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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This book explores the linkages between Southern Europe and South America in the post-World War II period, through organized migration and development policies. In the post-war period, regulated migration was widely considered in the West as a route to development and modernization. Southern...

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...

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...

Participatory multi-criteria analysis (PMCA) methods are increasingly used to inform decision-makers. The methodology can theoretically be used to enhance energy justice for sustainability transitions due to their participatory elements. This study examines PMCA applications in emerging energy...

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...

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,...

Chapter 1: Contextualising the Belt and Road Initiative in South America -- Chapter 2: Foreign Policy Analysis: South American Countries’ Foreign Policy towards the BRI -- Chapter 3: Chile and the Belt and Road Initiative -- Chapter 4: Colombia and the Belt and Road Initiative -- Chapter 5:...

Forestation is viewed as an important means of removing CO₂ from the atmosphere and thereby reducing net CO₂ emissions. But how much CO₂ can be removed, and at what cost? Focusing on forested and forestable areas in South America, and using spatially disaggregated data, we estimate a...

Chapter 1: The Dynamics of Employee Wellbeing in the Global South -- Chapter 2: Employee Wellbeing in the United Arab Emirate -- Chapter 3: The Relationship between Burnout and Turnover Intention among Early-Career Employees in Malaysia: The Role of the Supervisor -- Chapter 4: Employee wellness...

Chapter 1: Humanistic Management and the Gig Economy: Fairness Considerations, Kemi Ogunyemi -- Section 1: General Reflections -- Chapter 2: Gig Work: Challenges and Solutions from a Humanistic Perspective, Maria Pia Chirinos -- Chapter 3: Gig Working from the Perspective of FairWork Principles,...

During the XXI century, South America has been the epicenter of vibrant discussions on human mobility. A new vocabulary emerged with legal principles such as the non-criminalization of irregular migration or the right to migrate as a fundamental right taking central stage. The combination of the...

South America is endowed with vast energy resources and natural gas plays an important role in the supply of energy to the region. A few countries in the Southern Cone area such as Argentina, Brazil and Chile, also meet part of their demand needs with imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) and/or...