Sustainable development is becoming one of the main challenges in human development. The notion of coordinating actions between economy, society and environment in order to optimise sustainability of ecosystems is the aim of this paper. Traditionally, relations between economy, society and the...

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the job creation policies being used to address the high unemployment rate and number of xiagang in Shanghai.Using primarily Chinese language sources, the context of employment issues are discussed. This is followed by a brief analysis of...

Every epoch seems to be characterized by a world view of what is good and desirable for society, and the present pursuit of development, and more recently sustainable development, reflects this world view. Consequently, despite the vast expansion in the world?s capacity to produce material goods...

Today, climate change is among the most hotly-debated topics worldwide. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), one of the three financial mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol open to developing and developed countries, was devised to assist in mitigation of global warming. Since it was initiated,...

The problems of unsustainable development and the increased-awareness of corporate power in the global era have contributed to an agenda of corporate citizenship. This thesis explores the meanings and practices that fall under the banner of the triple bottom line of corporate citizenship through...

The purpose of this paper is to describe Fundacion Maquipucuna's community-based entrepreneurship activities. Fundacion Maquipucuna is a unique non-profit organisation in the Choco-Andes region of Ecuador. An ethnographic study and review of the literature is conducted to analyse the cacao,...

The 2009 ?Great Recession? has created a severe collapse of business expectations to coincide with severe financial overexposure. In this economic climate there is the tendency for the private sector to withdraw from investing in the future and for the public sector to seek to protect the major...

Recent studies conducted worldwide on corporate sustainability indicate gaps in sustainability practice. Many organisations deal with their economic, social and environmental issues individually and have not explored their inter-connections. They are now required to rethink their business...

The paper develops a broad macroeconomic innovation policy framework for ecologically sustainable economic development that can be applied to regional economies, from the perspective of Australia. Australia is one of the three huge per capita greenhouse emitting nations in the world. The...

Policy of Rural Area is playing an important role in helping to meet the economic, social and environmental challenges. The actions supported available are concentrated on promoting sustainable growth, competitiveness and employment. It is necessary to create more and better jobs for...