Is There a Linkage Between Sustainable Development and Market Access of LDCs?

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharmin Jahan Tania
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Conceptual Basis ◽  
Access Barriers ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Economy Policy ◽  
Trading Regime

AbstractThis article revisits the decades-long trade–sustainable development debate in the context of Rio+20 and its endorsement of green economy policy. It aims to grapple with the possible linkages between LDCs’ market access regime and the concept of sustainable development itself. Conflicting perceptions of developed and least developed country (LDC) members of the WTO as to the conceptual basis of sustainable development, this article argues, explain the challenges LDCs face in the form of impediments to their market access. By examining the specific market access issues, this article reveals how developed countries’ concerns for sustainable development turn out to be market access barriers for LDCs. As the call for transition to green economy could exacerbate some of these concerns of LDCs, the article suggests a common ground, where a balanced trading regime can be most productively envisioned through a reasoned discourse of market access for LDCs linked with a conceptual route of sustainable development.

Sustainable Consumption Trends in the World in the Context of Green Economy and Sustainability

2017 ◽  
pp. 1605-1624
Author(s):  
Seda Yıldırım ◽  
Durmuş Çağrı Yıldırım ◽  
Ayfer Gedikli
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
The World

Nowadays, sustainable growth and development are main economic policies for the countries all over the world. Decreasing natural resources, deepening environmental pollution and global warming problems are red alert of our planet. Every single country on the earth has the responsibility to protect our planet. So, increasing environmental awareness caused new tendencies in consumer behaviors. Countries aim not to pollute or harm the environment while improving their economic performance and life quality by green economy. Besides, by sustainable consumption, it is aimed to support personal sustainable development. In this context, sustainable consumption trends and the reflections of green economy applications in the world will be discussed in this chapter. In addition, developed countries and developing countries will be compared with each other through results of global ecological footprint.

"Green Trade Protectionism": An Analysis of Three New Issues that Affect Developing Countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
pp. 1450016 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Victoria LOTTICI ◽  
Carlos GALPERÍN ◽  
Julia HOPPSTOCK
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Environmental Goods ◽  
Social Legitimacy ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Many ◽  
Change Response

The environment is increasingly being used to justify protectionist measures that enjoy greater social legitimacy. Over the last few years, new issues have emerged in relation to this, and three of them are analysed in this paper: green growth and green economy, climate change response measures, and the liberalization of environmental goods and services. These new issues are being used both to apply barriers to goods and services coming from developing countries and to improve the market access of developed countries' exports of industrial products. All this amounts to "green protectionism" which is aimed at improving the trade balance of developed countries, particularly in relation to developing countries. In the many fora where these topics are being discussed, Argentina states that these issues should neither result in green protectionism nor encourage policies that constitute disguised restrictions on international trade, which is inconsistent with the multilateral trading system and with international environmental law, and in particular with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.

Clean Development Mechanism for Power Infrastructures for China's Sustainable Development

2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-452
Author(s):  
Liu Deshun ◽  
Taishi Sugiyama
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Clean Development Mechanism ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Important Principle ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Strategic Policy ◽  
Priority Needs ◽  
Development Mechanism

What is the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)? The establishment of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a significant achievement in the political negotiations on the implementation of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). CDM is stipulated in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol (KP), where assisting developing country Parties in achieving sustainable development is explicitly listed as a purpose in parallel with the others. Developed country Parties are to be assisted in achieving compliance with their quantified emission limitation and reduction commitment (QELRC) under Article 3 by acquiring Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) accrued from the CDM. This win-win mechanism reflects two arguments: the responsibility of developed countries for past greenhouse gas emissions, and the legitimate priority needs of developing countries for their social and economic development and poverty eradication. It should be kept in mind, therefore, that when formulating the strategic policy of the CDM, one important principle to be followed is that CDM projects must be compatible with and supportive of national environments and sustainable development priorities and strategies of developing country Parties.

scholarly journals CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF “GREEN” ECONOMY IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Conceptual Foundations

The article focuses on defining the conceptual foundations of “green” economy in the context of sustainable development. The study analyzes is investigated the various interpretations of “green” economy, which are similar in content and do not contradict each other, but only reflect the point of view of various experts on the same problem. Different areas of the concept of “green” economics are considered, there were defined three components of it – economic, social, environmental. The relation between the conception of sustainable development and “green” economy is established. The dialectical method of cognition, the fundamental aspects of the concept of sustainable development have become the methodological basis of the study. In recent years, the “green” economy approaches have been widespread in developed countries. However, in Ukraine government and the entrepreneurs do not pay enough attention to the development of the “green” economy, and national companies consider it as a restriction for their interests rather than an opportunity for the development of their businesses. The economic potential of the “green” economy indicated the necessity to increase “green” investment, involvement which will allow Ukraine to reach a new level of development. Among the directions of the “green” economy in Ukraine highlighted the rational use of natural resources, environmental protection, the formation of a new environmental behavior of the population, diversification of energy sources, modernization of housing and communal services, production of organic products. Public authorities and local governments should develop a coordinated mechanism to stimulate domestic business to maximize the efficient use of natural resources in the production process. This should be done to stimulate the attraction of the necessary amount of investment resources within the framework of the implementation of the concept of a “green” economy. This can be manifested in the form of providing additional privileges for the purchase of innovative equipment that is not produced in the country, the attraction of foreign capital to the development of leading industrial enterprises.

scholarly journals Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of the Structural Convergence of the Economy in the Transition to Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 315 ◽  
pp. 04020
Author(s):  
Sergey Zhironkin ◽  
Olga Zhironkina ◽  
Andrey Voloshin ◽  
Julia Suslova ◽  
Roman Shorokhov
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Structural Shift ◽  
Technological Gap ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
New Type ◽  
Structural Shifts

At the present stage of the transition to sustainable development, when the share of a green economy in technologically advanced countries reaches one third of GDP, overcoming the structural crisis of the Russia is inseparable from reducing the technological gap and structural imbalances in the economy. These imbalances alienate Russia from ecologically and technologically advanced countries. Therefore, it is highly relevant to develop a methodology for assessing the structural convergence of the economy in the context of the transition to sustainable development, accompanied in developed countries by a new type of structural shift caused by the expansion of convergent technologies, the emergence of new principles of sectoral genesis and the formation of a green economy. The deepening of the divergent nature of Russian economy development was the result of a series of negative structural shifts that consolidated the dominance of extractive and resource-intensive industries, which threaten the final loss of technological identity, consolidation of the recessive trend and a lag in the transition to sustainable development. Therefore, today it is extremely important to formulate a methodology for assessing the structural convergence of Russian economy with technological and ecologically advanced countries, taking into account both quantitative and qualitative aspects.

scholarly journals Global Action on SDGs: Policy Review and Outlook in a Post-Pandemic Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6461
Author(s):  
Yi Cheng ◽  
Haimeng Liu ◽  
Shaobin Wang ◽  
Xuegang Cui ◽  
Qirui Li
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
National Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Policy Action ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The North ◽  
Global Action

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provided brand new goals and action targets for human well-being and development, but the COVID-19 pandemic has cast a shadow on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is therefore essential to provide a reference for making policy adjustments and transformations to promote the realization of SDGs in the post-pandemic era. Based on a literature review of the progress and policies of SDGs across countries worldwide, we find that research on sustainable policies has rapidly increased since the SDGs issued in 2015 with particular focuses on eco-environment, sustainable policies, green economy, sanitation and health, and water sanitation. Most countries are in the process of nationalization, institutionalization, and universalization of the SDGs through incorporating the SDGs into national development frameworks, enabling extensive participation and negotiation mechanisms, and promoting the SDGs’ national publicity. Countries of different economic and institutional backgrounds demonstrate divergent development pathways, priorities, measures, and progress in the implementation of SDGs. Despite significant global progress during the last five years, the North–South divide emerges in the policy action and achievement of SDGs. The least developed countries in sub-Sahara Africa and South Asia appear to be difficult or even unable to implement the SDGs and monitor the progress. In the post-pandemic era, particular attention shall be given to integrating SDGs and achieve synergy among goals, concretizing short-and medium-term priorities toward the SDGs targets for all countries, strengthening multilateralism and global cooperation among countries and continents, providing reliable data and approaches for real-time impact assessment and process monitoring, and promoting an inclusive engagement and integrative implementation with multiple stakeholders and consortiums.

The concept of environmental capital in business accounting and integrated reporting

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 1330-1348
Author(s):  
Viktor S. PLOTNIKOV ◽  
Olesya V. PLOTNIKOVA
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Current System ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Conceptual Basis ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Environmental Capital ◽  
Benefits And Costs

Subject. This article considers the conceptual basis of environmental capital accounting as one of the elements of assessing the value of business in conjunction with the concept of sustainable development of the organization. Objectives. The article aims to argue for a need for methodological and methodical information support in the system of business accounting for environmental safety of domestic business and identify the objects of the green economy and monetarization in the business accounting of the benefits and costs of creating and maintaining the organization’s ecosystem. Results. The article explains the need for the formation of various business accounting models in the system of the organization’s business model. Conclusions. Based on the study, the article concludes that it is necessary to reform the current system of accounting for environmental safety costs transforming it into business accounting of environmental capital.

scholarly journals ISSUES OF INTEGRATION INTO THE GREEN ECONOMY IN THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (07) ◽  
pp. 16-22
Author(s):  
Orkhan Hajizada Orkhan Hajizada
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Sustainable Energy Policy

In recent years, the developed countries of the world are building their policies to ensure more sustainable development. The main goal of sustainable development, which is a model of economic development, is to ensure that available resources are used for human needs while protecting the environment. Thus, when using these resources, not only the current situation, but also the potential needs of future generations must be considered. Given the demand for energy and energy resources in modern times, we can see how important a sustainable energy policy is. Keywords: green economy, sustainable development, green policy.

Sustainable Consumption Trends in the World in the Context of Green Economy and Sustainability

2016 ◽  
pp. 65-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seda Yıldırım ◽  
Durmuş Çağrı Yıldırım ◽  
Ayfer Gedikli
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
The World

Nowadays, sustainable growth and development are main economic policies for the countries all over the world. Decreasing natural resources, deepening environmental pollution and global warming problems are red alert of our planet. Every single country on the earth has the responsibility to protect our planet. So, increasing environmental awareness caused new tendencies in consumer behaviors. Countries aim not to pollute or harm the environment while improving their economic performance and life quality by green economy. Besides, by sustainable consumption, it is aimed to support personal sustainable development. In this context, sustainable consumption trends and the reflections of green economy applications in the world will be discussed in this chapter. In addition, developed countries and developing countries will be compared with each other through results of global ecological footprint.

Services Trade Liberalisation and Domestic Regulations: The Developing Country Conundrum

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1850101
Author(s):  
Suparna Karmakar
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Cheap Labour

Services have become the engine of growth in a large number of economies in the developing world. Additionally, the rapid development of ICT, and emergence of transnational corporations, has not only made cross-border provision of services easier, but has also increased the demand for and trade in services; developing countries today are increasingly emerging as cost efficient providers of key business and professional services, thereby becoming key players in the services supply chain. In the absence of explicit tariff barriers, as compared to goods, over the years, countries have more intensively regulated services on grounds of protecting consumer interest and ensuring quality and excellence of professional services provided. It is also true that as cheap labour is the resource with comparative advantage in most developing countries, and especially India, access to developed country markets by means of cross-border supply and movement of natural persons have the potential of conferring the maximum benefits from services liberalisation. However, challenges for market access in developed countries in these two modes of supply lie in the range of regulatory barriers, including burdensome visa formalities, stringent quotas and qualification requirements, and discriminatory taxes, levies and standards faced by the developing country service providers. Most professions are closely regulated and certified, and often self-regulated, usually though sectoral trade associations. This paper brings out the key elements of the prevalent regulatory measures and barriers to market access for developing country service providers, and assesses how (if at all) the proposed disciplines on domestic regulations would help in securing or easing market access problems of developing country professionals in the developed country markets. An analysis of select professional services in India indicate that for developing countries in general there exist many elements in the proposed disciplines that are not only desirable but would help them to get better market access into key developed country markets. Also it appears that given the prevailing weaknesses of the domestic legal and institutional framework in most developing countries, commensurate changes in the domestic legal and regulatory systems would need to be incorporated prior to the adoption of the DR Disciplines so as to enable countries to fulfill the requirements under such disciplines. Incorporation of suitable S&DT provisions is needed to ensure proper implementation of the said disciplines and satisfy the development agenda of the Doha Round.

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