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The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong, Lukas Kornher, Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu, Aslihan Arslan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change: Rethinking Justice, Responsibility, and Collective Obligation

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is one of the most profound ethical and existential challenges of the 21st century. Beyond its physical, economic, and environmental consequences, it raises fundamental moral questions about justice, equity, responsibility, and the right to a livable planet.
Jacob Kwakye
wiley   +1 more source

STATE AND TENDENCIES OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL REGULATION IN UKRAINE IN CONDITIONS OF FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION

Фінансово-кредитна діяльність: проблеми теорії та практики, 2018
A balanced socio-economic development of any country is closely related to the efficiency of the system of intergovernmental relations, which should be aimed at optimizing the process of fiscal decentralization and clear definition of the powers of ...
N. M. Sirenko, I. V. Baryshevskaya, A. S. Poltorak, N. O. Shyshpanova   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Living Through a Changing Climate: Stress, Trauma, and Gendered Resilience Among Women in Coastal and Northern Ghana

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Tourism Specialisation and Sustainable Development Performance in Spanish Cities

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tourism specialisation and sustainable development performance are key dimensions of urban sustainability debates. This study investigates the association between tourism specialisation and sustainable development performance, operationalised through the sustainable development goals (SDGs), in Spanish cities.
Ana‐María Ríos, María‐Dolores Guillamón, Bernardino Benito   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local government finance in Ireland: The four pillars of fiscal decentralisation

Administration
This article outlines Ireland’s system of local government finance using a conceptual framework drawn from the fiscal federalism and municipal finance literature.
Turley Gerard
doaj   +1 more source

REVENUE GENERATION CAPACITY, INTER-GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, AND QUALITY SERVICE DELIVERY AMONG LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN KWARA STATE

Gusau Journal of Accounting and Finance
The persistent inefficiency in grassroots service delivery in Kwara State has been linked to weak internally generated revenue mechanisms, overdependence on statutory allocations, and ineffective intergovernmental fiscal arrangements that undermine the ...
Abdulraheem O. Kadir , Abdullahi Ajao
doaj   +1 more source

Changing the International Discourse on Knowledge and Knowledge Societies for Sustainable Development: From ‘Transforming Our World’ to the ‘Pact for the Future’

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In September 2024, the United Nations (UN) and its Member States revisited the ambitions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the Summit of the Future. The outcome document of the Summit, known as the ‘Pact for the Future’, was launched as a zero draft in January 2024 by two UN member ...
Sarah Cummings, Bruce Boyes, Denise Senmartin, Fitsum T. Habtemariam, Gladys Kemboi, Rocio Sanz, Andreas Brandner, Chris Zielinski   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Federal Intergovernmental Transfers and the Level of Intraregional Fiscal Decentralization in Russia [PDF]

Финансовый журнал, 2019
The article discusses the federal tools to expand the relative (to the regional level) financial capacity of local budgets in Russia’s budgetary system.
Evgeny N. Timushev
doaj   +1 more source

Indigenous Relational Thought and Climate Crisis Response: Rethinking Human‐Environment Relations Beyond Technocratic Governance

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is frequently framed as a technical problem of emissions, risk, finance, adaptation planning, and institutional coordination. This critical integrative review, supported by scoping‐informed searching and transparent eligibility and synthesis procedures, examines how selected Indigenous relational literatures can deepen climate ...
Jacob Kwakye, Basin Nawai Sumaila
wiley   +1 more source