Inclusive Sustainable Development Research Articles

Transformative social marketing and social innovation for sustainable development through participatory design with economically marginalized users

Purpose The study is positioned at the crossroads of transformative social marketing and social innovation literature through the lens of participatory design (PD). This exploratory study aims to explore how social enterprises in India engage economically marginalized people in transformative social marketing and innovation for sustainable development through PD. Design/methodology/approach The study includes a case study with a matched pairs analysis approach. The data analysis reports three themes depicting the role of PD in different stages of the social innovation process (codiscovery, codesign and scaling-up), the challenges faced in the process and the outcomes of the PD process. Findings The authors propose that social enterprises can act as sustainable development catalysts for more inclusive sustainable development through their proactive and creative uses of PD. Still, PD also has limitations for addressing the challenges stemming from marginalized contexts, which requires effective social marketing strategies to overcome. Originality/value The study contributes to the emerging dialogue on PD with marginalized users and widens the scope of studies on transformative social marketing and innovation. The findings also provide practical insights for PD practitioners on how designers can learn from diverse PD practices in the context of economically marginalized people.

Klasterisasi Tingkat Kemiskinan di Indonesia menggunakan Algoritma K-Means

Poverty is one of the deep social challenges around the world and is a major focus in the global development agenda. This article discusses the role of clustering methods in analyzing and understanding poverty issues. We use data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS) on 34 provinces in Indonesia to classify groups of people who are vulnerable to poverty. Clustering analysis helps us identify characteristics that may be overlooked by conventional approaches, which in turn enables the development of more targeted and effective solutions to poverty. We use the K-Means method in our analysis and present it within the framework of the CRISP-DM methodology. The results show that almost 95% of the poor in Indonesia belong to the 'Poor' group. Therefore, we recommend effective actions based on indicators that are the main factors of poverty, as well as designing specific policies for regions with similar characteristics. This article aims to contribute to the global effort to end poverty and achieve the vision of equitable and inclusive sustainable development.

Policy, Institutions and Regulation in Stormwater Management: A Hybrid Literature Review

Policies, Institutions and Regulation (PIR) aspects matter for different sectors’ growth and inclusive sustainable development, but there is little information in the literature on how to evaluate the effects of PIR on management options and outcomes or, on how positive results PIR changes can bring. In terms of stormwater management systems, or urban drainage, PIR is also a controversial and absent matter. Multidisciplinarity, several actors, countless formal and informal rules, and strong contextual path dependence make the subject complex and intricate. Considering the enabling environment, an alignment between policies, institutions and regulations is required to achieve good results and provide sustainable services. This study conducted a hybrid literature review of peer-reviewed papers in this field to provide an overview of how researchers have been studying PIR relations. The gaps show that the understanding of the PIR is fragile, as an important element for analyzing of results to be achieved, including SDG6, the financing and obtaining funds, guarantees and grants for the execution, delivery, operation and maintenance urban stormwater services and infrastructure. The contribution of this review is not only about what exists, but also mainly about what does not exist, since the void keeps waiting to be filled.

AGEING & 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: PERSPECTIVE FROM INDIA

Globally, the proportion of older people is rising in all countries. Across the globe, older people are more likely than any other group to experience exclusion and numerous challenges that jeopardise their well-being. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) establish targets for the world to attain by 2030 in order to improve welfare and prosperity for everyone. "No one is left behind" is the fundamental pledge of SDG. In light of this, the paper highlights different aspects of older- age exclusion; Major concerns associated with specific SDGs and ageing. In addition, some recommendations for age- inclusive sustainable development are outlined in the context of India

THE POTENTIAL FOR RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY IN THE CREATIVE SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY OF UKRAINE

The article analyzes possible opportunities of the creative economy in ensuring the stability and restoration of Ukraine, in particular its economic and human potential. Based on the analysis of the creative economy during the crisis of 2022, the author concludes that domestic creative industries provide a significant resource of stability, flexibility, and the potential for sustainable post-crisis recovery. The national creative sector has become a tool for international cultural diplomacy, consolidation, and cooperation to ensure the stability of the Ukrainian state in the face of Russian aggression. The article reveals potential opportunities for the development of the creative economy to ensure sustainable economic growth and social inclusion in the policy of recovery of Ukrainian cities, in particular, in the industrial regions of eastern Ukraine.
 The article outlines priority directions for stimulating the development of creative industries at the international, national, and local levels. The priority directions include harmonization of national legislation in the field of intellectual property to the norms of European law, overcoming disparities in the development of certain segments of the creative economy, intensification of inter-municipal cooperation at the level of national and international networks of creative cities, implementation of social inclusion programs and recovery of human potential in the creative sector.
 The author argues that the inclusion of the creative economy in the policy of ensuring sustainability and post-war recovery of Ukraine will correspond to the global trends of the post-industrial economy and the 2030 United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development. The further development of the policy of stimulating the development of creative industries will contribute to the strengthening of the competitiveness of the national economy as a whole and the use of the potential of the national culture to ensure the sustainable inclusive development of the Ukrainian state.

Embedded Relationship Nature of Human Rights, Industrialization, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, Constitution, Legislation, and Judiciary

Issues of addressing challenges of pursuing Inclusive Sustainable Industrial Development (ISID) complying with Internationally Recognized Human Rights (IHR) without degradation of an environmental ecosystem have attracted researchers and policymakers. Despite sustainable development being promulgated in international and national legal contexts, there is still a gap witnessed in integrating IHR, ISID and environment, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Constitutional and Legislation provisions, and Jurisprudence. Qualitative and quantitative embedded relationship and reinforcing nature of SDGs and Constitution, Judiciary, and Legislations related to IHR, environmental, ISID Jurisprudence, and influence of the principle of sustainable development on the domestic legal regime is analyzed. The paper reveals the pivotal role of the Constitution, Legislation, and Judiciary in establishing a doctrine of sustainable development. Based on the analysis, the paper concludes that the reinforcing and embedded nature between IHR, ISID, environmental protection, SDGs, Constitution, Legislation & Judiciary is undeniable, and this reinforcing and embedded relationship can be utilized holistically in advancing SDGs. The study reveals significant and varied levels of Embedded Relationship Index between the Constitutional provisions and SDGs, thereby signifying the need to include global legal indicators in SDG progress analysis as an explicit reference, and this extra-legal compliance mechanism can produce positive synergies in realizing SDG objectives. As a case study, the Constitution of India, Legislation, and Judgements pronounced in various Courts in India are considered in this paper. Principles established, analysis model developed, and recommendations made in this paper can be deployed across geographies.

Inclusive bank based financial development in countries with special needs: A semiparametric analysis

What is the role of bank based financial development in inclusive sustainable development? Our paper tries to answer this question with a novel methodology that provides an estimate of the inequality-finance relationship for every country-year observation, allowing us to examine the distribution of the relationship of interest for various country groups. Unlike other papers in the literature, our estimates are free of both functional form mis-specification bias as well as bias from endogenous regressors. Our results indicate that financial development lowers income inequality in low income countries and countries that invest in primary education. This inequality-finance relationship is also sensitive to a country’s size of financial sector and quality of institutions. Our findings should be of particular interest to scholars and domestic policy makers of Countries with Special Needs, who face unique challenges meeting the goals set by United Nation’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The metamorphosis of the Islamic political economy publications (1980-2021) – a bibliometric analysis

PurposeThis paper aims to trace the contours of Islamic political economy (IPE) for last four decades with the help of bibliometric analysis. This method does not focus on in-depth literature. However, it reviews more material content of the published papers in the field, generally including the number of publications, authors, title, H-Index and authors’ affiliation.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use biblioshiny by R in conducting bibliometric analysis. Based on the results of analysis, the authors only found 39 relevant documents to the topic with the help of keyword of “Islamic political economy”. The authors analyse the data and visualize it into bibliometric images for the convenience of the readers.FindingsThere are 39 documents on IPE in the annual scientific production. The year 1980 had the lowest productivity at 3% while the year 2007 showed an increase in scientific productivity by 13%. The most significant increase in production occurred between 2014 and 2015 by 8%, while the most significant decline occurred between 2007 and 2008 by 10%. The most significant contributors are Akan, T., Choudhury, M.A. and Asutay, M. According to the Corresponding Author’s Country, the UK has eight articles on IPE. Humanomics is the most influential Journal, with six documents.Research limitations/implicationsThis research only examines documents sourced from Web of Science and Scopus under the title “Islamic political economy” and does not include articles from other sources. This research has implications for future researchers and suggests a shift in recent research on IPE towards exploring current realities and expanding beyond traditional economic and political aspects. The goal is to gain a comprehensive understanding of Islam’s role in shaping economic and political systems, promoting inclusive sustainable development and social justice, and exploring its relationship with broader political and economic systems.Originality/valueIPE has become a trendy topic in the early days, the second half of the 20th century, during the revival of the Islamic mode of finance and development. However, with time, the discussion on this topic appeared less in scientific and academic publications; this issue needs an overview of how far this discipline has evolved. This work aims to identify future research trends in this area. Scholars should investigate articles by author, institution, country, databases, data sources with high-impact factors and objective metrics to get new perspectives.

Образовательная система региона ресурсного типа как объект стратегирования

Education can bring resource-type regions to sustainable development. However, education receives very little scientific attention as an object of strategizing. The existing definitions and descriptions of education do not quite correspond to the general theory of socio-economic systems. The science of strategizing needs a new theoretical and terminological analysis of this concept. This research relies on the general theory of strategy and the methodology of strategizing developed by Professor V. L. Kvint, e.g., the structural-system analysis and the logical methodology for definitions. It covers the existing approaches to the definition of the concept and structure of education systems published in the Russian Science Citation Index. Based on the general theory of systems, the authors developed the following definition for the education system in a resource-type region: it is a complex of individuals, organizations, and institutions linked by pedagogical, psychological, organizational, and socio-economic relations regarding and aimed at developing human capital for the sustainable inclusive development of people, businesses, resource regions, and post-extractivist practices. This definition includes not only elements, but also relationships within the system and its purpose. The article introduces a conceptual scheme of a holistic strategy for the development of the education system in a resource-type region. The scheme makes it possible to strategize all elements, from education to tailored strategies for students and academics. The research results can be used by universities, regional authorities, and education management to strategize the development of education in resource-type regions.

Rola jedwabnictwa w wypełnianiu Celów zrównoważonego rozwoju

The present study attempted to scenario analysis study of sericulture resource which would cover its significance and provide the entire gamut of mulberry silk in order to create appropriate planning and thereby playing a significant role in enhancing GDP of silk dominant regions of the economy. This review study analyses our present knowledge of the current scenario of sericulture sustainability, potential, growth and silk crafts of a silk producing regions with the aim of supporting the regions’ sustainable growth and development. It conducts bibliometric analysis of highly cited scientific research publications on sericulture sustainability using the Scopus and web of science databases. We investigate sericulture’s contribution in accomplishing UN Sustainable Development Goals, and we claim that a better knowledge of sericulture’s contribution to sustainable development is critical for assuring inclusive sustainable regional development.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) Application as Risk Mitigation Strategies in Building Refurbishment Project Life Cycle

Towards the implementation of inclusive sustainable cities development as one of the Sustainable Development Goals, the imbalance ratio of existing buildings to new construction became overwhelming challenges. Therefore, refurbishment of existing buildings is considered the possible solution to minimizes the environmental impact and upgrading the performance of an existing building to meet new requirements. However, building refurbishment is well-known as a project that comprehends riskier compared to new building projects which lead to limited applicability in current risk management implementation. Thus, in line with an era of digitization construction of the fourth industrial revolution (IR 4.0), the traditional risk management needs improvement from a manual basis to magnifying efficiency using integration of Building Information Modelling (BIM) application. BIM is defined as an advanced technology that assists construction players to produce, communicate, and analyse building models by providing visual tools and a set of data. Therefore, the objective of this research is to identify the potential building refurbishment risk categories and to determine the most critical project lifecycle phase in implementing the BIM applications in order to mitigate the potential building refurbishment project risk. Also, to discover the relationship strength between these two variables. The quantitative method is applied by using a questionnaire form to the certified BIM experts. This research contributes a solid understanding and useful guideline for future practice reference and improvement within the Building Refurbishment Project.

THEY ARE SHAPING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY BASED ON INCLUSIVENESS

A characteristic feature of the last century was humanity’s desire to ensure economic and technological development, which was considered the basis for achieving well-being and improving the standard of living. However, this progress was accompanied by using natural resources and environmental pollution, and the economy, environment, and social institutions functioned in isolation from each other. Global environmental problems, hunger, impoverishment of a large part of the population, moral degradation, and other challenges that the world faced at the beginning of the 21st century prompted the progressive international community and non-governmental organizations to start a new approach – the concept of sustainable development. This concept, which arose as a continuation of V. Vernadskyi’s concept of the noosphere, envisages the coordinated development of the economy, ecology, and social sphere to ensure the quality of people’s lives, the preservation of the environment, and social progress. The purpose of the article is to discuss the process of forming the sustainable development of the national economy based on inclusiveness. The words “sustainable” and “inclusive” have been combined into the term “sustainable, inclusive development”, which reflects an attempt to combine two essential aspects of development: environmental sustainability and social inclusion. It has been determined that sustainable development is defined as development that meets the current needs of people without impairing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Accordingly, it is designed to balance economic, social, and ecological aspects of development, ensuring the preservation of natural resources and environmental protection. An assessment of Ukraine’s sustainable, inclusive development was carried out, during which it was determined that the term “sustainable inclusive development” reflects an attempt to combine two essential aspects of development: environmental sustainability and social inclusion. Such development reflects the importance of ensuring the harmonious development of society, which considers both the needs of current generations and the needs of future generations, as well as the inclusion of all members of society. The main principles of sustainable, inclusive development are defined: as non-discrimination, equal opportunities, and access to education, health care, and social services.

Beginning of Participatory Urbanism and the Sustainable City: Case of Rabat, Morocco

Abstract Since its independence, Morocco suffered from many economic, social, environmental, and urban challenges. To deal with the existing dysfunctions, the State will look towards creating structuring projects, laws, national programs, etc. Except that all, the measures taken to remedy this do not integrate the population. The objective of this study is the participatory approach concretization in the process of sustainable development through a questionnaire targeting the resident population and the daily citizens in Rabat. As a result, various dysfunctions affecting mobility, pollution, and the living environment in general in Rabat were highlighted. These results will be the subject of a roadmap for an integrated and inclusive sustainable development project in a safe environment.

Mediating role of finance amidst resource and energy policies in carbon control: A sustainable development study of Saudi Arabia

This study examines how best to achieve inclusive sustainable development and meeting of carbon target in Saudi Arabia. With a track record of high economic performance due to its richness in natural resources, specifically oil resources, Saudi Arabia is characterized by heavy economic activities that are anchored on natural resources and excessive energy utilization. Two scientific approaches, non-linear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) and dynamic ordinary least square (DOLS), are adopted to analyze annual data spanning the period 1990–2019. Also, policy-based variables (financial development, renewable energy and natural resources) are selected for the analyses. Findings from NARDL show that carbon emission (CO2) is reduced by a positive shock to both financial development and renewable energy, and increased by an adverse shock to financial development and renewable energy. However, a positive shock to both economic growth and natural resources increases carbon emission, thereby impacting negatively on the environment. Quantitatively, for every 1% increase in natural resource rent, the environmental quality worsens by 0.093%. Additionally, the country's average CO2 emission level increases by 1.093% for every 1% increase in economic growth, thus lowering long-term environmental quality. Findings from DOLS align with the findings from NARDL, thereby supporting the moderating effects of financial development and renewable energy. The study findings suggest policies based on finance and renewable energy to aid sustainable development.

A decadal outlook for global aquaculture

A decadal outlook for global aquaculture

Sustainability through Factory-Based Learning in Higher Education

One of the main sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN) is to teach people how to live in a sustainable way. Because of this, skill-based education is becoming more popular and is an important part of educational and social growth. Learning Factory (LF) provides gateways to skilled-based education. Therefore, the goal of this paper is to investigate the significance of the LF in academic institutions for educational and sustainable development. A multi-method research approach was used, including a literature review and bibliometric analysis, together with an overview of experts’ opinions. Furthermore, a case study of the success of LF has also been included to support the phenomenon of interest and determine the feasibility of LFs. Developing a trained future workforce for inclusive sustainable development is a requirement for modern higher education in order to achieve sustainable development goals. Furthermore, collaboration between academia and industry is required to train a future workforce for inclusive sustainable development and to achieve sustainable development goals. The study provides unique practices and experiences for educational and sustainable development. Furthermore, it insists on universities being more open to deep and local knowledge collaborations.

Adoption of ZakaTech in the time of COVID-19: cross-country and gender differences

PurposeDespite the significant growth in Islamic economies and the increasing number of Muslim youths inclining digital services, empirical-based research addressing the adoption of digital Islamic services is still limited. ZakaTech is a new phrase that has recently emerged as a modern term describing novel technologies adopted by zakat institutions; yet, it has been largely neglected in the literature. Therefore, this study aims to provide an integrated model that scrutinizes the determinants of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) of ZakaTech, combined with social cognitive theory (SCT), in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis where social distancing is the norm in conducting economic activities.Design/methodology/approachBased on cross-national evidence from two Muslim-majority countries, a total of 1,006 valid responses were collected from zakat payer users in Saudi Arabia and Egypt using a Web-based survey. To validate the research model and draw significant insights, SmartPLS structural equation modeling was used.FindingsBy analyzing both Saudi and Egyptian samples, the authors found that all UTAUT constructs are statistically significant, except for effort expectancy in Egypt. The effects of self-efficacy and social isolation on ZakaTech adoption are supported across both countries. Trust in technology reduces users’ inherent risks and increases their likelihood of adopting ZakaTech services in Saudi Arabia, while this is not the case in Egypt. However, the study revealed that trust in electronic-zakat systems (EZSs) is a vital predictor for mitigating perceived risk among Egyptian users of ZakaTech, but it is not the case in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, significant gender differences were found between males and females in the adoption of such digital services in both countries, particularly regarding self-efficacy, trust in EZSs, social isolation and social influence.Practical implicationsThe results provide meaningful insights for policymakers to find ways to develop strategies to escalate the adoption of technology in zakat administration and also to create awareness among the users of ZakaTech in a gender-balanced manner that will include zakat payers and recipients as well in the hope that the digital gender divide will be bridged. Bridging the digital gender divide in this regard is imperative for sustainable inclusive development of zakat. Further, strategies need to be developed to provide incentives to zakat authorities and zakat organizations that adopt technology in managing zakat. This is important to escalate the process of fusing technology with zakat, which is an important social finance tool to eradicate poverty in the world.Originality/valueThis research serves as a building block for literature by empirically testing an integrated model of UTAUT-SCT within a modern and unique related context like ZakaTech. Also, it adds value by testing gender disparities in ZakaTech adoption among Muslims.

The Integrated Eco-Social Management of Sustainable Inclusive Development

The Integrated Eco-Social Management of Sustainable Inclusive Development

Mechanisms of Interaction of Subjects in the field of Preventing and Combating Domestic Violence at The Regional and Local Level

Violence against women and girls is not limited to any culture, region, country, or specific group of women. It happens in times of peace and war. The EU and its Member States have long demonstrated a commitment to eradicating violence against women by creating policies and contributing to international treaties that work towards this goal. Preventing and combating violence against women is a precondition for equitable and inclusive sustainable development. Violence against women, including domestic violence, cannot be considered simply a violation of women’s human rights, because it has a direct impact on the entire society. Co-ordinated measures and multi-agency partnerships are necessary to address the root causes of these problems. Interventions tackling violence against women and domestic violence need to be concentrated on the needs and the rights of the victims, and multi-agency co-operation is crucial in effectively preventing domestic violence against women and their children.

Interactions among technological innovation, foreign direct investment, and agriculture: A symmetric and asymmetric study of inclusive sustainable development

This study examines the Indian inclusive sustainable development. India ranked third in global carbon emissions amidst its economic performance. This tells more about one-sided sustainable development policy of the country. With this trend of development anchored only on Indian economic activities, we consider it important to research the economy with instruments (such as technological innovation, foreign direct investment (FDI), and agriculture) that are unique to the country. India's data from 1980 to 2019 are applied to this study with two models for testing both economic and environmental developments. We utilized two scientific methods (non-linear autoregressive distributive lag (NARDL) and dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS)) to demonstrate both symmetric and asymmetric technical analyses. Findings from NARDL show that technological innovation and FDI are mitigating carbon emissions, while economic growth and agriculture are increasing carbon emissions thereby impacting negatively the environment. Also, the result from the economic model confirms that all variables are impacting favorably on economic development except carbon emission. The findings from DOLS support the findings from NARDL. The result confirmed that India is yet to attain inclusive sustainable development, however, it is evident that with the right policy framed on tech innovation and FDI, the country could attain balanced sustainable development. Having seen, the dual capacity of both technological innovation and FDI toward strengthening both the economy and environment, it is worthy to consider these instruments as among the sustainable policies