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"Transformations to sustainability increasingly are the focus of research and policy discussions around the Sustainable Development Goals. However, the different roles played by transdisciplinary research in contributing to social transformations across diverse settings has been neglected in the...
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This book provides novel and in-depth perspectives on evaluating environment and sustainability issues in developing countries. Evaluating Environment in International Development focuses on the approaches and experiences of leading international organizations, not-for-profits, and multilateral...
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This report summarizes and synthesizes the outcomes of a pilot testing project on a set of UNRISD-designed Sustainable Development Performance Indicators (SDPI) that are intended to gauge whether economic entities are on a pathway consistent with the transformative goals and vision of the 2030...
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Die Weltgemeinschaft erreicht aktuell nur 15 Prozent der 17 Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung (SDGs) im gesetzten Zeitplan. Hochschulen mit ihrem institutionellen Commitment und ganzheitlichem Verständnis nachhaltiger Entwicklung gelten als Schlüsselakteure und wichtige Multiplikatoren der...
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Financial technology (fintech) for good can help to achieve sustainable development through environmental, social and governance investing, and through financial inclusion initiatives to address the needs of underbanked and unbanked individuals. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated...
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The United Nations expressed an interest in reducing subnational (i.e., provinces, states) inequality. We propose using a spatial decomposition of the Gini coefficient (SDGC) to track changes in subnational inequality. Typically, agencies do not track summary measures of subnational clustering...
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The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were devised in part to help define the international development funding agenda for future decades. This study sought to explore the challenges and strengths of the SDGs, with respect to their ability to effectively address current and future global...
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This paper presents a radical departure from what is now replete, and well documented in the literature - i.e. ‘mom and pop’ shops in European migrant populations. Rather our focus is on budding returnee migrants, and transnational entrepreneurs, who have navigated away from traditional...
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The Sustainable Development Goals are an ambitious set of targets for global development progress by 2030 that were agreed by the United Nations in 2015. Amongst the 169 targets are a number that call for universal access, universal coverage, or universal eradication. These include ending...
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