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Trade Liberalisation and Informality: New stylized facts [PDF]

The relationship between trade liberalisation and informal activity has not received the attention, whether theoretical or empirical, that it may deserve. The conventional view poses that trade liberalisation would cause a rise in informality. This paper
Norbert Fiess, Marco Fugazza
core  

Formalising Sustainability Management as a Core Process Group in Project Management

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability has become a strategic imperative for organisations, yet widely used project management standards such as the PMBoK sixth and seventh editions still do not formalise how sustainability should be embedded across project work. This gap matters because PMBoK‐based processes shape governance, roles, documentation and performance ...
Cinzia Dessi, Vincenzo Basile, Federica Caboni, Flavio De Trane   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The environmental impacts of asymmetric material flows. Waste circulation between institutions and garbage collectors

Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2020
Despite a growing number of recent Discard Studies looking at waste circulation and its implications in urban contexts, they have not sufficiently addressed the links they have with State Governance and Informality.
Anna Karin GIANNOTTA
doaj  

Towards a Socially Inclusive Circular Economy: Evidence From Social Enterprises in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular economy (CE) and social entrepreneurship (SE) are increasingly recognised as critical pathways for sustainable development, yet CE research often underplays social inclusion, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs).
Maria L. Granados, Adeyemi Adelekan
wiley   +1 more source

Commoning Public Spaces Towards Inclusive Urbanism in Ghana

International Journal of the Commons
Public spaces in sub-Saharan African cities are undergoing redevelopment, which results in the displacement of informal workers. Despite statutory rule, customary laws still play a role in land use.
Philipa Birago Akuoko, Samuel Agyekum
doaj   +1 more source

Informality from below: Urban development in Kabul framed by state-building and humanitarian intervention

, 2018
Stadtentwicklung in der afghanischen Hauptstadt Kabul nach der westlichen Intervention ist gekennzeichnet von der Verschränkung einer durch Staatsaufbau nach westlichem Vorbild gesteuerten Logik und der sich in diesem Rahmen ausbreitenden Aneignung des ...
Schütte, Stefan, Calogero, Pietro
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Digital Technology's Role in Circular Waste Management: A Systematic Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining circular economy ideas with digital tools offers a game‐changing way to tackle global sustainability problems. This paper focuses on how digital changes and circular economy models link up. A review has been conducted for 112 articles from 2021 to September 2025, using PRISMA‐2020 methodology. This study covered new tech like AI, IoT,
Reza Eslamipoor
wiley   +1 more source

Systematic approach to sustainable urban development: reviewing challenges of informal settlements and peri-urban growth in sub-Sahara Africa

Urban, Planning and Transport Research
This paper systematically reviews scholarly literature on informal settlements in peri-urban areas, with a focus on the interplay of socio-economic, environmental, governance, and built environment factors contributing to their emergence and persistence.
Temitope Olufolahan Olaniran, Thomas Terna Aule   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Informality and protection from health shocks : lessons from Yemen [PDF]

The informal sector is generally believed to be more vulnerable to various risks due to limited access to social insurance, but little empirical evidence exists to support this statement.
Cho, Yoonyoung
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Food Waste Applications Beyond the West: Archetypes and Insights From China

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Food waste is a major challenge for sustainable development, but digital solutions designed to reduce it remain unevenly distributed globally. Food waste mobile applications (FWMAs) have emerged as promising tools for reducing food surpluses through redistribution and improved household food management.
Jiequan Hong, Ralf Barkemeyer, Anicia Jaegler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source