Religion and Sustainable Development: The “Secular Distinction” in Development Policy and Its Implication for Development Cooperation with Religious Communities

2020 ◽  
pp. 119-137
Author(s):  
Philipp Öhlmann ◽  
Stefan Hunglinger ◽  
Wilhelm Gräb ◽  
Marie-Luise Frost
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Religious Communities

scholarly journals New Plant Breeding Technologies: An Assessment of the Political Economy of the Regulatory Environment and Implications for Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3687
Author(s):  
Vincent Smith ◽  
Justus H. H. Wesseler ◽  
David Zilberman
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Regulatory Environment ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
International Policies ◽  
Modern Biotechnology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

This perspective discusses the impact of political economy on the regulation of modern biotechnology. Modern biotechnology has contributed to sustainable development, but its potential has been underexplored and underutilized. We highlight the importance of the impacts of regulations for investments in modern biotechnology and argue that improvements are possible via international harmonization of approval processes. This development is urgently needed for improving sustainable development. Policy makers in the European Union (EU) in particular are challenged to rethink their approach to regulating modern biotechnology as their decisions have far ranging consequences beyond the boundaries of the EU and they have the power to influence international policies.

Overcoming Extreme Poverty by Social Protection Floors – Approaches to Closing the Right to Social Security Gap

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Kaltenborn
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Extreme Poverty ◽  
The Right ◽  
Security Guarantees ◽  
Security Gap

AbstractThe 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development contains a very ambitious poverty reduction schedule: According to Sustainable Development Goal 1 extreme poverty shall be completely eradicated within the next 15 years (SDG 1.1), and also other forms of poverty shall be reduced within the same period at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages (SDG 1.2). Governments are requested to “(i)mplement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable” (SDG 1.3). The authors of the Agenda refer to the concept of so-called social protection floors which has been identified as an important instrument in the fight against extreme poverty and therefore has attracted much attention in recent development policy debates. In June 2012 the General Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) had adopted the Social Protection Floors Recommendation. In this document ILO members are urged, as a first step, to establish basic social security guarantees, including access to essential health care and basic income security for all residents of their countries and, as a second step, to systematically extend these basic social security guarantees into more comprehensive strategies. If we look for legal answers to the global challenge of extreme poverty, then social protection law – and in particular the human right to social security – deserves special attention. Based on the research framework which has been presented by Haglund and Stryker in their book Closing the Rights Gap. From Human Rights to Social Transformation (2015) this article will try to analyze which role the legal systems in the Global South will play in implementing SDG 1 at the national level and in closing the “right to social security-gap”. Haglund and Stryker describe, inter alia, two models for social rights realization which represent alternative approaches to the MDG/SDG concept: (a) the so-called multistage spiral model whose main focus lies on the different phases which new norms have to go through when they are implemented in a state’s society, and (b) the “policy legalization model” which highlights the role of litigation in ensuring social rights compliance. Furthermore the article will deal with the responsibility of the international community in this area of development policy.

Reflections on the Significance of Historical Research for Development Policy

Itinerario ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-88
Author(s):  
J.P. Pronk
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Labour Party ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Hague

It is customary in the Netherlands to celebrate just about any happy occasion with a speech and a glass of sherry or genever. So when our first volume of essays, Expansion and Reaction, came off press in December, 1977, we invited our friends in the vicinity to hear the then Minister of Development Cooperation J.P.Pronk. We have chosen to print his remarks because they illustrate from what viewpoint government officials view our activities. Pronk is now Professor at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague and M.P. for the Dutch Labour Party.

scholarly journals Does Pro-Green Policy and Growth Strategy of an Organization will Bail Out Post-Crisis?

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
P. Anbarasan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Growth Strategy ◽  
Profit Motive ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Green Policy ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
Bail Out

The study comprehensively analysis going green policy as a tangible approach to achieving sustainable development in any enterprise. Although business is conducted for profit motive sustaining the profit and enterprise competitive advantage is mainly related to an enterprise vision and values that incorporate in their management policies, hence the study analyzes the complex structure that related to sustainability and policy through causal loop diagram (CLD) of system dynamics and put forth capability advancement for sustainable development policy initiatives. Finally, the growth strategy and future scope of the study is discussed.

scholarly journals New Zealand Aid and Dairy Development in Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jasmine Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Dairy Consumption ◽  
Dairy Development

<p>New Zealand’s aid investment in dairy development is seen, on the one hand, as a means to improve economic, health and food security issues in developing countries. Dairy development, further, is linked to New Zealand’s trade interests and supports industry expansion strategies that target the market potential in developing countries. On the other hand, it is argued that dairy consumption and production should be reduced to respond to climate change and potential negative health impacts in countries with traditionally low dairy consumption. The potential impacts of dairy development on sustainable development are complex, interconnected and contradictory. Moreover, local and gendered understandings of the impacts of dairy development are underrepresented in literature.   Drawing on a sustainable livelihood approach and gender lens as a theoretical framework, this research explores smallholder farmers’ views through a case study of a New Zealand-funded aid project in Sri Lanka, the Wanni Dairy Project, which is increasing dairy production to improve rural livelihoods. In doing so, this thesis considers the multiple impacts of dairy development on sustainable livelihoods. In particular, it explores understandings of social, gender and environmental factors. Data was collected during five weeks of qualitative, case study research (using interviews, photovoice and observation methods) with female, conflict-affected farmers in Sri Lanka and stakeholders in dairy development.   This thesis contends that better understandings of the impacts of dairy development and aid can be valuably informed by local perspectives. It highlights the inherent connectivity between social, environmental and economic factors of the Wanni Dairy Project, and areas of dissonance between local understandings of the impacts of dairy development and global discourse on sustainable development. Specifically, this thesis draws attention to the diverse impacts of increasing income, health factors, and cultural and religious factors; it highlights women’s independence, empowerment and agency, and ongoing inequities; and it addresses environmental impacts, climate change, and the implications of scale. This research, therefore, contributes to the information upon which development policy-makers and practitioners – government, development organisations and private sector actors – can base effective and sustainable development policy and practice.</p>

scholarly journals Operation of industrial parks in the conditions of sustainable development and the paradigm of circular economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3C) ◽  
pp. 238-247
Author(s):  
Svitlana Tulchynska ◽  
Nataliia Shevchuk ◽  
Olha Popelo ◽  
Anna Pohrebniak ◽  
Yurii Kravchyk
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Methodological Basis ◽  
Industrial Parks

In this study, the authors examine the functioning of eco-industrial parks in terms of sustainable development and the paradigm of the circular economy. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the principles of functioning of eco-industrial parks in terms of sustainable development and the paradigm of the circular economy. The methodological basis of the study is a systematic approach to the functioning of eco-industrial parks in terms of sustainable development and the paradigm of circular economy and the use of general economic and specific methods of scientific knowledge, including the method of analysis, synthesis, deduction, monograph and others. The conclusions of the study are the justification of the vision of development policy in terms of sustainable development and the formation of a circular economy in the direction of creation and operation of eco-industrial parks. The tools of ensuring the formation and functioning of eco-industrial parks in the conditions of sustainable development and the paradigm of the circular economy are proposed and the consequences of its introduction are substantiated.

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