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Agenda 2030, Innovazione Sociale e sviluppo sostenibile: tre domande al Prof. Enrico Giovannini

Mi è stato richiesto di rispondere a tre domande sull’attività svolta in questi anni prima da Direttore delle statistiche dell’OCSE (Organizzazione per la Cooperazione e per lo Sviluppo Economico), poi come Presidente dell’Istat, Ministro e attualmente come portavoce dell’ASviS (Alleanza Italiana per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile). La prima domanda riguarda il perché, in tutti questi anni, mi sono dedicato alle questioni che riguardano la misurazione del benessere, della sostenibilità e dell’equità.

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Risk and volatility of the agricultural sector in developing countries: exogenous shocks, vulnerability and resilience for small producers

 Why might small farmers have greater difficulty coping with income fluctuations than large farmers? How might this become a poverty trap, and how might this vicious circle be broken?   Farming and risk: an overview Risk, interpreted as a spectrum of the potential states of the world exogenous to the individuals, is a core part in the life of people…

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Le dinamiche distributive del reddito nell’Africa subsahariana: un approccio empirico

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Uno dei principali interessi degli economisti che studiano la crescita è legato allo studio sull’ipotesi di convergenza. Come analizzato da Solow (1956) e Swan (1956), in un…

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Il Design Sistemico per lo sviluppo sostenibile: progetto di abitazione per il villaggio rurale di Ahuacuotzingo, Guerrero, Messico

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.   Il progetto è stato presentato alla Fourth International Conference on Sustainable Development, 16-17 September 2016, Rome, Italy, con il titolo “Systemic Design for the Houses Of…

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Circular Economy: towards a new model of sustainable economic development

The global economic growth is facing increasing challenges in terms of sustainability. Under this assumption, the new model of Circular Economy (CE) takes place: it promises economic growth with low or zero costs in terms of materials, energy and environmental impact. As the Industrial Revolution promised benefits from an excess availability of resources, the CE takes advantage of resources constraints.…

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The Rise and Fall of Microcredit

Of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) established in 2000 by the United Nations, that of halving the number of poor on the planet within 2015, an objective that was proposed again last year in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), stood out for its importance. The North American, European and Japanese economies have been lead to unprecedented developments by the triumphal march of capitalism, allowing millions to reach a high level of wellbeing.

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Economic Development and Environmental Degradation: The Environmental Kuznets Curve

Fonte: Adam Cohn Introduction: the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) The relationship between economic development and environmental sustainability is represented at best by the so-called Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). The reasoning behind the curve grounds on the idea that countries in the early stage of economic development are likely to pollute more, suggesting further economic development as an essential tool to…

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Il Borgo Orefici e l’arte orafa napoletana tra storia e tradizione

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.   Da secoli, la tradizione dell’arte orafa napoletana ha saputo distinguersi, per ricchezza, creatività e inventiva. I segreti di quest’arte si tramandano di generazione in generazione, e…

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