</titre> Faced with an insufficient production/conservation of global publics goods (GPG) which requires a reinforced international cooperation in the context of a deregulated globalization, this paper explores more deeply this concept of GPG recently put forward by the United Nations on the...

</titre> Sustainable development leads to a marginalization of its social dimension. This dimension has acknowledged a deep analytical renewal these recent years. The interactive dynamics of poverty and inequality are nowadays addressed together. The social dimension has been incorporated into the...

</titre> In African countries like Cameroon, the reform of network utilities occurs in a context characterized by an absence of financial market, a lack of equity culture, a lack of regulation and inefficiency of public ownership. Hence the question of whether in such a context, sustainable development...

We establish that the European Union is facing severe ecological problems, by analysing the ecological footprint of selected member states. Many of these problems are related to carbon and carbon equivalent emissions, some of which are generated by fossil fuel power plants. It is then shown that...

Genuine Savings (GS) have been much used in recent years as an indicator of a country's sustainability. According to some theorists (e.g. Arrow et al., 2012), under certain conditions a country with a positive level of GS should experience non-declining future utility, given the assumption of...

This study aims to analyze and understand the benefits that acquiring raw materials through the application of reverse logistics can generate, especially in developing countries. An empirical study has been carried out in the handmade sector of five municipalities in the state of Mérida,...

While a key proposition is that a sustainable path is one where wealth does not decline, whether losses in natural capital can be compensated in wellbeing terms by more produced, social or natural capital remains an area of controversy. In this paper, we seek to better understand preferences for...

The increasing scarcity of natural resources prompts the need to develop effective strategies for sustainable development at regional levels with a view to balancing the interests of different groups of actors or stakeholders. This study aims to address the stakeholders' multifaceted viewpoints...

Renewable energy resources can contribute to sustainable development, but important barriers impede the realisation of their potential. In this paper we analyse two significant obstacles in Latinamerica: technology assessment for disconnected energy systems and organisational structures.