of sustainable development operational. It considers its multi-dimensional structure combining the information deriving from a selection of relevant sustainability indicators belonging to economic, social and...
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