Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly an important vehicle for several Western Balkan countries to increase investment to reduce their infrastructure gaps. While there are benefits to well-designed and implemented PPPs, they also carry a potential for large fiscal risks and...

Managed retreat is a last resort measure in case other measures to combat climate change and its consequences are failing. It is often seen as a type of adjustment to climate change, and thus is at the most extreme end of an adaptation spectrum beginning with protective measures, followed by...

The Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) concept was introduced by Foray et al. (2009), as part of the Knowledge for Growth Expert Group composed of growth and innovation economists, appointed in 2005 by Janez Potocnik, former European Commissioner for Science and Research. It also builds on the...

This chapter offers a reappraisal of the idea of ‘personal work’ and a critical assessment of the concept of subordination, which shapes the traditional contract of employment and subordinate work. The authors suggest that the notion of personal work may be more useful in attempts to develop...

1. Introduction -- 2. Resilient finance in responsible investments -- 3. The future of resilient finance -- 4. International developments -- 5. Environmental financialization -- 6. Finance diplomacy: the politics and international relations of finance -- 7. General discussion and future prospects.

To meet the rice demand 2050, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) estimates that an extra 75 million tons of rice will need to be produced worldwide compared to 2020. This represents a substantial leap forward when rice yields are plateauing in most countries. Several factors are...