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Les modes de financement du développement durable et leur impact sur la croissance et le bien-être social dans les Petites Économies Insulaires en développement. Le cas d’Haïti

Études Caribéennes, 2018
This paper has three goals: First, analyze the role of financing for sustainable development in small island development states (SIDS). Second, assess empirically whether there is any evidence that foreign capital flows in SIDS has a positive impact on ...
Louis Dupont
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Evaluation, Sustainable Development, and the Environment in the South Pacific

Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2007
This article outlines the Results-Based Evaluation (RBE) framework proposed for the ex-post assessment of the National Environmental Management Strategies (NEMS) in 12 small-island developing states (SIDS) in the South Pacific.
Rosario Turvey
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Health Workforce Migration in the Asia Pacific: implications for the achievement of sustainable development goals

Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 2016
The maldistribution of health workers globally and within the Asia Pacific region remains problematic. While globalisation, and the increasing mobility of capital and labour, helps to reduce inequalities between countries, it increases inequality within ...
Stephanie Short, Kanchan Marcus, Madhan Balasubramanian   +2 more
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Insurance mechanisms for tropical cyclones and droughts in Pacific Small Island Developing States

Jàmbá, 2016
One group of locations significantly affected by climate-related losses and damage is the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). One mechanism aiming to reduce such adverse impacts is insurance, with a wide variety of products and models available ...
Florent Baarsch, Ilan Kelman
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SIDS and Sustainable Finance: A Systems Based Risk Approach to Improve Access to Private Investment

Island Studies Journal
Commonwealth Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are broadly recognised as facing considerable challenges in accessing finance for development and climate change adaptation.
Nazia Habib, Hannah Parris
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Medical Students' Brief Overview of Climate Change Policies Implemented by Developed Countries: Their Application to Small Islands and Low-Lying Developing States

Caribbean Medical Journal
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are disproportionately impacted by climate change. SIDS emit less than 2.42% of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet they are the most affected.
Rayna Cox, Alyssa Chin Aleong, Krista-Marie Ramkalawan, Justine William-Samaroo   +3 more
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Sustainable alliance strategies in maritime delimitation for small island developing states in Africa: balancing the equitable principles and marine resource governance

Frontiers in Political Science
African Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face critical challenges in maritime delimitation, balancing equitable principles with sustainable marine resource governance amid climate change and geopolitical pressures.
Chuanxiang Sun
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Export-Led Growth, Global Integration, and the External Balance of Small Island Developing States

Economies, 2018
Small, open developing economies in general, and small island developing states (SIDS) in particular, have specific macroeconomic characteristics due both to their openness and their small size.
Eric Kemp-Benedict, Crystal Drakes, Timothy J. Laing   +2 more
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Managing technology-critical elements from electronic waste in Small Developing Island States: a burden or an opportunity?

Frontiers in Marine Science
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face profound challenges from pollution, exacerbated by inadequate infrastructure and resource limitations. This paper examines the longstanding pollution issues plaguing SIDS, highlighting their vulnerability to ...
Natascha Wosnick, Natascha Wosnick, Dorlan Curtis, Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis   +3 more
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Placing Islands at Risk: Developmentalism, Militarism, Geopolitics, and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Islands have come to be seen as a distinct object of disaster risk and climate change policy and research. This is reflected in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR), which specifies Small Island Developing States (SIDS) as ...
Adam Grydehøj, Jin Xu, Ping Su
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