How can developing countries achieve sustainable development: implications from the inclusive wealth index of ASEAN countries

AbstractIn wealth accounting and sustainability assessments, we characterize the non-declining wealth criterion under dynamic average utilitarianism (DAU) as defined by Dasgupta (2001). Under DAU, the objective function consists of total intergenerational well-being divided by the present discounted sum of population from the present to the future. It is shown that, in order for an economy to be on a sustainable path, inclusive wealth should grow at a rate higher than the difference between the discount rate and the share of current population of the discounted future population. Our application to the inclusive wealth index shows that, among other results, the DAU criterion changes sustainability assessments for some developing countries with future demographic change, implying that wealth does not accumulate sufficiently in light of DAU. We also show empirical estimates of the value of population change under total utilitarianism, average utilitarianism, and DAU.

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Inclusive Wealth Index and Policy Decision

TRENDS IN THE SCIENCES ◽

10.5363/tits.23.6_60 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (6) ◽

pp. 6_60-6_63

Author(s):

Chiaki MATSUNAGA ◽

Shunsuke MANAGI

Keyword(s):

Wealth Index ◽

Policy Decision ◽

Inclusive Wealth ◽

Inclusive Wealth Index

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The inclusive wealth index. A critical appraisal

Ecological Economics ◽

10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.12.008 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 124 ◽

pp. 185-192 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Philippe Roman ◽

Géraldine Thiry

Keyword(s):

Critical Appraisal ◽

Wealth Index ◽

Inclusive Wealth ◽

Inclusive Wealth Index

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SDGs and Science: Suggestions from Inclusive Wealth Index

TRENDS IN THE SCIENCES ◽

10.5363/tits.25.4_88 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 4_88-4_92

Author(s):

Mihoko WAKAMATSU ◽

Shunske MANAGI

Keyword(s):

Wealth Index ◽

Inclusive Wealth ◽

Inclusive Wealth Index

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Der Inclusive Wealth Index – ein neues Maß für nachhaltige Entwicklung?

Ökologisches Wirtschaften - Fachzeitschrift ◽

10.14512/oew.v27i4.1240 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 23

Author(s):

Hans Diefenbacher

Keyword(s):

Wealth Index ◽

Nachhaltige Entwicklung ◽

Inclusive Wealth ◽

Inclusive Wealth Index

Der IWI ist interessant, weil er den Blickwinkel von einer jährlichen „Stromgröße“wie dem BIP auf die „Bestandsgrößen“ – die drei Arten des Kapitals – verändert. Das kann die Betrachtung des BIP und alternative Stromgrößen-Wohlfahrtsmaße wie den NWI nicht ersetzen, wohl aber ergänzen.

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Sustainability Assessment and Agricultural Supply Chains Evidence-Based Multidimensional Analyses as Tools for Strategic Decision-Making—The Case of the Pineapple Supply Chain in Benin

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13042060 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 2060

Author(s):

Doriane Desclee ◽

David Sohinto ◽

Freddy Padonou

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Sustainability Assessment ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Strategic Decision ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Agricultural Supply

Contributing to Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030 is a shared objective of all institutions and people. The challenges differ according to the characteristics of every context. In developing countries, strongly dependent on the agricultural sector, agricultural supply chains are recognized as crucial for economic growth and enablers for livelihood improvement. Moreover, sustainable development issues are correlated and can meet in agricultural supply chains. For several decades, parallel to decision-makers, the research community has elaborated sustainability assessment tools. Such tools evolved to fit with actuality, but it is challenging to find decision-making support tools for sustainable development adequate in agricultural supply chains and developing countries contexts. There is a necessity to define evidence-based tools and exhaustive analytical frameworks according to sustainability multidimensionality and strategical tradeoffs necessity. The VCA4D method aims to go beyond the limits of previous methods. It proposes a combination of multidisciplinary analytical tools applied empirically to analyze agricultural supply chains in their context. It provides evidence-based analytical results allowing to identify enablers for strategic sustainable and inclusive interventions. However, to even better meet contextual exhaustiveness’s expectations and indicators’ robustness to lead to relevant interventions, we should insist on a stricter framing of contextual data collection processes.

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Achieving a Sustainable Development Process by Deployment of Solar PV Power in ASEAN: A SWOT Analysis

Processes ◽

10.3390/pr9040630 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 630

Author(s):

Hengtian Wang ◽

Xiaolong Yang ◽

Qihe Lou ◽

Xinxin Xu

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Development Process ◽

Swot Analysis ◽

Primary Energy ◽

Solar Pv ◽

Proper Actions ◽

External Threats ◽

Process Deployment ◽

Asean Countries ◽

Primary Energy Supply

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has experienced rapid social and economic development in the past decades, while energy shortage, environmental pollution, and climate change are the factors that prevent a sustainable development process. Deployment of solar photovoltaic (PV) power is one of the effective alternatives to overcome the above barriers and assist ASEAN to achieve the aspirational target of 23% renewable energy (RE) in the total primary energy supply (TPES). In this study, SWOT analysis is adopted to analyze the internal strengths and weaknesses and the external threats and opportunities tightly related to the development of solar PV power in ASEAN countries. Through the SWOT analysis, great potential for the development of solar PV power in ASEAN is found. As long as appropriate policies are implemented and proper actions are taken, huge space for deployment of solar PV power can be expected. Based on the SWOT analysis, countermeasures that emphasize further deployment of solar PV power in ASEAN countries are put forward. The tactics include arousing people’s awareness of a sustainable development process, government issue coherence and stable incentive policies, fostering a solar PV industry chain and master key technology, and seek opportunities via an international cooperation.

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