For centuries, national economies have been engaging in international trade and production. The resulting international supply networks not only increase wealth for countries, but also allow for economic shocks to propagate across borders. Using global,
In this chapter Kitch validates these arguments through global examples and a historical case study of the gendered foundations of racial inequality in the United States. She also demonstrates the persistence of gender inequality over time through analyses of coverture, which mandated women's dependence...
In spite of these examples, the hedge fund activism paradigm in US academic literature is not representative of most contemporary ESG stewardship. Much ESG stewardship is instead undertaken by mainstream institutional investors. The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance reports, for example, that ‘corpor...
Other methods for estimating the global economic impact of climate change Most attempts to quantify the global impact of climate change use IAMs. Well-known, well-regarded, and equally well-criticized examples include DICE12 and FUND42. The IAMs, typically, link the economic system with the clima...
In many cases, thecorpus of work identified within this field has highlighted issues pertaining to social inequality,speciesism, ecological and environmental injustice, and crimes of the powerful. What is lesscommon, however, are examples of study that locate these harms, crimes, injustices and ...
Notable examples include China’s “Belt and Road” Initiative and India’s “Make in India” campaign, both aimed at supporting their economic expansion. However, African and Central Asian countries have consistently displayed lower levels of resilience, facing challenges in recovering swiftly from ...
Plan for a sufficiently broad and long-term set of scenarios.What consequences would business bear, for instance, if interest rates and inflation stayed high for a decade or, in contrast, if GDP growth were to materially accelerate? To provide some examples: ...
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As a first step, businesses should consider identifying a broad set of markers that will help them ascertain which scenario is more likely to occur. Many executives look at the latest inflation numbers but miss more fundamental markers that distinguish between scenarios. Examples of some of the mo...
In the process of SDGs implementation, some transformational actions produced profound benefits. Examples are European low-carbon innovations that change traditionalfossilenergy structure to an environment friendly consumption and production pattern, and Argentina's sustainable food andfarming systemsthat shift...