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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Across garment factories in the Global South, the promise of “ethical fashion” coexists with poverty wages and retaliation. This study examines why the global call for decent work has not improved labor conditions in Bangladesh's ready‐made garment industry.
Md. Rafiqul Islam Rana
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7, 9, 12, and 13, centered on affordable clean energy, industrial innovation, responsible production, and climate action, has gained momentum across Latin American economies. However, the region continues to face the dual challenge of achieving economic growth while mitigating rising carbon ...
Agyemang Kwasi Sampene +2 more
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SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF PENSION FUNDS ON CAPITAL MARKETS. THE EU-15 COUNTRIES CASE [PDF]
Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2012 The paper aims at providing new empirical evidence for the connection between pension reform and domestic stock market development, in the case of the old member states of European Union.
MILOŞ LAURA RAISA
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National Policy Coherence Counts for Reducing Inequality in Global Climate and Development Agendas
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT International institutions promote policy coherence as crucial to the effective and fair implementation of global sustainability agendas, though the evidence for its benefits is slim. We present here the first systematic cross‐country dataset on the consequences of national government efforts to promote policy coherence for vulnerable groups ...
Katherine Browne +10 more
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Redistribution, Pension Systems and Capital Accumulation [PDF]
Financial Theory and Practice, 2008 In this paper we study the macroeconomic impact of a policy which changes the redistributive properties of an unfunded pension system. Using an overlapping generations model with a closed economy and heterogeneous agents, we show that a weaker link ...
Christophe Hachon
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Non‐timber forest products (NTFPs) are central to income diversification and livelihood resilience in Sub‐Saharan Africa. However, the welfare implications of baobab commercialisation remain underexplored. This study addresses this gap by analysing the contribution of the baobab value chain to household income, poverty reduction, and income ...
Frederick Frimpong +3 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how population ageing shapes sustainable energy pathways and introduces a novel multidimensional index to measure sustainable energy performance. The index is constructed using an entropy weighting method and measures progress across the main pillars of SDG7.
Ramez Abubakr Badeeb, Ziqing Lin
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A major transformation in China's energy mix is underway as the country pursues carbon neutrality by 2060, posing significant structural challenges for Australia as a major exporter of carbon‐intensive resources. This study examines the economic impacts of China's decarbonisation on Australia by applying static and dynamic input–output (IO ...
Jinyong (Edward) Sung
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A New Social Life Cycle Assessment Framework: An AI‐Driven Optimization Approach and Application
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Social life cycle assessment (SLCA) has increasingly been acknowledged as a tool for assessing the societal impacts of services and products. However, the fragmented nature of current approaches makes it difficult to compare this concept and its practical applications.
Flavio Vassallo Mattos +3 more
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Affordable and Clean Energy: CO2 Emissions, Resilience and Inequality
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable development means building the resilience of both people and the planet. It includes implementing strategies which reduce emissions while also enabling more vulnerable households to transition to clean and affordable energy. This paper examines household CO2 emissions in Ireland to highlight those who emit most and least in key ...
Nessa Winston +2 more
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