Achieving a Resilient Future for Small States

Achieving a Resilient Future for Small States
Title Achieving a Resilient Future for Small States PDF eBook
Author Denny Lewis-Bynoe
Publisher Commonwealth Secretariat
Pages 229
Release 2016-04-01
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1849291462

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The Caribbean faces numerous economic, social and environmental challenges, with current projections predicting the road ahead to be filled with low levels of growth, high debt and low resilience. In Achieving a Resilient Future for Small States: Caribbean 2050, the contributors set out a long-term, research-based strategy for avoiding these projections, recommending a number of policy interventions aimed at building the region’s resilience and development prospects. Written by influential analysts and researchers and drawing on a wide cross-section of regional stakeholders and thought leaders, the study contains an assessment of the main challenges and opportunities for the region, scenario modelling of where the region could be by 2050, and a broad vision for the region with sector specific goals of how to get there.

A Sustainable Future for Small States

A Sustainable Future for Small States
Title A Sustainable Future for Small States PDF eBook
Author Resina Katafono
Publisher Commonwealth Secretariat
Pages 437
Release 2017-09-01
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1849291632

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A Sustainable Future for Small States: Pacific 2050 is part of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s regional strategic foresight programme that examines whether current development strategies set the region on a path to achieve sustainable development by 2050. The study analyses whether Commonwealth Pacific small states (Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu) will achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. It reviews critical areas that can serve as a catalyst for change in the region: governance (examining political governance, development effectiveness and co-ordination, and ocean governance); non-communicable diseases; information and communications technology and climate change (focussing on migration and climate change, and energy issues). In each of these areas, possible trajectories to 2050 are explored, gaps in the current policy responses are identified, and recommendations are offered to steer the region towards the Pacific Vision of ‘a region of peace, harmony, security, social inclusion, and prosperity, so that all Pacific people can lead free, healthy, and productive lives’.

Strengthening Disaster Resilience in Small States

Strengthening Disaster Resilience in Small States
Title Strengthening Disaster Resilience in Small States PDF eBook
Author Wonderful Hope Khonje
Publisher Commonwealth Secretariat
Pages 252
Release 2019-10-07
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1849291896

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Strengthening Disaster Resilience in Small States: Commonwealth Perspectives offers timely and expert analysis of differentiated exposure of small states to natural disasters, including an examination of specific interventions for strengthening small states’ resilience to this phenomenon

Small States: Economic Review and Basic Statistics, Volume 20

Small States: Economic Review and Basic Statistics, Volume 20
Title Small States: Economic Review and Basic Statistics, Volume 20 PDF eBook
Author Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher Commonwealth Secretariat
Pages 121
Release 2018-04-23
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1849291772

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Small States: Economic Review and Basic Statistics is a flagship publication of the Commonwealth Secretariat highlighting the development indicators of small states and disseminating knowledge on their economic performance. This milestone 20th volume looks back at the progress of small states over the past 25 years. It also takes stock of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s contribution to the international discourse on small states and the development of the states themselves.

Building a Resilient Tomorrow

Building a Resilient Tomorrow
Title Building a Resilient Tomorrow PDF eBook
Author Alice C. Hill
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 265
Release 2020
Genre Climate change mitigation
ISBN 019090934X

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Even under the most optimistic scenarios, significant global climate change is now inevitable. While squarely confronting the scale of the risks we face, Building a Resilient Tomorrow presents replicable sustainability successes and clear-cut policy recommendations that can improve the climate resilience of communities in the US and beyond.

Beyond the Blue Economy

Beyond the Blue Economy
Title Beyond the Blue Economy PDF eBook
Author Peter Rudge
Publisher Routledge
Pages 171
Release 2021-04-11
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1000373460

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This book argues for a broader approach to sustainable growth in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Small island states such as those in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and South Pacific face significant and growing threats from climate change, increasing political and social volatility, and rapidly evolving global trends in technology and tourism. Based on ten years of research, this book looks beyond the Blue Economy of tourism and fisheries and provides a model of how creative industries, innovation networks, creative clusters and digital transformation can give SIDS the foundation for a strong sustainable future. The book provides not only insights into how these emerging digital-creative sectors can drive developing economies but also actionable tools for policy makers, entrepreneurs and academics to deliver increased performance on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and, ultimately, growth and sustainability. This book will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners of economic geography, sustainable development, development studies and the creative industries.

Lifelines

Lifelines
Title Lifelines PDF eBook
Author Stephane Hallegatte
Publisher World Bank Publications
Pages 316
Release 2019-07-16
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1464814317

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Infrastructure—electricity, telecommunications, roads, water, and sanitation—are central to people’s lives. Without it, they cannot make a living, stay healthy, and maintain a good quality of life. Access to basic infrastructure is also a key driver of economic development. This report lays out a framework for understanding infrastructure resilience - the ability of infrastructure systems to function and meet users’ needs during and after a natural hazard. It focuses on four infrastructure systems that are essential to economic activity and people’s well-being: power systems, including the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity; water and sanitation—especially water utilities; transport systems—multiple modes such as road, rail, waterway, and airports, and multiple scales, including urban transit and rural access; and telecommunications, including telephone and Internet connections.