The relationship between economic growth and the environment is, and will always remain, controversial. Some see the emergence of new pollution problems, the lack of success in dealing with global warming and the still rising population in the Third World as proof positive that humans are a...

Government of Liberia aims to achieve middle income status by 2030 through broad participation and inclusive growth. The country's growth strategy is one of accelerating the exploitation of natural resources, while maintaining sound macro policies, improving the business environment and...

We develop an aggregated model to study rational environmental adaptation policies that compensate negative consequences of certain environmental hazards and changes. The model distinguishes the three categories of adaptation measures that (a) compensate the decrease of the environmental amenity...

The circular economy is interpreted as a stable economic system, which aims at eliminating the consequences and costs, as well as providing a constant cycle of necessary resources. That is why it is so important to conduct its assessment today. The object of the article is the state of the...

Economy, society, environment and sometimes indicated institutional and political system – on these pillars is based the idea of sustainable development. The necessity for a global balance in these dimensions hinders the multidimensional approach of ideas. These difficulties increase when the...

This paper provides new evidence on the convergence process of energy, water and food per capita consumption levels for 108 countries from 1971 to 2018, using a common data set, with VAR and panel data approach. We establish a new notion of multivariate sigma and beta-convergence. The results...

This study is trying to examine the different renewable energy sources and their impact on the economic growth at the state level under sustainable development goal seven (SDG-7). The SDGs goal (7th) defines the importance of clean, affordable and modern energy system in the World. Moreover,...

The study investigates the relationship between the green economy and poverty in South Africa from 1990 to 2017. Data on green economy indicators such as share of clean energy, CO2 emissions, human development index, secondary school enrolment, life expectancy at birth and access to electricity...

This paper reviews sustainability concepts and measures sustainability indicators in the context of a least developed country Nepal, and a developing country Thailand in order to judge the economy's performance with the use of natural resources and the environment. In both the country cases,...