Turbulent Peace, Power, and Ethics

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Fredy Cante
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Economic Power ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Peace Agreement ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Direct Violence ◽  
Material Progress

A situation of turbulent peace is defined as an ambiguous transition from direct violence (which ends by means a fragile and incomplete peace agreement among enemies) to an indirect and subtle violence euphemistically denominated as progress. Indeed, a big rate of economic growth implies growing prosperity, incremented consumption, and increasing investment in the present but, sadly, the consequence of this material progress will be the suffering of future generations because the exhaustion and deterioration of nature in a world where the entropy is worsened by the rapacity of actual generations. The depletion and contamination of natural resources is the inherent cost of material progress and development of “productive” forces. The ideological, coercive and economic power of some organized minorities, and the acquiescence of a big majority of human beings constitutes the root of this problem. The antidote against this power is the critical examination of values by active citizens and the guide of ethics. In the long run this problem can be solved promoting a nonviolent economy.

Physical Capital, Production of the Energy and Time of Natural Resources’ Exhaustion

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Malaczewski
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Physical Capital ◽  
Optimal Consumption ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Per Capita

The aim of this paper is to analyze long-run economic growth of the economy endowed with natural resources. In the model we assume that natural resources are the main source of the energy necessary to power physical capital. We also assume existence of second type of physical capital that does not need energy. We consider optimal consumption per capita – maximizing behaviour of the economy, and also analyze the time of exhaustion of natural resources.

scholarly journals ISLAM DAN KONSERVASI SUMBER DAYA ALAM

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Eko Budi Minarno
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Past ◽  
Conservation Of Natural Resources ◽  
The Creation

<p class="Bodytext5">Among the various crises, worrying enough is the start of the scarcity of some Natural Resources (SDA), especially from unrecoverable groups such as petroleum, metals and minerals. And by often ignoring the needs of other living beings as well as the needs of future generations. If then comes a crisis with respect to this SDA, which is affected negatively human finally. SDA is needed by humans in the past, present and future. The threat to the existence and sustainability of natural resources is just the same as the threat to human existence and survival. The conservation of natural resources, which is essentially the management of natural resources, is an absolute must and is the main responsibility of human being as the Caliph of this earth. There are three main tasks for human beings related to the conservation of natural resources including al Intifa '(nurture and utilize), al I'tibar (think, be grateful, explore the secrets of nature), and al Islah (preserve and deliberate sustainability for the benefit of people, and the creation of harmony of life nature of Allah's creation.</p><p> </p><p>Di antara berbagai krisis, yang cukup mengkhawatirkan adalah mulai terjadinya kelangkaan beberapa Sumber Daya Alam (SDA) terutama dari kelompok yang tidak terpulihkan seperti minyak bumi, logam, dan min­eral. Dan dengan sering mengabaikan kebutuhan makhluk hidup yang lain maupun kebutuhan generasi yang akan datang. Kalau kemudian muncul krisis sehubungan dengan SDA ini, yang terkena darnpak negatif akhirnya manusia juga. SDA sangat dibutuhkan oleh manusia dimasa lalu, sekarang dan yang akan datang. Ancaman terhadap keberadaan dan kelangsungan SDA sama saja artinya dengan ancaman terhadap keberadaan dan kelangsungan hidup manusia. Konservasi SDA yang berintikan pengelolaan SDA, adalah suatu hal yang mutlak harus dilaksanakan dan menjadi tanggung jawab utama manusia sebagai khalifah di bumi ini. Ada tiga tugas utama bagi manusia berkaitan dengan koservasi SDA meliputi al Intifa’ (memelihara dan mendayagunakan), al I’tibar (memikirkan, mensyukuri, menggali rahasia alam), dan al Islah (memelihara dan sengaja kelestarian untuk kemslahatan umat, serta terciptanya harmoni kehidupan alam ciptaan Allah SWT.</p><p> </p>

scholarly journals The role of natural resources in economic growth: new evidence from Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (50) ◽  
pp. 221-238
Author(s):  
Aiza Shabbir ◽  
Shazia Kousar ◽  
Farzana Kousar
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Water Shortage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Level Of Significance

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of natural resources in economic growth by taking evidence from Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach Total five variables are used in this study, i.e. GDP, population density, water renewable resources, deforestation and the emissions of CO2, based on time series data from 1972 to 2016. The annual data is collected from World Development Indicators, Food and Agriculture Organization and Pakistan Economic Survey. Vector error correction model technique is applied to find out the long-run results. Findings Results depict that all variables have a negative and significant relationship over the long run at 5% level of significance. It is observed that 1% increase in population accordingly will degrade GDP by 0.334496%. Correspondingly, 1% increase of water renewable resources will degrade GDP by 0.450647%. Findings are aligning with the study of. Moreover, 1% increase in deforestation will diminish GDP by 0.127821%. If we increase 1% of CO2, GDP will be reduced by 0.802420%. Research limitations/implications Results depict that all variables have a negative and significant relationship over the long run at 5% level of significance. It is observed that 1% increase in population accordingly will degrade GDP by 0.334496%. Correspondingly, 1% increase of water renewable resources will degrade GDP by 0.450647%. Findings are aligning with the study of. Moreover, 1% increase in deforestation will diminish GDP by 0.127821%. If we increase 1% of CO2, GDP will be reduced by 0.802420%. Practical implications Family planning may be our last hope. Viable and fruitful family planning ought to be introduced. Status of ladies should be brought up in the society by providing education and employment opportunities. Time of marriage ought to be brought up to 25 years in case of males and 23 in case of females; this can help in decreasing the number of births. Having a large population will not automatically translate into economic prosperity. Investment in well-being, education, sound economic policies and good governance will bring about accelerated economic growth. Originality/value In recent years, the issue of worldwide water shortage has attracted increasing consideration within scholarly community, non-administrative organizations and the media. Water shortage is a significant and ever-increasing danger to the environment, human well-being, advancement, energy security and the worldwide food supply. This work will introduce real issues and requirements relating to water, environmental changes and their impact on economic growth of Pakistan.

scholarly journals Natural Resources and the Economic Growth of West Africa Economies

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Michael Asiedu ◽  
Ebenezer Nana Yeboah ◽  
David Owusu Boakye
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Correction Term ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Short Run

In this study, we employed the pooled mean group (PMG) regression to examine the effect of natural resources economic rent (coal rent, gas rent, oil rent, forest rent, minerals rent) and foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth in West Africa for the period 1996 to 2017. We found strong evidence of a positive relationship between FDI, total natural resources (TNR), total natural gas (TNG), and economic growth in the long-run. However, the study recorded a negative relationship between mineral resources rent, oil rent and gas rent, and economic growth in the long run. The rent from coal also exhibited neutrality on economic growth. While all the short-run coefficients are not statistically significant, the error correction term (ECT) is significant and a negative value of -0.889, signifying cointegration at a 1% significance level. This also implies that the short-run estimates converge towards the long-run estimates to achieve equilibrium at the speed of 89% per annum. Our findings highlight the significance of FDI and total rent from natural resources in stimulating West African economies' growth in the industrialization drive and general welfare. In contrast, this study also highlights the need for policy direction to redesign and realign ownership in the oil and gas sector from multinational co-operations (MNCs) to the locals and the domestic economy to benefit directly from the prevailing environment.

scholarly journals Three Economic Myths about Ageing: Participation, Immigration and Infrastructure

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cameron Murray
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Older People ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Age Structure ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
Successful Result ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Modern Era

Population ageing due to longevity is one of the greatest successes of the modern era. However, it is widely thought to dramatically reduce workforce participation and overall output resulting in significant economic costs.This widely held view is wrong. Ageing countries have higher economic growth and the improved health and longevity of older people increases their economic contributions.High immigration is also thought to combat population ageing and be a remedy for these non-existent costs of ageing.This is wrong. Low immigration can affect the age structure by helping to stabilise the population, but high immigration has almost no long-run effect besides increasing the total population level. This creates bigger problems in the future.It is also widely thought that simply investing in infrastructure will accommodate high immigration and population growth at little cost.This too is wrong.Diseconomies of scale are a feature of rapid infrastructure expansion due to (1) the need to retrofit built-up cities, (2) the dilution of irreplaceable natural resources, and (3) the scale of investment relative to the stock of infrastructure.This ageing-immigration-infrastructure story is wrong on all three of its major points. Population ageing should be seen as the successful result of improvements in medical and health practices that have improved longevity and fostered a long-lived and economically productive society.

scholarly journals Analisis Perwilayahan Pembangunan dan Iklim Investasi di Provinsi Bengkulu

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yana Tatiana ◽  
Muhammad Firdaus ◽  
Hermanto J Siregar ◽  
Himawan Hariyoga
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Ownership Of Land ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth

Sustainable Economic growth in the long run be a development goal.Development that is driven by the growth of investment will create sustainability. Localgovernments use many methods in promoting the region to attract investment. Thispaper aims to analyze the factors affect the investment climate as well as determinesectors driving the success of development in the province of Bengkulu (9 counties andone city) by using Quotients Klassen, Location quation (LQ), shiftshare, fiscal capacityand regression. This study concluded that areas which have base sector in agriculturalcapable of developing and developed despite its ability to attract FDI and domesticinvestment is relatifly low. While the areas natural resources such as mining becomecenter of domestic and foreign investment, was not able to develop into advanced andfast growing areas. Ownership of land and infrastructure becomes the dominant factoraffecting the investment climate in the Province of Bengkulu

scholarly journals Innovative Approach to Evaluation of the Decoupling Phenomena in Making Decision on Investment of Agro-Business

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3C) ◽  
pp. 38-44 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Government ◽  
Environmental Performance Indicators

The author's suggestions for improving the method of assessing the effectiveness of the implementation of state environmental policy of the country by supplementing the list of common environmental performance indicators, indicators of the decoupling phenomenon, which are based on indicators of economic growth in both the country as a whole and individual industries are presented in the article. Implementation of these proposals in practice will ensure that the government makes clear and prudent decisions about increasing agricultural production, saving the environment and using natural resources to meet the modern needs of mankind and the interests of future generations in food security, safety and health.

scholarly journals The Policy Framework of Natural Resource Management in Oil-Dependence Countries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basem Ertimi ◽  
Tamat Sarmidi ◽  
Norlin Khalid ◽  
Mohd Helmi Ali
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Resource Curse ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Resource Flows ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
Oil Revenues ◽  
Rich Countries

The resource curse indicates that economic growth performs poorly in countries with significant natural resources. Nevertheless, certain countries rich in energy managed to protect their resource riches in the long run. It is necessary to enforce effective policies in resource-rich countries to fully leverage the advantages which can come from the abundance of natural resources. This study aimed to evaluate how oil-rich countries would avoid resource flows by successful fiscal and management policies. By taking the guidance of Norway and implementing fiscal policy focused on tax rules on its oil management, it is proposed that oil-exporting countries benefit significantly. The framework attempts to mitigate this resource curse and utilise oil revenues in the interest of the country.

Do we Need a Sustainable Development or Do We Have To Avoid a Sustainable Degrowth

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-42
Author(s):  
Fakhri Issaoui ◽  
Mohamed Ben Abdelghaffar ◽  
Boussif Torkia ◽  
Bilel Ammouri
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Econometric Study

Rentier and infra-rentier countries are more likely to overexploit their natural resources, which creates unfair growth (as long as we deprive future generations of their future endowments in terms of natural resources). This article reflects on the notion of “sustainable degrowth” by trying to situate it between economic growth and sustainable development. Our econometric study has allowed us to conclude that until then, the most prominent model is the pollutant. However, in the post-Kyoto period, 17 countries (from a sample of 33 countries) began to conceive growth that is less polluting.

Natural resources and economic growth: evidence from Brunei Darussalam

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Tahir ◽  
Umar Burki ◽  
Arshad Hayat
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Domestic Investment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Brunei Darussalam ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Short Run

PurposeThis paper explores the relationship between natural resources and economic growth of Brunei Darussalam, an underresearched area in the available literature.Design/methodology/approachAnnual data are sourced from reliable sources for the period 1989–2020. Appropriate cointegration techniques for time series data are employed to estimate the specified models and extract results.FindingsThe results provide evidence about the positive and significant role that natural resources have played in the economic growth of Brunei Darussalam. Similarly, trade openness and domestic investment have also positively and significantly impacted the long-run economic growth. On the other hand, the impacts of government expenditure and the growth of human capital on economic growth are although positive but insignificant statistically in the long run. The short-run results show that natural resources, government expenditures and domestic investment have influenced economic growth both positively and significantly. Moreover, the positive and significant impact of trade openness on economic growth, which was observed in the long run, turned negative and insignificant in the short run. Finally, the insignificant positive relationship between the growth of human capital and economic growth observed in the long run remained the same in the short run.Originality/valueThis paper studies the resource curse hypothesis for Brunei Darussalam for the first time, and therefore, the findings will be of significant interest for policymakers and researchers.

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