Download or read book Microstate Macro Consequences The Nauru Case A Deep Dive into the Economic Social and Environmental Paradoxes of The Republic of Nauru written by Sophia Fairview and published by Indepent Artists. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Microstate, Macro Consequences: The Nauru Case" offers a nuanced exploration of Nauru, a tiny island nation that serves as a microcosm of larger global issues. Despite its small size, Nauru's story is replete with lessons that resonate on a global scale. Key Themes: Economic Volatility: From phosphate booms to financial collapses, Nauru's economic history serves as a cautionary tale of dependency on a single resource and the perils of lacking diversification. Environmental Challenges: Unsustainable resource exploitation has led to severe environmental degradation, offering a stark lesson in the need for sustainable practices. Human Rights: Scrutiny is given to the island's controversial role in the refugee crisis, as well as its treatment of vulnerable populations, including the LGBTQAI+ community. Globalization and Sovereignty: Navigating complex relationships with larger powers like Australia and international organizations reveals the inherent challenges of maintaining sovereignty in a globalized world. Social Fabric: Gender roles, national identity, and the impact of the diaspora are explored to understand the island's unique social and cultural dynamics. Scientific and Ethical Considerations: A rigorous, data-driven approach assesses various factors impacting Nauru's development, from environmental metrics to healthcare systems. Global Implications: Lessons learned from Nauru are extrapolated to offer insights into broader issues such as climate change, economic inequality, and governance. This comprehensive analysis serves not only as a deep dive into a unique nation but also as a broader commentary on the complexities of globalization, governance, and ethical responsibility in the 21st century. Read less
Download or read book Environment and Development in the Pacific Islands written by Ben Burt and published by Asia Pacific Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mobilities of Return written by John Taylor and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, the term ‘mobility’ has emerged as a defining paradigm within the humanities. For scholars engaged in the multidisciplinary topics and perspectives now often embraced by the term Pacific Studies, it has been a much more longstanding and persistent concern. Even so, specific questions regarding ‘mobilities of return’—that is, the movement of people ‘back’ to places that are designated, however ambiguously or ambivalently, as ‘home’—have tended to take a back seat within more recent discussions of mobility, transnationalism and migration. This volume situates return mobility as a starting point for understanding the broader context and experience of human mobility, community and identity in the Pacific region and beyond. Through diverse case studies spanning the Pacific region, it demonstrates the extent to which the prospect and practice of returning home, or of navigating returns between multiple homes, is a central rather than peripheral component of contemporary Pacific Islander mobilities and identities everywhere.
Download or read book Preferential Trade Agreement Policies for Development written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book COVID in the Islands A comparative perspective on the Caribbean and the Pacific written by Yonique Campbell and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first wide-ranging account of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in two contrasting island regions - the Caribbean and the Pacific - and in several islands and island states. It traces the complexity of effects and responses, at different scales, through the first critical year. Written by a range of scholars and practitioners working in the region the book focuses on six key themes: public health; the economies (notably the collapse of tourism, the revival of local agriculture and fishing, and the rebirth of self-reliance, and even barter); the rescue by remittances; social tensions and responses; public policy; and future ‘bubbles’ and regional connections. Even with marine borders that excluded the virus all island states were affected by COVID-19 because of a considerable dependence on tourism – prompting urgent challenges for governance, economic management and development, as small states sought to balance lives against livelihoods in search of revitalisation or even a ‘new normal’.
Download or read book The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji written by Stewart Firth and published by Anu E Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the factors behind - and the implications of - the 2006 coup. It brings together contributions from leading scholars, local personalities, civil society activists, union leaders, journalists, lawyers, soldiers and politicians - including deposed Prime Ministers Laisenia Qarase and Mahendra Chaudhry. The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji: A Coup to End All Coups? is essential reading for those with an interest in the contemporary history of Fiji, politics in deeply divided societies, or in military intervention in civilian politics.
Download or read book Design and Futures written by Cher Potter and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon famously observed: ''Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.'' Designers and futurists, it turns out, have a great deal in common. This mutual recognition is reaching critical mass as each comes to appreciate how their respective traditions have much to offer to making urgent change in the world, and even more so, together." - From the Editors'' Introduction Design and Futures is a landmark collection of essays, manifestos and peer-reviewed articles, edited by Stuart Candy (Carnegie Mellon University) and Cher Potter (Victoria and Albert Museum), documenting ''design futures'' discourse and practice around the world. Originally appearing in back-to-back issues of the open access Journal of Futures Studies (Tamkang University Press, Taiwan), the present compilation preserves the original formatting while unifying all 30 pieces between covers for the first time. Topics range from worldbuilding and curriculum design to temporality and decolonisation, as well as new methods and processes that build on over a decade of experiential futures, speculative design and related practices. Design and Futures will be an essential reference for anyone working or studying in either field. Contributors * Danah ABDULLA (Brunel University, UK) * Ahmed ANSARI (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) * Paola ANTONELLI (Museum of Modern Art, USA) * Tina AUER (Time''s Up, Austria) * James AUGER (Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal) * Nik BAERTEN (Pantopicon, Belgium) * Ralph BORLAND (Independent Artist and Curator, South Africa) * Tim BOYKETT (Time''s Up, Austria) * Anne BURDICK (Art Center College of Design, USA; University of Technology Sydney, Australia) * Stuart CANDY (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) * Ece CANLI (Independent Scholar, Portugal) * Kuo-Hua CHEN (Tamkang University, Taiwan) * David DELGADO (NASA JPL, USA) * Alida DRAUDT (Strategic Foresight Partners LLC, USA) * Jake DUNAGAN (Institute for the Future, USA) * Tony FRY (University of Tasmania, Australia) * Nik GAFFNEY (FoAM, Belgium) * JJ HADLEY (Slalom, USA) * Julian HANNA (Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal) * Dan HILL (Vinnova, Sweden) * Jeanne HOFFMAN (Tamkang University, Taiwan) * Ryan HOGAN (Mozilla, USA) * Jamer HUNT (The New School, USA) * Anab JAIN (Superflux, UK; University of Applied Arts, Austria) * Mahmoud KESHAVARZ (Uppsala University, Sweden) * Matthew KIEM (Independent Scholar, Australia) * Lucy KIMBELL (University of the Arts London, UK) * Kelly KORNET (Kalypso, Canada) * Maja KUZMANOVIC (FoAM, Belgium) * Ramia MAZÉ (Aalto University, Finland) * Alex MCDOWELL (University of Southern California, USA) * Timothy MORTON (Rice University, USA) * Mugendi K. M''RITHAA (Independent Designer-Researcher, Kenya) * Leticia MURRAY (Gensler, USA) * Pedro OLIVEIRA (Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany) * Stefanie A. OLLENBURG (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) * DK OSSEO-ASARE (Pennsylvania State University, USA) * Karla PANIAGUA (CENTRO Advanced Design Institute, Mexico) * Cher POTTER (University of the Arts London; Victoria and Albert Museum, UK) * Luiza PRADO (MeetFactory, Czech Republic) * Aaron ROSA (Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany) * Tristan SCHULTZ (Griffith University, Australia) * Gregory STOCK (Firefly, USA) * John A. SWEENEY (Narxoz University, Kazakhstan) * Maya VAN LEEMPUT (Erasmus University College, Belgium) * Julia Rose WEST (Ancestry, USA) * Lizzie YARINA (MIT Urban Risk Lab, USA) * Liam YOUNG (SCI-Arc, USA) * Leah ZAIDI (Independent Scholar, Canada)
Download or read book Eurasian Integration written by E. Vinokurov and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Eurasian continent, which has for over a century lagged behind in global markets, is currently gaining economic and political momentum. This book investigates emerging economic linkages in the area, examining the factors shaping this integration, the benefits and risks involved, and the future of these states on the global stage.
Download or read book Peace Without Poison Volume Two written by Kevin Mugur Galalae and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The data presented in this epic document proves the existence of a global program of population control that has been carefully concealed from the public since its inception in 1945 and shatter fabricated notions perpetuated to confuse and confound inquiring minds lest they stumble upon the frightening truth that the international framework for peace is based on genocide. This is the 21st century's Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence and Universal Declaration of Human Rights all wrapped into one. It will define life in the 21st century and affect every human being on the planet.
Download or read book Lines Across the Sea written by Brij V. Lal and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The World Bank s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment written by World Bank. Independent Evaluation Group and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) assesses the conduciveness of a country's policy and institutional framework to poverty reduction, sustainable growth, and the effective use of development assistance.
Download or read book Overtourism written by Rachel Dodds and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-05-06 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overtourism has become a major concern for an increasing number of destinations as tourism numbers continue to grow, stimulated by general economic and technological growth and the expansion of the global middle class. This, coupled with relentless promotion of tourism by many organisations and destinations, has increased tourism, despite growing opposition to excessive development. This book is the first academic volume to deal with this topic and contains chapters by experienced researchers in the tourism field, taking a multidisciplinary approach to review and explain the subject. The introductory section begins with an overview of the current situation and the forces enabling the appearance of overtourism. This is followed by a number of case studies from a range of destinations around the world, both urban and rural, which share the same problems. The concluding section includes a discussion of potential mitigation methods and approaches and a final assessment of future developments. The focus and relevance of this book are not just for academics, as it offers insights into destinations, enablers and solutions for how to address the issue of overtourism on a wide variety of scales. This book offers globally relevant perspectives on destinations as varied as Venice and Barcelona, that have gained global media attention, as well as less publicised rural areas and developing destinations.
Download or read book International Relations written by Joshua S. Goldstein and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated in its 10th edition, International Relations is praised for being the most current and comprehensive introduction to international relations theory as well as security, economic, and global issues. Thoroughly updated to cover world affairs through 2012, this survey text explores relations among states and the influence of transnational actors and events. Applying a broad range of theoretical perspectives to show readers how to analyze current events, International Relations offers the best tools for understanding what is happening in the world today.
Download or read book Pacific Epistemologies written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Insurance Against Poverty written by World Institute for Development Economics Research and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poor people in developing countries are often affected by droughts, floods, illness, crop failure, job loss, and economic downturns. Much of their energy goes into coping with these shocks and into day-to-day survival. While insurance and credit markets, combined with widespread social security, provide an important cushion against poverty in rich countries, the need for immediate survival may lock the poor into persistent poverty in developing countries.The poor in developing countries do have informal mechanisms to cope with risk and misfortune. These are based on income diversification, risk avoidance, self-insurance by saving together with family, and community-based mutual assistance. Nevertheless, the scope of these mechanisms remains limited. Repeated individual-specific shocks such as illness or pests, or covariate risks associated with drought, flood, or recession, undermine the ability of individuals and their families to cope withrisk.We now know much more about vulnerability to risk and how poor people cope. Even more importantly, we have learned much about the large long-term consequences of these risks, which condemns many to persistent poverty and excludes them from economic growth. But there is much that can be done. The micro-level studies that underpin this book offer new insights on how effective public action could be more effective in protecting the vulnerable against persistent poverty. Policy should focus onproviding a comprehensive menu of ex-ante and post-crisis protection mechanisms, including new forms of insurance, savings, safety nets, and the means to strengthen the poor's asset base. Local communities have a big role to play: public funds should not be used to replace indigenous community-basedsupport networks; rather they should be used to build on the strengths of these networks to ensure broader and more effective protection.With numerous thematic chapters and case studies of both best practice and of failure, from a mix of low-income and middle-income countries across the developing world, this book evaluates alternatives in widening insurance and protection provision, and makes an important contribution to the topical field of insurance and risk.
Download or read book Safety and Health in Agriculture written by and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 1999 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first discussion of the question of safety and health in agriculture took place at the 88th Session (2000) of the International Labour Conference. Following that discussion, and in accordance with article 39 of the Standing Orders of the Conference, the International Labour Office prepared and communicated to the governments of member States a report containing a proposed Convention and a proposed Recommendation concerning safety and health in agriculture, based on the conclusions adopted by the Conference at its 88th Session. This volume contains the text of these documents.
Download or read book Small States written by Commonwealth Secretariat and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique annual collection of key economic and statistical data on the world's small states--those with fewer than five million inhabitants--is an essential reference for economists, planners and policy makers. The book contains fifty-one tables covering selected economic and social indicators culled from international and national sources and presents information unavailable elsewhere. A detailed parallel commentary on trends in Commonwealth small states, looking at growth, employment, inflation and economic policy issues, permits a deeper understanding of developments behind the figures. The book also includes three topical articles: The Effects of Limited Diversification on Small States--Stephen Fletcher, St. George's University, Grenada; Insights into the Economic Development of Small, Often Island, Economies--Godfrey Baldacchino, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada and Geoff Bertram of Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand; and Macroeconomic Stability in Small States--Lawrence L. Schembri, Bank of Canada.
