SRPN: Sustainable Development (Topic)最新文献

{"title":"Phát triển bền vững kinh tế biển đảo Phú Quý- tỉnh Bình Thuận: tiềm năng, thách thức và đề xuất giải pháp (Sustainable Development Maritime Economy of Phu Quy Island – Binh Thuan Provine- Potentials, Threads and Solutions Suggested)","authors":"Giao Ha Nam Khanh, Huỳnh Quốc Tuấn","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3687171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3687171","url":null,"abstract":"<b>Vietnamese Abstract:</b> Nghiên cứu nhằm mục tiêu khái quát cơ sở lý thuyết về phát triển kinh tế biển. Đồng thời, xem xét những tiềm năng và thách thức phát triển bền vững kinh tế đảo Phú Quý. Trên cơ sở phân tích, tác giả đã đề xuất 05 gợi ý giải pháp nhằm giúp Đảo Phú Quý có thể phát triển kinh tế biển một cách hiệu quả dựa trên những tiềm năng vốn có.<br><br><b>English Abstract:</b> This resarch aims at reviewing theorical base of maritme economy development, concurrently, reviewing potentials and threads of developing maritime economy of Phu Quy island. The results also reveals 05 suggested solutions to help Phú Quý island develop maritime economy effectively based on its potentials.<br>","PeriodicalId":296234,"journal":{"name":"SRPN: Sustainable Development (Topic)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130398079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Impact of the EU--MERCOSUR Deal on Africa in Times of Resurging Protectionism","authors":"D. Kohnert","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3447164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3447164","url":null,"abstract":"<b>English Abstract:</b> The EU-Mercosur deal of 2019 was heralded as a milestone of free trade agreements worldwide in times of growing protectionism and nationalism. Critics condemned deficient ecological and sanitary standards as well as persistent non-tariff barriers to trade. The EU farm lobby complained about a sell-out of European interests in advantage of dominating multinationals. However, the fatal repercussions of the deal on Africa have rarely been mentioned. They include increasing cut-throat competition and asymmetrical partnership to the detriment of the African poor. Given the additional destructive impact of the Brexit crisis, African governments should use their increased bargaining power vis à vis the EU27 and the UK, in times of stiffening competition concerning the EU’s Africa trade with new global players such as China and India, to enforce EPAs re-negotiations on a level playing field. <br><br><b>French Abstract:</b> L'accord de 2019 entre l'UE et le Mercosur a été qualifié de jalon dans les accords de libre-échange dans le monde entier à une époque de protectionnisme et de nationalisme grandissants. Les critiques ont condamné les normes écologiques et sanitaires déficientes, ainsi que les obstacles non-tarifaires persistants au commerce. Le lobby agricole de l'UE s'est plaint de la vente d'intérêts européens au profit de multinationales dominantes. Cependant, les répercussions fatales de l'accord sur l'Afrique ont rarement été mentionnées. Ils incluent une concurrence acharnée et un partenariat asymétrique au détriment des pauvres en Afrique. Compte tenu de l'impact destructeur supplémentaire de la crise du Brexit, les gouvernements africains devraient utiliser leur pouvoir de négociation accru vis-à-vis de l'UE27 et du Royaume-Uni, en période de durcissement de la concurrence concernant le commerce africaine de l'UE avec des nouveaux acteurs mondiaux tels que la Chine et l'Inde, pour imposer des renégociations des APEs sur un pied d’égalité. <br><br><b>German Abstract:</b> Das Abkommen zwischen der EU und dem Mercosur von 2019 wurde als Meilenstein für weltweite Freihandelsabkommen in Zeiten wachsenden Protektionismus und Nationalismus eingeläutet. Kritiker bemängelten unzureichende Umwelt- und Hygienestandards sowie anhaltende nichttarifäre Handelshemmnisse. Die EU-Agrarlobby beschwerte sich außerdem über einen Ausverkauf europäischer Interessen zugunsten dominierender multinationaler Unternehmen. Die fatalen Auswirkungen des Abkommens auf Afrika wurden jedoch selten erwähnt. Dazu gehören ein zunehmender Verdrängungswettbewerb und eine asymmetrische Partnerschaft zum Nachteil der afrikanischen Armen. Angesichts der zusätzlichen destruktiven Auswirkungen der Brexit-Krise sollten die afrikanischen Regierungen, in Zeiten zunehmenden Wettbewerbs im Afrikahandel der EU mit neuen globalen Akteuren wie China und Indien, ihre verstärkte Verhandlungsmacht gegenüber der EU27 und Großbritannien einsetzen, um Neuverhandlungen der Wi","PeriodicalId":296234,"journal":{"name":"SRPN: Sustainable Development (Topic)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122700894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Land Tenure Systems and Agricultural Productivity in Gombe Nigeria","authors":"D. Dabara, O. Lawal, Augustina Chiwuzie, O. Omotehinshe, John Oyekunle Soladoye","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3423280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3423280","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to examine the existing land tenure systems in Gombe state Nigeria with a view to determining its impact on agricultural productivity in the study area. The targeted population for the study comprised of 7,832 households in purposively selected agrarian settlements cutting across the 3 senatorial districts in Gombe state Nigeria. The population was stratified into three zones and two locations were selected from each zone. The sample size for the study comprised of 500 households in each of the study locations. Hence, 500 questionnaires were administered on the household heads of the 6 study locations making a total of 3,000 questionnaires (representing 38.3% of the targeted population). However only 2,223 (74.1%) questionnaires were correctly filled and returned for analysis. The random sampling technique was adopted in the questionnaire administration. Descriptive statistical tools such as frequency counts, averages, weighted mean and percentages were used in analyzing the data obtained. The Relative Importance Index (RII) was used to identify and rank the variables. Inferential statistical tool such as multiple regressions were also used in analyzing the relationship between the criterion or dependent variable and the predictors or independent variables. The study revealed that customary land tenure system is the predominant type of tenure system (60.1%) practiced in the study area. Similarly, agricultural productivity in the study area was shown to be impeded by land tenure insecurity (RII, 0.933963), political/bureaucratic bottlenecks in land rights acquisition for agricultural purposes (0.846154) and tenure rules such as stipulated in the Nigerian Land Use Act of 1978 (RII, 0.65596) among others. The study also showed a strong positive relationship of 0.809 between land tenure systems and agricultural productivity in the study area. The study concluded that for better agricultural productivity in the study area in particular and similar developing economies in general, farmers need to have secured land tenure as this encourages investments in the secured land which consequently improves agricultural productivity.","PeriodicalId":296234,"journal":{"name":"SRPN: Sustainable Development (Topic)","volume":"180 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134348858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Eco-Innovation and Firm Growth in the Circular Economy: Evidence from European SMEs","authors":"Pelin Demirel, G. Danisman","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3414320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3414320","url":null,"abstract":"As the circular economy (CE) concept gains growing popularity among consumers and producers, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) increasingly look for ways to reorganize their offering and operations to integrate into the CE. This study examines the impact of (1) circular eco-innovations and (2) external funding available for CE activities on the growth of European SMEs using a dataset of 5100 SMEs across 28 European countries in 2016. Findings reveal that a significant threshold investment (i.e. higher than 10% of revenues) into circular eco-innovations is required for SMEs to benefit from investing into the CE. Moreover, the majority of circular eco-innovations fail to boost the growth rates of SMEs, with the exception of investments into eco-design innovations. While traditional forms of debt and grant finance targeted to CE activities are found to have no or negative impact on the growth of SMEs, equity finance (i.e. angel and venture capital investments) contributes positively to their growth. The study offers insights into the lower levels of SME engagement in the CE as well as policy implications for improving engagement.","PeriodicalId":296234,"journal":{"name":"SRPN: Sustainable Development (Topic)","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124307113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Real-time Implementation of IoT based Smart Dam System and Safety of Inhabitants through Live Footage","authors":"S. Bhargavi, Sowmya Shree N, Nitin Kumar, Sahana R, T. T.S.","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3507955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3507955","url":null,"abstract":"The water assets accessible from dams assume an essential job in the improvement of a nation. The critical exercises related with it are industrial works, domesticated animals, cultivating and irrigation. Water level in dams must be overseen legitimately with the goal that it doesn't prompt any unsafe outcomes. Subsequently there is a need to build up a productive framework that can screen the dimension of water and take important choices progressively with no human obstruction. This framework can be actualized utilizing the innovation called Internet of Things i.e. IoT incorporated with wireless sensors. This framework depends on nodal communication in which each dam is viewed as a node which are interconnected to one another and consequently associated with a central command center. These nodes use the Wi-Fi module to communicate with the central command center. The primary function of the central command center is to choose whether to keep the gate open or shut. Another function incorporates directing of water considering the water level in various dams. Remote cameras are joined for the surveillance of dam regions so that there is no risk to human or creature life.","PeriodicalId":296234,"journal":{"name":"SRPN: Sustainable Development (Topic)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127421545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"IFAD Impact Assessment - Agricultural Value Chains Support Project (PAFA): Senegal","authors":"A. Garbero, Dieynab Diatta, M. Olapade","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3389322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3389322","url":null,"abstract":"Value chain development is an important strategy to achieve sustainable development for smallholder farmers. It focuses not only on farmers and their direct livelihood but recognizes that sustainable agricultural projects ought to consider the entire production process by not only improving the factors of production for smallholder farmers but also allowing for greater integration into local markets, and the strengthening of key stakeholders along the value chain. The Agricultural Value Chains Support Project (in French Projet d’Appui aux Filières Agricoles (PAFA)) capitalizes on the value chain approach to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Senegal’s Groundnut Basin. Approved in 2008 and put into effect on February 5th 2010, the Agricultural Value Chains Support Project has, as of today, reached 37,734 households. The project is articulated around five components: (1) agricultural diversification and access to local market (2) development and structuring of regional value chains, (3) national coordination, knowledge management and project management, (4) climate change adaptation, and (5) support services for rural finance. The project was innovative in that, in addition to providing support to farmers through producer organisations (POs), there was an emphasis on improving concertation and collaboration around key value chains.","PeriodicalId":296234,"journal":{"name":"SRPN: Sustainable Development (Topic)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115847433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of Sustainable Brands in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Sector in India","authors":"Dr. Isita Lahiri, Monojit Banerjee","doi":"10.34218/jom.6.2.2019.026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34218/jom.6.2.2019.026","url":null,"abstract":"In the Indian economy, the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) form the backbone of inclusive growth. After liberalization, the MSME sector is facing a complex mix of opportunities and challenges. Despite its significant contributions, the MSME sector remains neglected due to its weak marketing and branding. A majority of start-ups fail shortly after inception. The present research is an attempt to identify the significant factors responsible for the development of sustainable brands of the MSME sector and to estimate the impact of these factors on firm performance.","PeriodicalId":296234,"journal":{"name":"SRPN: Sustainable Development (Topic)","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127525555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Management System Incorporated at Akola City","authors":"Aditya Gangane","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3375982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3375982","url":null,"abstract":"Akola is 3rd largest city in Vidarbha, and rapidly growing in the fields of Health care, Education, Industries and so on. Akola has recently witnessed urbanization as it underwent city limit extension and is estimated to produce 200MT waste on daily basis. Solid waste management (SWM) has multidimensional impact on progress of the city and thus nation and environment, understanding the importance of SWM this study is to understand the present practices undertaken by Akola Municipal Corporation (AMC) to handle the waste. Method opted for the study is multi-dimensional which has reviewing past work and GOI Rules, assessment through field visit, interviewing professionals and citizens. It was found that AMC lacks in meeting various standards laid by the SWM Rules 2016 and needs to enhance itself to collect and dispose the waste in scientific manner. Irrespective of funds availability from various schemes efficient management of resources is not experienced. At same time active participation of citizens is expected to enhance the work.Thus AMC has to design a smart approach for capacity building in the same regards.<br>","PeriodicalId":296234,"journal":{"name":"SRPN: Sustainable Development (Topic)","volume":"41 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120874315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"International Investment Law and Non-Economic Issues","authors":"B. Choudhury","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.3366388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.3366388","url":null,"abstract":"Arbitral tribunals have misconstrued the purpose of international investment agreements (IIAs) by failing to factor in the development aspect of these agreements into their analysis. IIAs were constituted to protect foreign investment in order to promote economic development, meaning that there is a nexus between international investment and development. However, arbitral tribunals have focused primarily on the investor protection elements of IIAs, leading to impingements on human rights and the environment, leaving IIAs as a threat to sustainable development. \u0000 \u0000Drawing from all publicly available investment awards, a review of these awards found 56 awards in which human rights and environmental issues were implicated in investment disputes. The article then engaged in a textual analysis of these awards as well, finding that in many instances, arbitral tribunals downplay or dismiss non-economic issues leaving compromises to both human rights and environmental issues and constraints on state ability to regulate these areas. \u0000 \u0000Based on the findings of the review of the arbitral awards, the article makes suggestions for how best states can reform IIAs to help them better align with the development aspects of these agreements. Ultimately, the article concludes that although states can anticipate IIA impediments to their development goals by redrafting treaty language, it cannot anticipate every impediment. Therefore, only with a substantial change to the procedural elements of investment arbitration can the development aspects of IIAs finally be realized alongside the already well-established investor protection aspects.","PeriodicalId":296234,"journal":{"name":"SRPN: Sustainable Development (Topic)","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124196069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Climate, Insurance, and Innovation: The Case of U.S. Agriculture","authors":"R. Miao","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3154058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3154058","url":null,"abstract":"Innovation and insurance are two important options for the agricultural sector to adapt to climate change. However, how these two options interact with each other has not been documented in the literature. This paper intends to fill this gap by investigating the effects of crop insurance on agricultural innovation in the context of climate change. We first develop a conceptual framework that models the effects of climatic risk and crop insurance on farmers’ demand for innovations, from which the market equilibrium of innovations is then derived while holding the supply curve constant. Hypotheses developed under the conceptual framework are tested by using data for agricultural innovation, climate, and crop insurance associated with ten major field crops in the United States over 1980-2013. We estimate a Poisson fixed effects model via Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM) approach to address the issue of non-strict exogeneity of regressors. We find empirical evidence that the U.S. agricultural sector responds to climate change by increasing innovation activities; but the response is weakened by heavily subsidized crop insurance programs by about 23.3%. This indicates that crop insurance may have an unintended crowding out effect as an option to adapt to climate change and may inhibit societies’ capacity to adapt to climate change in the long-run. Such an effect may also exist under flood and earthquake insurance because similar to crop insurance, these two types of insurance act as alternative risk management options to risk-mitigating innovations.","PeriodicalId":296234,"journal":{"name":"SRPN: Sustainable Development (Topic)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133615189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}