scholarly journals Saving the SDGs? Strengthening partnership for achieving SDGs in the Post-Covid-19 Digital World

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 163-188
Author(s):  
Marina Larionova ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
Global Recession ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Target Date ◽  
Funds Allocation

The 2020, intended to give a good start to the Decade of Action to achieve SDGs by the target date of 2030, became a year of unprecedented health, social and economic crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic plunged the world into the worst global recession since the Great Depression, reversed progress across the full range of the SDGs jeopardizing the Agenda 2030 implementation. To build back better it is vital to assess the COVID-19 pandemic impact on economic growth and sustainable development and reflect on how to reenergize partnerships for saving the SDGs. This article aims to assess the COVID-19 pandemic impact on economic growth and sustainable development and offer recommendations on international cooperation and partnerships for saving the SDGs. It article reviews estimates of the triple crisis toll on the goals implementation. It then looks at the key international institutions’ initiatives to support developing countries in their response to the pandemic and associated economic shocks. The article concludes by outlining priorities for strengthening international cooperation on sustainable development which include incorporation of key components of digitalization into the SDGs as concrete targets and indicators and a comprehensive G20-led debt relief initiative providing for the released funds allocation to poverty and inequality eradication, health and education - related SDGs.

WHY ECONOMIC GROWTH IS NEVER SUSTAINABLE

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivars Brīvers
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Theory ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Great Depression ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
The People ◽  
State Economy

The first decade of the XXI century clearly shows that the notion of the people concerning the values and goals in economy should be revised. As a result of global crisis economic theory may experience essential changes, as it was during the Great Depression in the XX century. The aim of the paper is to show the necessity of reconsidering the goals in economy. The hypothesis is that growth economy has become non-sustainable and it should be substituted by an economy of a different design – steady-state economy. The paper contains a review and analysis of various ideas about the problem, focusing mainly on the interpretation of the notion of sustainable development and the costs and benefits of economic growth; the way, how we measure things in economy and about the widespread illusions about the possibility of perpetual economic growth. The conclusion is that any growth, including economic growth is never sustainable.

scholarly journals Desarrollo (evolución internacional) = Development (international evolution)

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
Jorge Resina de la Fuente
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Human Development ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Legal Construction ◽  
Siglo Xx

Resumen: Este artículo analiza la construcción histórica y legal del concepto de desarrollo en el ámbito internacional, desde su institucionalización a mediados del siglo XX hasta la aprobación en 2015 de la Agenda 2030 de Desarrollo Sostenible por parte de las Naciones Unidas. Para ello, se plantea un estudio sobre cómo evoluciona el término a través de un recorrido por los distintos contextos en los que aparece y los debates que se generan en torno a cuestiones como crecimiento, sustentabilidad o capacidades humanas.Palabras clave: Desarrollo, Sostenibilidad, Desarrollo Humano, Cooperación Internacional, Agenda 2030.Abstract: This article analyzes the historical and legal construction of the concept of development in the international arena, since its institutionalization in the middle of the twentieth century to the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the United Nations in 2015. To do this, we study how the term evolves through the different contexts in which it appears, and what debates are generated, with issues such as growth, sustainability or human capabilities.Keywords: Development, Sustainability, Human Development, International Cooperation, 2030 Agenda.

scholarly journals Agenda 2030 in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisele Victor Batista
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Five Axes

The health crisis at COVID-19 resulted in damage to human life and inevitable economic consequences, requiring immediate responses from governments. In this context, this work carried out an analysis on the Federal Development Strategy of Brazil, 2020 – 2031 in light of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Exploratory methodology was used and descriptive research was used to analyze and interpret the facts, in order to develop concepts and ideas needed to formulate new approaches on the same topic. Thus, an examination was carried out on the actions of economic recovery, according to the Federal Decree, which listed five axes to increase the income and quality of life of the Brazilian population, aiming at sustained economic growth and job creation. This work was complemented with the exploration of the results presented in the V Light Report of Civil Society Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development Brazil, which studied the fulfillment of the goals of Agenda 2030 in Brazil, by the Federal Government. The results achieved showed that the economic growth in the country, today and for the next few years, lacks a national articulation with clear guidelines and defined scopes, whose achievement of the goals established by the UN-SDGs will take place without stagnation and setbacks. The contribution of this study is the urgent need to look at the 2030 Agenda, to ensure social inclusion and sustainable development in Brazil.

scholarly journals Performances of the Least Developed Countries under Neo-liberal Regimes: Implications for the implementation of Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 467
Author(s):  
Melake Tewolde
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Structural Transformation ◽  
External Debt ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Neoliberal Policies

<p><em>The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have implemented neoliberal policies such as trade liberalization, privatization of public enterprises, and currency devaluation with the expectation to promote their economic growth and development by capturing the gains from international trade through a more efficient allocation of resources and increased private investment. Twenty one countries (constituting 44%) have been designated LDCs since 1971, the introduction of the category for the first time by the United Nations (UN). Development experiences of the LDCs indicate that neoliberal policies are not adequately addressing their development challenges. The LDCs  are still locked into a low equilibrium trap characterized by fragile economic growths, distorted  structural transformation,  low domestic resource, high dependence on external financing , high dependence on primary commodity exports, high external debt burden  and debt services  and  low human development. The LDCs must thus shift to a developmental state approach to strategically integrate into the world economy and to build their productive capacities and to enhance their structural transformation which could lead the countries along the path of sustained economic growth to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.</em><em> </em></p><p><em>The implications for the implementation of Agenda 2030 for sustainable development are that: </em></p><p><em>(i) The LDCs have  to extensively tap their domestic savings potentials and investments to reach 25% or more of their Gross Domestic Product(GDP) to  sustain 7% -8% growth rates per annum that will have a great impact on  poverty reduction in line with the  sustainable development goal 1 (SDG1) . (ii) The LDCs have to select a few SDGs which are of high national priorities and  synchronize them  with their respective national development plans  and determine  the financing needs for the implementation  of the selected SDGs. (iii)  cancellation of external debt of the LDCs  by the creditors in order to release resources needed for their  investments to achieve the SDGs (iv) replacement of foreign aid  by market access for  the LDCs products to  increase their foreign exchange earnings needed for  building their  productive capacities. (v) Maintaining peace and stability and resolving conflicts to release resources needed for their productive investment.<br /></em></p>

scholarly journals Desarrollo sostenible: Desde la mirada de preservación del medio ambiente colombiano/ Sustainable development: From the perspective of preservation of the Colombian environment

2020 ◽  
pp. 293-307
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Growth ◽  
Distribution Of Wealth ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Real Distribution ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Positivist Approach

Resumen La presente disquisición está orientada bajo un enfoque positivista, con una perspectiva metodológica documental y descriptiva. La investigación tiene como objetivo realizar unas reflexiones teóricas relacionadas con el medio ambiente, el crecimiento económico en concordancia con el desarrollo sostenible a nivel mundial y específicamente en el Estado colombiano. La sostenibilidad mantiene la postura ante la sociedad de salvaguardar una mejor calidad de vida de los individuos, que coadyuve al crecimiento económico, político, social, real distribución de las riquezas, a la expansión de la industrialización, en países desarrollados como en vía de desarrollo. Para Colombia, en conclusión la problemática ambiental ha sido de gran interés, la misma presenta cierto nivel de inconsistencia con el desarrollo económico, ha generado falta de sensibilidad por las empresas en mantener conciliación con el desarrollo sostenible, desde décadas varias países del mundo tratan de ajustarse a este emprendimiento positivo con la naturaleza. Desde el 2015 con la Agenda 2030 siendo su único norte inclinado en los 17 Objetivos del Desarrollo Sostenible, incentivan a los Estados miembros a brindarle más atención a la situación del medio ambiente como binomio impostergable al crecimiento económico. El lema es proteger el medio ambiente, para el beneficio de los seres vivos. Abstract The present disquisition is oriented under a positivist approach, with a documentary and descriptive methodological perspective. The objective of the research is to carry out theoretical reflections related to the environment, economic growth in accordance with sustainable development worldwide and specifically in the Colombian State. Sustainability maintains the position before society of safeguarding a better quality of life for individuals, which contributes to economic, political, social growth, real distribution of wealth, to the expansion of industrialization, in developed and developing countries. For Colombia, in conclusion, the environmental problem has been of great interest, it presents a certain level of inconsistency with economic development, it has generated a lack of sensitivity by companies in maintaining conciliation with sustainable development, for decades several countries in the world have tried to adjust to this positive undertaking with nature. Since 2015, with the 2030 Agenda being its only inclined north in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, they encourage member states to pay more attention to the situation of the environment as an urgent pairing of economic growth. The motto is to protect the environment, for the benefit of living beings.

scholarly journals Beyond economic growth: sustainable development as an alternative approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (45) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Thauan Santos
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Alternative Approach

Este artigo tem como objetivo fazer uma revisão crítica do conceito de crescimento econômico. Assim, uma breve apresentação de indicadores alternativos é feita. Portanto, alguns indicadores são apresentados, assim como suas limitações, e as principais ameaças a serem enfrentadas são destacadas. Consideram-se discussões recentes no âmbito do Acordo de Paris e da Agenda 2030, que basicamente visa cobrir mais variáveis e questões relacionadas ao desenvolvimento sustentável. Por fim, apresentamos algumas considerações finais sobre o tema, ressaltando a necessidade de mudar não apenas as ferramentas econômicas analíticas de crescimento e desenvolvimento, mas entendendo que o conceito de desenvolvimento sustentável requer mudanças de hábitos, instituições e métricas.

scholarly journals Technological and Economic Decoupling in the Cyber Era

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (257) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Garcia Macia ◽  
Rishi Goyal
Keyword(s):  
International Cooperation ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Technological Diffusion ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
Global Recession ◽  
Digital Services ◽  
Monopoly Rents ◽  
Global Supplier ◽  
Trade And Growth

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift toward digital services. Meanwhile, the race for technological and economic leadership has heated up, with risks of decoupling that could set back trade and growth and hinder the recovery from the worst global recession since the Great Depression. This paper studies the conditions under which a country may seek to erect barriers—banning imports or exports of cyber technologies—and in effect promote decoupling or deglobalization. A well-known result is that banning imports may be optimal in monopolistic sectors, such as the digital sector. The novel result of this paper is that banning exports can also be optimal, and in some cases superior, as it prevents technological diffusion to a challenger that may eventually become the global supplier, capturing monopoly rents and posing cybersecurity risks. However, export or import bans would come at a deleterious cost to the global economy. The paper concludes that fostering international cooperation, including in the cyber domain, could be key to avoiding technological and economic decoupling and securing better livelihoods.

scholarly journals Globalisation, migration flows and sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-126
Author(s):  
Nicoletta Varani ◽  
Enrico Bernardini
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Regional Models ◽  
Geographical Research ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
The Future ◽  
Migration Flows

Abstract The mobility of people is an important theme of geographical research because immigrant currents profoundly transform regional models, mainly urban areas, configuring themselves as a factor of social destabilization, as they change the composition of the population, triggering processes of mutual cultural contamination that are projected on the territory, differentiating it from its geographical surroundings. The contribution, starting from a look at international migration, intends to analyze different aspects related to the phenomenon of mobility such as globalization, sustainability and the role of International Cooperation in the light of the objectives of Agenda 2030 for sustainable development, challenges that concern not only the present, but especially the future.

Belt and Road Initiative: Analysis of Possible Effects on Nigeria’s Economy

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (06) ◽  
pp. 20475-20182
Author(s):  
Ige Ayokunle O ◽  
Akingbesote A.O
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
International Economic ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
International Economic Cooperation ◽  
R Project ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Belt And Road

The Belt and Road initiative is an important attempt by China to sustain its economic growth, by exploring new forms of international economic cooperation with new partners. Even though the B&R project is not the first attempt at international cooperation, it is considered as the best as it is open in nature and does not exclude interested countries. This review raised and answered three questions of how the B&R project will affect Nigeria’s economy?  How will it affect the relationship between Nigeria and China? What could go wrong?, The review concluded that Nigeria can only benefit positively from the project.

Analyzing the current effectiveness of the Russian economy's design

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 1476-1496
Author(s):  
V.V. Smirnov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Moscow Oblast ◽  
Structural Balance ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
The Stability

Subject. The article discusses Russia’s economy and analyzes its effectiveness. Objectives. The study attempts to determine to what extent Russia’s economy is effective. Methods. The study is based on the systems approach and the statistical analysis. Results. I discovered significant fluctuations of the structural balance due to changing growth rates of the total gross national debt denominated in the national currency, and the stability of growth rates of governmental revenue. Changes in the RUB exchange rate and an additional growth in GDP are the main stabilizers of the structural balance, as they depend on hydrocarbon export. As a result of the analysis of cash flows, I found that the exports slowed down. Financial resources are strongly centralized, since Moscow and the Moscow Oblast are incrementing their share in the export of mineral resources, oil and refining products and import of electrical machines and equipment. Conclusions and Relevance. The fact that the Russian economy has been effectively organized is proved with the centralization of the economic power and the limits through the cross-regional corporation, such as Moscow and the Moscow Oblast, which is resilient to any regional difficulties ensuring the economic growth and sustainable development. The findings would be valuable for the political and economic community to outline and substantiate actions to keep rates of the economic growth and sustainable development of the Russian economy.

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