This article examines the bullion and cash supply networks exploited by a pre-industrial government in times of financial, economic and material distress. The case study focuses on the monetary policy of the Republic of Venice and on the decisions taken by the main deliberative body, the Senate,...

Extreme weather has profoundly affected countries across South America (SA), given the importance of the agricultural sector for the economies. However, these effects have not yet been properly measured. In our study, we construct a unique dataset of high-frequency satellite data on temperature,...

The rapid growth of e-Commerce in Latin America, driven by the increase in digital adoption among younger generations and accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has reshaped how businesses engage with consumers. In Peru alone, the number of online shoppers increased by 131% between 2019 and 2021....

The vulnerability of countries related to climate change is driven by different conditions, with geographical location and lack of adequate infrastructure making South America especially vulnerable. Research highlights the importance of South American forests in mitigating climate change. The...

The rapidly expanding importance of the Chinese economy saw a restructuring of the global trade hierarchy. While this proves challenging for all economic actors, especially peripheral economies are forced to rethink the way they interact and trade with the new emerging economy (EME) powerhouse...

Objective: The objective of the article is to identify and analyse the configurations of regional entrepreneurial ecosystems that lead to high levels of entrepreneurship in urban and non-urban regions. Research Design & Methods: This study employed This study employed necessary condition...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also called the 2030 Agenda, introduce a new development agenda focused on long-term articulated solutions. The agenda has adopted an inclusive and transversal project, which considers girls and women as essential to achieve sustainable development....

Hydrogen produced with minimal or no carbon emissions is often expected to become an important tool for meeting climate objectives and decarbonising national economies that currently mostly rely on fossil fuels. Despite initial expectations, it seems unlikely that clean hydrogen will be used by...

In the current context, where a large part of international trade in goods and services is linked to global production chains, the policy course to reap the gains from this trade differs according to the point of view adopted. While from a country's point of view, the strategy is to join global...

We explore sustainable electricity system development pathways in South America’s MERCOSUR sub-region, considering a range of techno-economic, infrastructural, and policy forces. The MERCOSUR sub-region includes Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay, which represent key electricity...

This paper aims to characterise the Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EE) at the national and regional (subnational) level in Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay employing relevant scientific literature and the latest available data from two well-known entrepreneurial ecosystem indices. Our results show...

In this article, it is analyzed which variables limit the reduction of inequality in South America, as measured by the skill premium, in the period of economic stagnation 2016-2019. It considers the variables that explain the decline in inequality in the region in 2002-2015 and applies a...

How do expropriations of foreign oil and gas assets affect the net inflow of FDI? We analyze political and legal developments which led to increased government control of natural resource extraction industries in South America in the early 2000s and discuss at which point in time foreign...

We explore sustainable electricity system development pathways in South America's MERCOSUR sub-region under a range of techno-economic, infrastructural, and policy forces. The MERCOSUR sub-region includes Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay, which represent key electricity...

This article examines the bullion and cash supply networks exploited by a pre-industrial government in times of financial, economic and material distress. The case study focuses on the monetary policy of the Republic of Venice and on the decisions taken by the main deliberative body, the Senate,...

Birth rates are falling worldwide, in every region. Falling birth rates can be decomposed into two components: (1) an increase in childlessness (i.e., lifetime nulliparity), and (2) fewer children ever born to women who have at least one child (completed cohort fertility among the parous). This...

CHAPTER 1: AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES -- CHAPTER 2: Challenges Of Ethics and Practice of Political Public Relations in Nigeria's Fourth Republic Kunle Somorin -- CHAPTER 3: Visual Narratives, Social Media and National Image Construction: Strategic Lessons from the President of Ghana on Facebook Nana...

Im Kontext von Klimakrise, Dekarbonisierung und Energiewende erlangt Lateinamerika eine neue geopolitische Bedeutung. Zum einen ist die Region als Lieferant für sogenannte kritische Rohstoffe, ohne die Elektroautos, Windräder und Solarpaneele nicht gebaut werden könnte, wichtig. Zum anderen...

Understanding why women are less financially literate than men is crucial for developing effective policies that decrease gender inequalities and improve women's financial literacy, agency and empowerment. Accordingly, in this paper, we adopt a multidimensional approach to measure financial...

Whereas South American countries are experiencing increased population movements in the context of climate change, the international climate governance agenda calls for the adoption of specialised legislation and for enhanced cooperation among different policy frameworks. The revision and update...

Over the past thirty years, the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) has emerged as one of the most powerful criminal organizations in South America. From its founding in São Paulo’s prison system, it has spread rapidly across southern Brazil, contested trafficking routes in Brazil’s northern...

2020 presented the ideal conditions for studying the air quality response to several emission reductions due to the Covid-19 lockdowns. Several studies found that the tropospheric ozone increased its concentrations in many countries even in lockdown conditions, but its reasons are not entirely...

This contribution explores the role of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in growth led economic development. We examine factors which are explanatory to the absorption of FDI into the domestic economy, particularly we focus upon the importance of Human Capital as a vector for absorption. This...

This article closes a gap in the relevant literature by exploring the time and frequency domains causal relationship between finance and economy from the risk perspective by using Financial Risk Index and Economic Risk Index for the five South American countries particularly Argentina, Brazil,...