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“I’ll Be Home for Christmas”: The Role of International Maasai Migrants in Rural Sustainable Community Development

Archambault, Caroline S. - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 9, pp. 3665-3678

While the Maasai have to be among sub-Saharan Africa’s most mobile population due to their traditional transhumant pastoral livelihood strategy, compared with other neighboring ethnic groups they have been relatively late to migrate in substantial numbers for wage labour opportunities. In the...

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Residential Tourism and Multiple Mobilities: Local Citizenship and Community Fragmentation in Costa Rica

Noorloos, Femke van - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 2, pp. 570-589

Current patterns of “move-in move-out” hypermobility are perfectly exemplified by residential tourism: the temporary or permanent mobility of relatively well-to-do citizens from mostly western countries to a variety of tourist destinations, where they buy property. The mobility of...

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Globalization, Latin American Migration and Catalan: Closing the Ring

Garzón, Luis - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 10, pp. 2498-2512

This article examines the effects of globalization dynamics on the use of Catalan among Latin American migrants living … in Catalonia. The globalization process pushes towards an increasing mobility of workers and companies. Barcelona is one …

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Trade and environment: What can we learn from trade policy reviews?

Lim, Aik Hoe; Mathur, Sajal; Suk, Gowoon - 2020

on Trade and Environment (CTE) mandated the WTO Secretariat to compile and collate all environment-related measures … notified to WTO. The database also includes environment-related entries found in Trade Policy Reviews (TPRs). This information … time, we can better understand how the relationship between trade and environment is evolving in Members' trade policies …

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The Intersection of Environmental and Human Exploitation in Peru

Batstone, David; Riggs, William; Wexler, Mark; Hartley, Dan - 2021

Environmental and human exploitation are connected and occurring around the world due in large part to the mining of rare earth metals. In places like Brazil, the Congo and Peru in modern-day slave labor fuels mining camps, while degrading the quality of local fishing and agricultural...

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Trade and environment : what can we learn from trade policy reviews?

Lim, Aik Hoe; Mathur, Sajal; Suk, Gowoon - 2020 - Manuscript date: 22 January 2020

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A Global Voice for Survival : An Ecosystemic Approach for the Environment and the Quality of Life

Pilon, André Francisco - 2018

In view of the overwhelming pressures on the global environment and the need to disrupt the systems that drive them, an …

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Green and brown? : globalization and the environment

Boyce, James K. - 2004

Globalization - viewed as a process of economic integration that embraces governance as well as markets - could lead to … logic. Rather it will depend on how the opportunities created by globalization alter balances of power within countries and …

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What accounts for the growth of carbon dioxide emissions in advanced and emerging economies? : the role of consumption, technology, and global supply chain trade

Ferrarini, Benno; Vries, Gaaitzen J. de - 2015

Climate policy pledges and negotiations involve commitments about the reduction of emissions within national borders. However, the rise of global value chains has changed the nature of production and international trade, blurring the attribution of ultimate responsibility for emissions. This...

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How Global Is International CSR Research? Insights and Recommendations from a Systematic Review

Pisani, Niccolò; Kourula, Arno; Kolk, Ans; Meijer, Renske - 2020

While studies on international corporate social responsibility (CSR) have expanded significantly, their true global nature can be questioned. We systematically review 494 articles in 31 journals over a 31-year period. We assess the embeddedness of CSR in international management/business (IB);...

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