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Regional Sustainable Economic Development in the Caribbean? A Discursive Inquiry

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Caribbean region is governed by several regional bodies. Among the more important organizations for small island states, where coral reefs and ocean conservation are paramount, is the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Currently, the region is going through critical environmental changes that bring important vulnerabilities.
Peter J. Jacques, Audrey Copeland
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges to Attaining the SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and Future Projections: The Criticality of Types of Corruption, Human Rights, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Selected Asian Countries

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT By the mid‐21st century, the global economic system had not yet fully solved the problem of hunger. Therefore, achieving SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), one of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is crucial. This study therefore aims to examine the factors that may lead to hunger in seven selected Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh ...
Ali Çelik, Ahmet Köstekçi, Ertuğrul Buğra Orhan, Abdunnur Yıldız   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Latin America & Caribbean Islands [PDF]

Nature, 2015
openaire   +2 more sources

Residents Perceptions of Sustainable Urban Development: A Comparative Study Between Lima, Medellín, and San Salvador

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Urban sustainability assessments in Latin America have relied predominantly on institutional and technical indicators, leaving resident perceptions—a critical dimension of policy legitimacy—systematically underexplored. This study addresses that gap through a comparative analysis of how residents perceive sustainable urban development across ...
Juan Camilo Mesa‐Bedoya, Carlos M. Carcache Rivas, Fray L. Becerra‐Suarez, Mónica Díaz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why Does Individualism Affect Economic Development: Is It Values, Policies, or Institutions?

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A substantial body of literature highlights the positive roles of individualism and economic freedom in fostering prosperity, and recent work links the two. This paper disentangles their contributions to economic development. In cross‐country data, we show that both are independently associated with per capita income, even after extensive ...
Lewis S. Davis, Claudia Williamson Kramer   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]

, 2014
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Ecotoxicological Assessment of Mercury in Fish From a Gold‐Mining‐Impacted Amazonian River: Biomonitoring and Human Health Risk

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Peixoto de Azevedo River, located in northern Mato Grosso, southern Brazilian Amazon, has a long history of artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM). This study evaluated total mercury (THg) concentrations in fish tissues to assess biomagnification and potential risks.
Augusto Cesar da Costa Castilho, Kleber Solera, Vinícius José Santos Lopes, Gleyce Alves Machado, Ricardo Lopes Tortorela de Andrade, Leandro Dênis Battirola   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluación de la participación de las mujeres en los puestos de liderazgo en la enseñanza superior: estudios de caso de Kenia, Sudán del Sur y Uganda

Revista Española de Educación Comparada
Los marcos políticos y la legislación han impulsado la implementación de programas centrados en mejorar la educación de las mujeres en África del Este, pero la paridad de género sigue siendo un reto en la enseñanza superior, especialmente en los ...
Winnie V. Mitullah , Sibrino Forojalla, Benon Basheka, Daniele Vieira Do Nascimento, Karina Ginoyan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Belowground effects of ground‐dwelling large herbivores in forest ecosystems

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reviews how ground‐dwelling large herbivores affect forest soil and litter globally. Effects are context‐dependent, vary among species and forest types, and remain poorly studied in tropical forests, highlighting critical gaps in understanding nutrient cycling and ecosystem functioning.
Letícia Gonçalves Ribeiro, Mateus Melo‐Dias, Beatriz Maria Paccas Saraiva, Nacho Villar, Mauro Galetti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review of foresight methods used in the formulation of futures scenarios: evidence from articles indexed in scopus and web of science (2014–2023)

European Journal of Futures Research
This study presents a systematic literature review of the foresight methods used in the formulation of futures scenarios, analyzing 115 articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science between 2014 and 2023.
Pedro Leon Cruz Aguilar, Javier Enrique Medina Vasquez, Olga Patricia Marin Arroyave   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source