Building The Resilience Of Small States

Author : Denny Lewis-Bynoe
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849291286

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Building the Resilience of Small States by Denny Lewis-Bynoe Pdf

Some small states enjoy relatively high GDP per capita –giving the impression of economic strength – when in reality these economies are fragile and disproportionately affected by adverse economic shocks, natural disasters and extreme weather events. The Commonwealth resilience framework has been developed to identify both the national policies required to build resilience and the areas in which regional and international development partners can provide support. This study refines and expands the framework to cover areas such as governance, environmental management and social development. It proposes policy measures for building resilience and ways in which the resilience framework for small states can be embedded in national planning to help stakeholders to agree priority areas for policy intervention.

Author : Lino Briguglio
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Economic policy
ISBN : 1849290350

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Profiling Vulnerability and Resilience by Lino Briguglio Pdf

This book provides a tool for assessing both how prone a country is to external economic shocks - its vulnerability - as well as its ability bounce back from those shocks - its resilience. For economic planners, as well as students of the economies of small states.

Author : Lino Briguglio
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSC:32106019858296

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Small States and the Pillars of Economic Resilience by Lino Briguglio Pdf

Small developing states tend to be inherently prone to exogenous shocks over which they can exercise very little control. In the main, such proneness emanates from the small states; structural trade openness and their very high dependence on a narrow range of exports. There are a number of small developing states that, in spite of their inherent economic vulnerability, manage to generate a relatively high GDP per capita when compared with other developing countries. This can be ascribed to economic resilience building associated with policy-induced measures that enable a country to recover from or adjust to the negative impacts of adverse exogenous shocks and to benefit from positive shocks. The main argument put forward in this book is that economic resilience can be built through appropriate policy interventions in four principal areas, namely macroeconomic stability, microeconomic market efficiency, good governance and social development. Published by the Islands and Small States Institute, Malta and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Author : Lino Briguglio,Gordon Cordina,Eliawony J. Kisanga
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Petits États
ISBN : 9990949239

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Building the Economic Resilience of Small States by Lino Briguglio,Gordon Cordina,Eliawony J. Kisanga Pdf

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781498345095

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Small States Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change - Role for the IMF by International Monetary Fund Pdf

Small developing states are disproportionately vulnerable to natural disasters. On average, the annual cost of disasters for small states is nearly 2 percent of GDP—more than four times that for larger countries. This reflects a higher frequency of disasters, adjusted for land area, as well as greater vulnerability to severe disasters. About 9 percent of disasters in small states involve damage of more than 30 percent of GDP, compared to less than 1 percent for larger states. Greater exposure to disasters has important macroeconomic effects on small states, resulting in lower investment, lower GDP per capita, higher poverty, and a more volatile revenue base.

Author : Ricardo Marto,Mr.Chris Papageorgiou,Mr.Vladimir Klyuev
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781484324745

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Building Resilience to Natural Disasters: An Application to Small Developing States by Ricardo Marto,Mr.Chris Papageorgiou,Mr.Vladimir Klyuev Pdf

We present a dynamic small open economy model to explore the macroeconomic impact of natural disasters. In addition to permanent damages to public and private capital, the disaster causes temporary losses of productivity, inefficiencies during the reconstruction process, and damages to the sovereign's creditworthiness. We use the model to study the debt sustainability concerns that arise from the need to rebuild public infrastructure over the medium term and analyze the feasibility of ex ante policies, such as building adaptation infrastructure and fiscal buffers, and contrast these policies with the post-disaster support provided by donors. Investing in resilient infrastructure may prove useful, in particular if it is viewed as complementary to standard infrastructure, because it raises the marginal product of private capital, crowding in private investment, while helping withstand the impact of the natural disaster. In an application to Vanuatu, we find that donors should provide an additional 50% of pre-cyclone GDP in grants to be spent over the following 15 years to ensure public debt remains sustainable following Cyclone Pam. Helping the government build resilience on the other hand, reduces the risk of debt distress and at lower cost for donors.

Author : Denny Lewis-Bynoe
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849291460

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Achieving a Resilient Future for Small States by Denny Lewis-Bynoe Pdf

The Caribbean faces numerous economic, social and environmental challenges, with current projections predicting the road ahead to be filled with low levels of growth, high debt and low resilience. In Achieving a Resilient Future for Small States: Caribbean 2050, the contributors set out a long-term, research-based strategy for avoiding these projections, recommending a number of policy interventions aimed at building the region’s resilience and development prospects. Written by influential analysts and researchers and drawing on a wide cross-section of regional stakeholders and thought leaders, the study contains an assessment of the main challenges and opportunities for the region, scenario modelling of where the region could be by 2050, and a broad vision for the region with sector specific goals of how to get there.

Author : Wonderful Hope Khonje,Travis Mitchell
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849291897

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Strengthening Disaster Resilience in Small States by Wonderful Hope Khonje,Travis Mitchell Pdf

Strengthening Disaster Resilience in Small States: Commonwealth Perspectives offers timely and expert analysis of differentiated exposure of small states to natural disasters, including an examination of specific interventions for strengthening small states’ resilience to this phenomenon

Author : C. D. Metcalfe,Erin R. Bennett
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031373763

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Building Resilience to Climate Change in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean by C. D. Metcalfe,Erin R. Bennett Pdf

This book summarizes approaches that integrate the environmental, economic, and physical domains with the values, and needs of the population are necessary to develop sustainable strategies that will enhance the resilience of small islands, within the context of inter-island differences in geology, ecology, societal attitudes, governance, and human and economic resources. The impacts of coastal damage and flooding are predicted to worsen during this century due to rising sea levels and increases in the frequency and intensity of storms. The usual approach to coastal protection in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean is to view both the hazards and the solutions from the “Ocean Side” perspective and to react with “hard” engineering solutions. These structural engineering approaches prevent damage and disruptions to services associated with predictable events but leave communities vulnerable to future events that do not follow historical trends. Furthermore, engineered structures do not adequately address the systemic nature of climate change nor account for compounding threats (e.g., coincidence of hurricane season and global pandemics). To move from this traditional strategy for managing risks from coastal hazards, we need to consider a portfolio of solutions that enhance island protection and community resilience. Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are gaining attention as practical and cost-effective approaches for mitigating climate-based stressors. However, deployment of NBS strategies requires spatial coordination within the context of “ridge to reef” or integrated water resource management (IWRM) approaches that include the creation of conditions for social acceptance, equity, effective governance, and financial incentives.

Author : Stefano Moncada,Lino Briguglio,Hilary Bambrick,Ilan Kelman,Catherine Iorns,Leonard Nurse
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030827748

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Small Island Developing States by Stefano Moncada,Lino Briguglio,Hilary Bambrick,Ilan Kelman,Catherine Iorns,Leonard Nurse Pdf

This book explores how vulnerable and resilient communities from SIDS are affected by climate change; proposes and, where possible, evaluates adaptation activities; identifies factors capable of enhancing or inhibiting SIDS people’s long-term ability to deal with climate change; and critiques the discourses, vocabularies, and constructions around SIDS dealing with climate change. The contributions, written by well-established scholars, as well as emerging authors and practitioners, in the field, include conceptual papers, coherent methodological approaches, and case studies from the communities based in the Caribbean Sea and the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans. In their introduction, the editors contextualise the book within the current literature. They emphasise the importance of stronger links between climate change science and policy in SIDS, both to increase effectiveness of policy and also boost scholarly enquiry in the context of whose communities are often excluded by mainstream research. This book is timely and appropriate, given the recent commission by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of a Special Report that aims at addressing vulnerabilities, “especially in islands and coastal areas, as well as the adaptation and policy development opportunities” following the Paris Agreement. Coupled with this, there is also the need to support the policy community with further scientific evidence on climate change–related issues in SIDS, accompanying the first years of implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Author : Hoe Ee Khor,Mr.Roger P. Kronenberg,Ms.Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781484319833

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Excerpt: Resilience and Growth in the Small States of the Pacific by Hoe Ee Khor,Mr.Roger P. Kronenberg,Ms.Patrizia Tumbarello Pdf

This is a prepublication excerpt of Resilience and Growth in the Small States of the Pacific.

Author : Ezequiel Cabezon,Ms.Leni Hunter,Ms.Patrizia Tumbarello,Kazuaki Washimi,Mr.Yiqun Wu
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781513525792

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Enhancing Macroeconomic Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change in the Small States of the Pacific by Ezequiel Cabezon,Ms.Leni Hunter,Ms.Patrizia Tumbarello,Kazuaki Washimi,Mr.Yiqun Wu Pdf

Natural disasters and climate change are interrelated macro-critical issues affecting all Pacific small states to varying degrees. In addition to their devastating human costs, these events damage growth prospects and worsen countries’ fiscal positions. This is the first cross-country IMF study assessing the impact of natural disasters on growth in the Pacific islands as a group. A panel VAR analysis suggests that, for damage and losses equivalent to 1 percent of GDP, growth drops by 0.7 percentage point in the year of the disaster. We also find that, during 1980-2014, trend growth was 0.7 percentage point lower than it would have been without natural disasters. The paper also discusses a multi-pillar framework to enhance resilience to natural disasters at the national, regional, and multilateral levels and the importance of enhancing countries’ risk-management capacities. It highlights how this approach can provide a more strategic and less ad hoc framework for strengthening both ex ante and ex post resilience and what role the IMF can play.

Author : Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849291774

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Small States: Economic Review and Basic Statistics, Volume 20 by Commonwealth Secretariat Pdf

Small States: Economic Review and Basic Statistics is a flagship publication of the Commonwealth Secretariat highlighting the development indicators of small states and disseminating knowledge on their economic performance. This milestone 20th volume looks back at the progress of small states over the past 25 years. It also takes stock of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s contribution to the international discourse on small states and the development of the states themselves.

Author : Stanko Pelc,Miha Koderman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319590028

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Nature, Tourism and Ethnicity as Drivers of (De)Marginalization by Stanko Pelc,Miha Koderman Pdf

This book considers de-marginalization attesting that marginal regions have the potential for de-marginalization and are anchored in developmental terms on the following core themes: nature; tourism; ethnicity and general factors including migration. Adding to the discussion on marginality and sustainability this book contributes a number of case studies on a diverse selection of topics and regions in which these crucial issues connect. It delivers a reflection of (de)marginalizing processes in today’s globalized world where an increasing number of people, groups, societies and regions are marginalized and vulnerable not only from social and economic factors, but also from natural causes such as natural hazards. This book addresses the unsustainable practices in the past that have often generated difficult conditions for sustainable development in the future. Marginal regions that have not been developed are given much needed consideration as they may now enjoy the benefits of having not been exploited in the past to their present-day developmental advantage. The overview offered by this book is significant in that marginal regions with relatively unspoiled and attractive natural (and cultural) landscapes have a great potential for sustainable tourism. Contributions include the (de)marginalization of ethnic groups, the role of education and migration in the process, and different economic and political perspectives. Considering the topics covered, the book should be appreciated by all those involved in creation of social policies, urban and regional planning – coordinating economic with spatial and social development and by those studying in the fields were competencies for such activities are important part of the study program.

Author : Alice C. Hill,Leonardo Martinez-Diaz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Climate change mitigation
ISBN : 9780190909345

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Building a Resilient Tomorrow by Alice C. Hill,Leonardo Martinez-Diaz Pdf

Even under the most optimistic scenarios, significant global climate change is now inevitable. While squarely confronting the scale of the risks we face, Building a Resilient Tomorrow presents replicable sustainability successes and clear-cut policy recommendations that can improve the climate resilience of communities in the US and beyond.