scholarly journals Turismo de paisaje, desarrollo sostenible y ordenación del territorio en la isla de La Palma (Islas Canarias) = Landscape Tourism, Sustainable Development and Territorial Planning in La Palma (Canary Islands)

2020 ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Juan Guerra Guerra
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
The Public ◽  
Rural Space ◽  
La Palma ◽  
Territorial Planning

La actual estructura socioeconómica de la isla de La Palma (Islas Canarias), dependiente en gran medida del sector público y de las ayudas institucionales, está generando un progresivo declive económico y pérdida de población a escala insular. Como respuesta a la crisis por la que atraviesa el sector primario y de la previsible reducción de ayudas al plátano –principal sector productivo en la isla– en la actualidad, desde la esfera política se trata de dinamizar el tejido productivo insular apostando abiertamente por un turismo vinculado al paisaje y al espacio rural, como sector estratégico en torno al cual construir un modelo de desarrollo equilibrado y sostenible.AbstractThe current socio-economic structure of the island of La Palma (Canary Islands), dependent to a large extent on the public sector and on institutional aid, is generating a progressive economic decline and loss of population on an island scale. In response to the crisis that the primary sector is going through and the foreseeable reduction of aid to bananas –the main productive sector on the island– nowadays, from the political sphere, it is about boosting the productive fabric of the island by openly betting on tourism linked to the landscape and the rural space as a strategic sector around which to build a model of balanced and sustainable development.

Political Impediments to Economic Rationality: Explaining Zimbabwe's Failure to Reform its Public Sector

1989 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Herbst
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Rationality ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
Economic Management ◽  
Agricultural Prices ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Reforms

After Many years of exhortations, it is now widely claimed that African governments are beginning to implement the reforms needed to fundamentally alter their economies.1 Zimbabwe, after achieving independence 15 years later than most of the continent, has been singled out as a country that immdiately recognised the lessons of African economic failures and therefore adopted more rational policies.2 However, efforts to rationalise the public sector have often proceeded much slower than other reforms designed to reverse ‘the trend of chronic economic decline’, notably by reducing over-valued currencies, increasing agricultural prices, and lowering real urban wages.3 Even Zimbabwe, despite its record of relatively good economic management, has not been able to adopt a package of policies which would resolve the severe problems of its parastatals, namely those companies/corporations/other organisations owned by the state that operate outside the formal governmental apparatus. In Zimbabwe specifically and in Africa generally, the political imperatives of leaders have often prevented the adoption, let alone the implementation of comprehensive public-sector reforms.

Sustainable diets

2011 ◽  
pp. 379-388
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Security ◽  
The Political ◽  
Public Health Nutrition ◽  
Individual Behaviour ◽  
The Public ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact

Sustainability and nutrition 380 Sustainable development 382 Food security 383 Climate change and obesity 384 Useful websites and further reading 388 The public health nutrition field has identified a need to encompass the inter-relationship of man with his environment (The Giessen Declaration, 2005). Ecological public health nutrition places nutrition within its wider structural settings including the political, physical, socio-cultural and economic environment that influence individual behaviour and health. As a consequence, it includes the impact of what is eaten on the natural environment as well as the impact of environmental and climate change on all components of food security, i.e. on what food is available, accessible, utilizable and stable (...

scholarly journals The Financing Framework for Sustainable Development in Emerging Economies: The Case of Uruguay

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolás Gambetta ◽  
Paula Azadian ◽  
Victoria Hourcade ◽  
María Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
The Public ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Development Goals

This paper explores the financing framework for sustainable development in Uruguay, an emerging economy, and examines whether available financing instruments contribute to achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in which significant progress is still required in this country. Reports, policy documents and academic literature were reviewed to determine the types of sustainable development financing instruments available, and to analyse the challenges facing emerging economies in this regard. In addition, the financing programmes available from the public sector, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the financial sector and multilateral credit agencies were examined. The results obtained show that the main financing sources for sustainable development are located within the public sector due to the absence of a developed financial market, and that the existing financial instruments do not address the SDGs where most attention is required. The latter circumstances make it challenging to achieve these SDGs in Uruguay. The study findings highlight the need for greater coordination among all parties to make efficient use of the scarce resources available to an emerging economy and thus enable it to meet its SDGs.

A Discussion of Katherine J. Cramer's The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 521-522
Author(s):  
Christina Wolbrecht
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Language ◽  
Thick Description ◽  
The Public ◽  
Interpretive Theory

The policies of Republican Governor Scott Walker have come to symbolize a resurgent assault on the public sector, and on public employee unions in particular, by the Republican Party. The fact that this is happening in Wisconsin, the state that in the last century was considered the “laboratory of Progressivism,” makes the politics surrounding these policies all the more compelling. In The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker, Katherine J. Cramer analyzes the “politics of resentment” surrounding these developments. Employing an ethnographic “method of listening,” Cramer furnishes thick description of the political language employed by rural Wisconsinites, and proceeds to develop an interpretive theory of “political resentment” that illuminates the reasons why lower-class citizens so strongly oppose public policies seeking to offset social and economic inequality. The book is important methodologically and politically. We have thus invited a range of social and political scientists to comment on the book as a work of political science and as a diagnosis of the current political moment.

scholarly journals Analyzing Transportation Sustainability in the Canary Islands Archipelago

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Alexandre Castanho ◽  
Arian Behradfar ◽  
Ana Vulevic ◽  
José Manuel Naranjo Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
La Palma ◽  
Regional Management ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relevant Case ◽  
Scarcity Of Resources ◽  
La Gomera

The scarcity of resources, the limited land, and the overstressing of tourism, as well as the estrangements of movement, make the insular territories relevant case studies in terms of their regional management and governance and, consequently, sustainable development. Thereby, Transportation and Infrastructures’ Sustainability in these territories is not an exception. In this regard, the present study, through exploratory tools, expects to analyze, using accessibility and connectivity indicators, the impacts over the social-economic sphere that the local Transportation and Infrastructures may deliver to the populations of the Canary Islands Archipelago. The study enables us to identify the islands of La Palma, El Hierro, Fuerteventura, and La Gomera as those with better accessibility patterns.

A Discussion of Katherine J. Cramer's The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 523-524
Author(s):  
Jeffrey R. Dudas
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Language ◽  
Thick Description ◽  
The Public ◽  
Interpretive Theory

The policies of Republican Governor Scott Walker have come to symbolize a resurgent assault on the public sector, and on public employee unions in particular, by the Republican Party. The fact that this is happening in Wisconsin, the state that in the last century was considered the “laboratory of Progressivism,” makes the politics surrounding these policies all the more compelling. In The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker, Katherine J. Cramer analyzes the “politics of resentment” surrounding these developments. Employing an ethnographic “method of listening,” Cramer furnishes thick description of the political language employed by rural Wisconsinites, and proceeds to develop an interpretive theory of “political resentment” that illuminates the reasons why lower-class citizens so strongly oppose public policies seeking to offset social and economic inequality. The book is important methodologically and politically. We have thus invited a range of social and political scientists to comment on the book as a work of political science and as a diagnosis of the current political moment.

THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT IN THE SPANISH PUBLIC SECTOR

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Desiree Sandoica Paris ◽  
Manuel Soler Severino
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Cycles ◽  
Electoral Cycle ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
Under Construction ◽  
Term Management

There are public entities that possess in their hands multiple property assets, that are difficult to manage, being, in many cases, buildings that are considered icons that contribute to the character of their surroundings or that take part of our historical heritage or have some kind of protection. It is difficult for the private sector to manage these assets, if in the public sector, we add the electoral cycle, the problems increase. At a public level, it is more complicated, since it should be understood that the planning of property assets and delivery do not correspond to the political cycles. In addition, policies change once established, perhaps with the development under construction, will inevitably have serious consequences on: the planning, cost and alignment of the building with the final needs of the asset. Therefore, it is important for all the stakeholders to realize that an approach is needed for the long-term management of property asset portfolios. To achieve this goal, we have developed a structured and programmed approach of Property Asset Management adapted to the public sector, in order to provide the best solutions.

Weaknesses in the System of Promoting and Marketing Drugs

1974 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-263
Author(s):  
James Turner
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Drug Development ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
Drug Industry ◽  
Specific Drug ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current Drug ◽  
Consumer Organizations ◽  
The Impact

Although critical of several specific drug industry practices as being major contributions to the current over-medicated society controversy, Mr. Turner believes that the pharmaceutical industry can work together with consumer organizations and the public sector in resolving these issues. Of particular interest is his observation that the economic structure of current drug development and research prevents the manufacturer from assessing the impact of a drug in terms of necessary health benefits.

scholarly journals Sustainable development in mineral economies: the example of Botswana

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
GLENN-MARIE LANGE ◽  
MATTHEW WRIGHT
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Financial Assets ◽  
The Public ◽  
Capital Budget ◽  
The Past ◽  
National Wealth ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Rich Countries

The Hartwick–Solow rule for sustainability requires that depletion of natural capital be offset by a compensating increase in other forms of capital capable of generating as much income as the natural capital they replace. Many countries have not been successful in transforming natural capital into other forms of wealth. This paper investigates the process of wealth transformation for Botswana, one of the most successful resource-rich countries. Using an expanded measure of wealth that includes manufactured capital, natural capital and net foreign financial assets, Botswana's per capita wealth has increased over the past 20 years. Government has recovered and reinvested rent. However, examination of the public sector capital budget reveals considerable unproductive investment. While correction for unproductive investments still indicates sustainable development, results suggest that aggregate indicators such as national wealth or genuine savings may be misleading without further attention to the process by which natural capital is transformed into other forms of wealth.

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