Sustainable Development category: 1942 books
Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals
Exploring an Integrative Framework of Theories, Tools, and Competencies
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
This book provides a detailed overview of governance for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopting a unique integrative approach, it examines the fragmentation of governance that is a critical barrier to achieving the SDGs. The main question addressed is: What are the crucial elements and...
Harnessing the Power of Collective Learning
Feedback, accountability and constituent voice in rural development
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
What were new ideas 30 years ago, such as the concepts of participatory development and systems thinking, are now accepted norms in international development circles. The majority of professionals engaged in rural development accept the proposition that the people who participate in development should...
System Innovation for Sustainability 4
Case Studies in Sustainable Consumption and Production — Energy Use and the Built Environment
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
The EU-funded project "Sustainable Consumption Research Exchanges" (SCORE!) consists of around 200 experts in the field of sustainable innovation and sustainable consumption. The SCORE! philosophy is that innovation in SCP policy can be achieved only if experts that understand business development,...
Wasted
Counting the Costs of Global Consumption
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Sustainable development cannot be achieved solely at the international level. Without the creation of more sustainable livelihoods, it will remain a utopian and elusive goal. Yet given the huge differences in economic development and levels of consumption between North and South, how might this be...
Asia’s Fiscal Challenge
Financing the Social Protection Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Developing countries in Asia have expanded their social protection programs. One of the key challenges is creating sustainable financing---considered the bedrock for success of the social protection agendas of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Agenda and Strategy 2030 of the...
by Chirața Caraiani, Camelia I. Lungu, Cornelia Dascălu
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
In today’s society, environmental concerns are at the forefront of entrepreneurial decision-making and planning. With increased attention on an organization’s environmental impact, researchers and business leaders strive to provide the best methodologies and strategies for effective environmental...
The Political Economy of Sustainable Development
Policy Instruments and Market Mechanisms
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2015
Since the Rio ‘Earth’ Summit of 1992, sustainable development has become the major policy response to tackling global environmental degradation, from climate change to loss of biodiversity and deforestation. Market instruments such as emissions trading, payments for ecosystem services and timber...
The Circular Economy and the Global South
Sustainable Lifestyles and Green Industrial Development
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2019
The circular economy is a policy approach and business strategy that aims to improve resource productivity, promote sustainable consumption and production and reduce environmental impacts. This book examines the relevance of the circular economy in the context of developing countries, something which...
Business Frontiers
Social Responsibility, Sustainable Development and Economic Justice
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
Business operates at the frontiers of society – seeking out new territories to explore and exploit, imagining fresh new ways to meet age old needs, innovating the artefacts that become the legacy of civilizations, reinventing the rituals which shape acceptable social behaviour, and changing the way...
Base of the Pyramid 3.0
Sustainable Development through Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
For well over 4 billion people – approximately 60% of all humanity – annual income is less than $1,500. The term "Base of the Pyramid" was first coined by Stuart L. Hart and C.K. Prahalad in 2002 and has become synonymous with both the method by which we can more effectively address...
by Nilanjan Ghosh, Anandajit Goswami
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
While the effects of climate change become ever more apparent and pressing, the discussion of sustainable practices and environmental protection is a common overture among the academic and scientific communities. However, in order to be truly effective, sustainable solutions must be tested and applied...
Beyond Developmentality
Constructing Inclusive Freedom and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
History tells us that industrial development with all of its pollution, inequity and exploitation is the inevitable destiny of human societies. Yet is this really the case or are we trapped in a prevailing 'develop-mentality' that demands an endless cycle of inputs, outputs, consumption and waste...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
On 28-30 September 2009, the Asian Development Bank,the governments of the People’s Republic of China and Viet Nam, and the ASEAN Secretariat jointly organized a high-level Asia-wide conference in Ha Noi on the social and environmental impact of the global economic crisis on Asia and the Pacific,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
At the turn of the millennium, the unanimous adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the United Nations General Assembly marked a new chapter in international development. However, voices from the Global South were noticeably absent in shaping the agenda. Fifteen years later, the global...