Financial Crises, Poverty and Environmental Sustainability: Challenges in the Context of the SDGs and Covid-19 Recovery

This volume advances the state-of-the-art in the study of the interplay among financial crises,poverty dynamics, and environmental sustainability. It offers timely and unique contributions to the immediate global challenge of sustainable development. The approach taken is inductive and evidence-driven, with most analysis based on in-depth case studies that aim to offer a detailed and dynamic picture of how poverty and environmental sustainability interact in specific social contexts and financial crises. The volume aims to generate a wealth of new and concrete evidence that offer a solid foundation to understand the multiple channels through which social and environmental factors interact and the ways in which this interaction can and should be managed to achieve the needed global transition to sustainability. Case-studies examined include Cambodia, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Zambia, and subregions such as the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, and Lower Mekong Countries. The volume is part of a joint initiative by the 'Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP)', the 'UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Action for Sustainable Development Goals', and the 'United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)' to advance a new research programme and foster a better understanding of the multiple, complex, and often opposing ways through which the punctuated economic slowdown of financial crises, poverty dynamics, and environmental sustainability interact.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 190 pages
Publication date: 05 January 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive volume pushes the frontiers of knowledge in the intricate relationship between financial crises, poverty dynamics, and environmental sustainability. It provides timely and innovative insights into the pressing global challenge of sustainable development. By constructing a robust evidence base, the book offers practical recommendations for policy actions to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) concerning the environment and poverty in the context of prevailing financial distress.

The approach adopted is inductive and evidence-driven, with the majority of the analysis based on in-depth case studies that aim to provide a detailed and dynamic portrayal of how poverty and environmental sustainability interact within specific social contexts and financial crises. Through this approach, the volume seeks to generate a wealth of novel and concrete evidence that serves as a solid foundation for understanding the multifaceted channels through which social and environmental factors interplay, as well as the strategies for managing these interactions effectively in order to achieve the necessary global transition towards sustainability.

The book addresses a wide range of dynamics that are explored and analyzed, including the historical legacies of structural adjustment and colonialism, the ongoing debt crisis faced by developing countries, the role of inequality, the profound impact of climate change on livelihoods and the attainment of the SDGs, the novel challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic for the SDGs, the challenges of sustainable funding for SDGs, and the urgent need for a new eco-social contract. Case studies examined in the volume include Cambodia, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Zambia, and subregions such as the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, and Lower Mekong Countries.

This volume is part of a collaborative initiative between the 'Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSR)'.

Weight: 411g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030874193
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022