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Fisheries Trade and Blue Nutrient Flows in Pacific Island Countries
ABSTRACT Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are located in highly productive fishing regions that supply nutrient‐rich fish to global markets. Marine fisheries are a critical source of protein and essential micronutrients for billions of people worldwide, supporting both local diets and global food security.
Keiko J. Nomura +3 more
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ABSTRACT Championed as a pathway for sustainable growth, the “blue economy” (BE) has garnered increasing interest in recent decades. International organizations like the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) increasingly point to marine resources and activities as a “new frontier” for economic growth ...
Flora St. Pier +2 more
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Remittances and the Macroeconomy: The Case of Small Island Developing States [PDF]
In this paper we examine how remittances relate to the exchange rate, natural disasters and foreign aid in developing economies. By using panel VAR methods we are able to compensate for both data limitations and endogeneity among variables.
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Susan Pozo
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Perceptions of climate change and climate change policies within the tourism sector in Mauritius : a thesis prepared in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Environmental Management at Massey University, New Zealand [PDF]
Tourism in small island developing states (SIDS) is particularly vulnerable to climate change. The phenomenon is predicted to reduce the demand for tourism in SIDS as temperatures at these destinations become uncomfortably hot and temperate ...
Dhoomun, Lovisha
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How can Pacific small island developing states (SIDS) resist digital colonialism?
ABSTRACT The internet is a pervasive reality yet it’s hard to conceive that it is a created construct with only three decades of the global interconnected web (Roser et al., 2015). By 2018, half the worldwide population were online, on reaching such a critical mass, one asks the question who is it for?
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A regional assessment of the indigenous vascular plants of Niue is presented using the IUCN Red List criteria. The assessment was undertaken during a community workshop that drew on the indigenous local knowledge and scientific information. The assessment comprised 197 named taxa and 8 indeterminate entities, with 4 (2.0%) taxa assessed as Extinct and ...
Peter B. Heenan +2 more
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Foreign Direct Investment in Small Island Developing States [PDF]
The role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in small island developing states (SIDS) is an issue that has been neglected until relatively recently. The reasons for this lack of interest are unsurprising, given both the low absolute volume of capital ...
Read, Robert
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ABSTRACT Sleep and disordered eating behaviours may be linked through physiological and psychological mechanisms; yet, no review has systematically investigated the relationship between different sleep indicators and disordered eating behaviours and cognitions outside a clinical context.
Marie‐Christine Opitz +49 more
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SIDS and Sustainable Finance: A Systems Based Risk Approach to Improve Access to Private Investment
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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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 +2 more
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