Digital Transformation as a Catalyst or Constraint? Unpacking SDG Progress in the Next‐11 Economies
ABSTRACT This study investigates whether digital transformation acts as a catalyst or a constraint in shaping progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Next‐11 economies over the period 2000–2023. By examining both aggregate SDG performance and goal‐specific outcomes, the analysis provides a comprehensive assessment
Ayşe Meriç Yazıcı, Mesut Dogan
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ABSTRACT Despite widespread concern about climate change, climate‐friendly behaviour remains difficult to sustain in practice. This article argues that the core challenge lies less in insufficient motivation than in the cognitive and coordination demands imposed by prevailing decision environments.
Luca Lancini
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Accelerating progress towards better public health and sustainable development in fragile settings. [PDF]
Ndejjo R +11 more
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ABSTRACT Climate change is reshaping everyday life in Ghana through coastal erosion, flooding, erratic rainfall, water scarcity, extreme heat, and agricultural insecurity. This study examines how these changes produce stress, trauma, and gendered resilience among women in Salakope and Choggu Yapalsi, two climate‐vulnerable communities in coastal and ...
Jacob Kwakye
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Child Brides in Africa: A Narrative Review on Effects, Gaps, and Interventions. [PDF]
Quazeem OD +6 more
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The Power to Change: Conceptualising Systemic Change Towards Sustainability in Business Networks
ABSTRACT Sustainability advancement requires systemic changes in business networks of interconnected firms. Given the rapid need and complexity of instigating such transitions, the power to influence the networked actors emerges as a central concept.
Eini Haaja +4 more
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Better Person, Better Society: A Different Perspective on the Association Between Instrumental Religiosity, Interpersonal Empathy and Social Justice Values. [PDF]
Tudoran MA +4 more
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ABSTRACT Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG 16) emphasizes peace, justice, and strong institutions as essential foundations for sustainable development. This study adopts a desktop‐based qualitative research approach to examine how institutional quality and governance systems influence progress toward SDG 16 and broader development outcomes.
Maryem Souiai +8 more
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Regional heterogeneity and the role of social vulnerability in air pollution-related mortality from chronic lower respiratory diseases: a nationwide analysis of the United States (2010-2020). [PDF]
Miao D +11 more
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ABSTRACT Only 17% of Sustainable Development Goal indicators are globally on track, yet the structural conditions explaining this failure remain inadequately theorised for fossil‐fuel‐dependent economies. This study develops and empirically tests a four‐layer loop framework of Technology, Well‐being, Social Equity, and Sustainability closing through ...
Sameh W. H. Al‐Muqdadi +9 more
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