Managing Resource-Dependence Amidst Opportunities and Challenges: Defining a New Sustainability Narrative for Caribbean Coastal Economies

The Rio +20 meeting in 2012 was an opportunity for the global policy framework to review 20 years of action on Agenda 21 and what has been delivered and to whom. The ripple effects of the global economic crisis—i.e. the weakening of the insurance sector, lower demand for exports and reduced remittan...

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Autor: Perch, Leisa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Brasil
Institución:Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da IPEA (RCIpea)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15486
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/15486
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Managing
Resource-Dependence
Opportunities
Challenges
New Sustainability
Narrative
Caribbean Coastal Economies
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Sumario:The Rio +20 meeting in 2012 was an opportunity for the global policy framework to review 20 years of action on Agenda 21 and what has been delivered and to whom. The ripple effects of the global economic crisis—i.e. the weakening of the insurance sector, lower demand for exports and reduced remittances—have exposed the fragility of both economies and households in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Fiscal space constraints narrowed the options for mitigating the worst of the crisis on households, highlighting the unique set of challenges facing SIDS worldwide. (…)