Sustainable Development Of Country Research Articles

Savremeni izazovi i pretnje za međunarodnu i nacionalnu bezbednost društveno-ekonomskog razvoja evroazijskih država

The uncontrolled, destructive development of civilization has sharply sharpened contemporary global world contradictions, primarily interstate and intrastate relations, society's attitude toward the environment, the violation of the sovereignty of independent states under the pretext of "peacemaking and world security," etc. Experts are alarmed by a growing number of various challenges and threats (geopolitical, food, demographic, climatic, ecological, raw material, energy, etc.) and natural and technogenic emergency situations, the constant improvement of scenarios and methods of terrorist activity, unforeseeable political, socio-economic, ecological and other consequences that hinder the organization and execution of rescue and humanitarian operations, and the sustainable development of countries. Among the possible means of terrorist activity, terrorist acts using "dirty bombs" and biological agents are regarded as the most dangerous due to their medical, biological and socio-psychological consequences.

CHARACTERISTICS OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY USE IN AZERBAIJAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR GREEN ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The article examines the development of renewable energy in Azerbaijan and the characteristics of supporting the use of green energy in energy supply. To this end, the article analyses types of renewable energy and green energy forms as part of them. In this context, the article compares green energy with fossil fuels and considers the environmental and economic advantages and disadvantages of using renewable energy. In addition, a study of the current situation in the field of green energy production and consumption in Azerbaijan was conducted, and the consumption of energy products in different sectors of the economy was analyzed comparatively. Furthermore, the possible impact of green energy development on global trends and the local context was studied in the article, using of green energy in the country. In relation to the sustainable development goals as well as relevant international trends, the possibilities of perspective supply of energy types, considering the development trends of the areas and, in this context, the impact of green energy on the country's sustainable development goals, were assessed and proposals were made.

Anatomy of Brain Drain: A Painful Reality

Brain drain, the migration of skilled and educated labour, is a painful reality for developing countries like Nepal. The causes of brain drain can be attributed to various pull and push factors, including limited job opportunities, better standards of living, higher salaries, access to advanced technology, and more stable political conditions in developed countries. The development of the industrial sector in a country is hindered by a shortage of qualified and skilled workers, which slows down overall development. The editorial perspective provides a comprehensive overview of the brain drain phenomenon, including its causes, effects, and possible solutions. The editorial perspective highlighted the need for appropriate policy responses to address the issue and convert brain drain into wisdom gain. The role of management in managing brain drain is crucial for the country's sustainable economic development and growth. Management can contribute to addressing the issue by developing and implementing policies to attract and retain skilled professionals, investing in research and development, implementing returnee programs, addressing societal factors, and collaborating with the government and other stakeholders. The painful reality of brain drain in Nepal demands urgent attention and action from policymakers, academics, and other stakeholders. By taking appropriate measures to address the root causes of brain drain, Nepal can harness the knowledge and expertise of its skilled professionals and achieve its sustainable economic development goals. Keywords: Brain drain into wisdom gain, Cause, Impact, Effect, Management

Agribusiness digitalization software concept

The digital transformation of agricultural enterprises in Ukraine is an essential element of economic growth and a critical factor in ensuring the country's sustainable development. In the Ukrainian economy, agricultural enterprises play an essential role and are the primary driver of developing the country's agricultural complex. Information technologies are developing frantically, and the agricultural sector is no exception. The use of modern technologies helps enterprises manage the process of growing crops effectively, considering climatic conditions, land resources, and many other factors. The use of digital technologies contributes to optimizing production processes, introducing elements of precision agriculture, and automating agricultural machines and equipment. This helps to improve product quality and saves resources. Also, information technology helps to analyze large volumes of data, which allows managers to make sound strategic and managerial decisions. The use of monitoring systems helps agricultural companies to respond quickly to and implement changes in the production process. There are constantly many new startups in the agricultural sector engaged in developing modern solutions based on artificial intelligence, which reduces human and makes production costs expensive. Also, information technology makes it possible to effectively manage the land bank, control crop rotation, use certain fertilizers, and store the history of growing crops for better and more efficient production in the future. Also, the analysis of the experience of using digital technologies in agricultural enterprises shows significant savings and benefits from implementing technological solutions. The digital transformation of agricultural enterprises in Ukraine is a crucial stage for achieving sustainable development of the agricultural sector and the economy of Ukraine in general, ensuring competitiveness and compliance with modern requirements. Keywords: digital transformation, information technologies, IT in agricultural enterprises, digitalization, digital technologies, agribusiness, digital agriculture.

Revisiting Lifelong Learning and Its Practices in Vietnam

Education is an indispensable sector for a country's sustainable development. To maintain its continuity, government-based policies and related stakeholders in learning need to be considered to promote lifelong learning. This narrative literature review addresses international concepts of lifelong learning in Europe and how it has been implemented in Vietnam. The findings indicated that Vietnam faced more challenges than other developed countries, and some factors impacted LLL in Vietnam, such as legal frameworks, facilities, foreign language literacy, etc. The review also provided discussions for lifelong learning in Vietnam.

Essential components of the image of the future of the country in the representations of the youth

The article analyzes the goals, which the Russian youth think are important to achievement for the best future of the country. Their foundations are the ideas of young people about the meanings of different aspects of reality - affordable qualified health care as a guarantee of a high quality of life; families as the basis of confidence and security; living space as an environment for a comfortable life; labor as a source of material well-being; balance of rights and obligations of citizens as a factor in the consolidation of society; education as a condition for social advancement; an active civil society as a condition for democratization in the country; authorities capable of ensuring the achievement of these goals as a guarantee of the country's sustainable development. The priority goals that are mostly significant are a strong family, living space, high-quality healthcare, and effective government. The differentiation of these goals by groups of young people depending on gender, age, education, financial situation, type of settlement has shown sustainability of these ideas. An analysis of the connection between young people's ideas about goals that are significant for the future of the country, with a self-assessment of changes in their living conditions, showed a deterioration in terms of the financial situation of the family, job security, employment, medical care, recreation conditions, with some improvement in the same indicators. The relationship of these indicators with positive and negative emotional states of young people - reliability, confidence, anxiety, indignation, anger, indifference and confusion was revealed. The main factors in the regulation of stress are mainly changes in the material conditions of family life and guarantees of employment and employment.

Human Capital In The Digital Society. Some Empirical Evidence For The Eu Countries

Abstract Development and innovation in the digital technologies impact the whole society, communications, finances, trade, education and health services, business patterns and the entire value-added channel. The increase in the speed of digitization and its expansion within businesses leads to significant changes, both regarding the human capital and the way work and place of work are organized, with high impacts on skills, labor standards, human welfare and sustainable development of countries. Digitization involves changes not only in the human capital, but in the organizational one as well, so that for each euro invested in physical capital (hardware) some additional 10 euros have to be invested in intangible activities, especially in the human and organizational capital (Brynjolfsson and McAfee, 2014). The paper aims to analyse the impacts of digitization on human capital in the EU economies, also considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic that has speeded up the digitization process in the EU countries. Both the useful aspects and the challenges determined by the new requirements regarding the skills necessary to human capital are emphasized, as well as the efforts included in the EU programs dedicated to such issues, considering that 42% of the European citizens do not possess basic digital skills and 37% of labor force does not possess adequate digital skills. Finally, some econometric aspects regarding the relationship between welfare and population’s digital skills are revealed, as well as conclusions on further research and directions for action.

The role of Primary Energy Factors (PEF) for electricity in the evaluation and comparison of building energy performance: An investigation on European nZEBs according to EN 17423:2020

• Primary energy factors (PEF) for electricity are temporally and geographically variable • The EN 17423: 2020 standard proposes a unified method for calculating PEFs • Building performance is significantly affected by the impact of PEFs. • The adoption of shared PEF allows an adequate comparison between buildings • PEF assessment can support national energy policies in the energy transition Evaluating the energy performance of buildings is a fundamental aspect for quantifying the impact of national energy policies supporting energy transition and sustainable development of countries. However, evaluations carried out on final energy consumption risk leading to approximate solutions that do not take into account the generation, transmission and distribution efficiency of energy systems. Furthermore, it is increasingly difficult to compare similar buildings that belong to different geographical contexts. To overcome these problems, a common solution, that is adopted at European and international level, is the use of the concept of primary energy, and the relative primary energy factor (PEF). The current assessment of primary energy for the performance of European buildings is governed by individual national laws, which are often out-to-date and not representative of current national energy systems. In this work, the recent EN 17423:2020 standard was adopted to apply a harmonized methodology in the evaluation of PEF for different European countries, considering the electricity energy vector. The results demonstrated first an important variation in the primary energy factor over the last 20 years, with decreases from -7% (in France) to -32% (in Denmark). Using this methodology, the primary energy needs of 37 European representatives nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEBs), located in 11 different member countries, were assessed. For the first time in literature, it was possible to compare European buildings energy performance following a standardized assessment procedure. The implications of this work represent a starting point for comparisons on the European building stock, also indicating the need for an update of national regulations regarding the assessments of the energy performance of buildings.

Active promotion of bio-industry technology development in China

The mission of all institutes under Chinese Academy of Sciences focuses on frontier science and applied technology to address the challenges for country's development and world sustainable development. Here, I summarize the founding and development of Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), originated from Institute of Microbiology of CAS. The journey reflects the advances of industrial biotechnology in China. By considering the relationships among science, technology and engineering, I propose that scientists involved in basic research should develop a logical thinking of "idea-hypothesis-experiment-concept-paper-technology- sample-product-commercial goods", from which great solutions that tackle real problems can be developed. This is the logic from basic research to applied science.

Influencing factors of consumers' buying intention of solar energy: a structural equation modeling approach.

Due to China's massive usage of fossil fuels, climate change concerns have become serious challenges to the country's sustainable development. Despite the fact that China has effectively employed solar technology to address these problems, there is a paucity of research examining consumers' intention to adopt solar energy in the rural region of China. This study intends to fill this gap in the literature by studying consumers' buying intentions for solar energy in rural China for household purposes. Additionally, the study added to the theory of planned behavior by adding three new variables, namely, environmental knowledge, environmental concern, and beliefs about the benefits of solar energy. Primary data were collected from 847 respondents in Hebei Province using a comprehensive questionnaire survey. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine the data. Empirical results revealed that attitude, environmental knowledge, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and beliefs about the benefits of solar energy positively influence buying intention of solar energy. On the contrary, environmental concern had no significant effect on buying intention for solar energy. Study outcomes emphasize the critical significance of changing societal norms, boosting consumer awareness, redesigning regulatory mechanisms, and stressing the benefits provided by solar power through coherent and persistent efforts while simultaneously enhancing environmental sustainability practices.

Role of Women Empowerment in achieving social transformation and sustainable development

Educated women have a high level of morality, a high potential for earning, and live life with a lot more confidence and courage to face any challenging situation. They might grow into an independent businessperson who can maintain the family's financial independence. They can maintain good health and hygiene for the family members. If there exists a lack of education for women the entire society will face a lot of setbacks in terms of development. Even today in rural areas there is a low acceptance of girl children in society. The paper will discuss the Women empowerment and different ways of boosting the women empowerment. There are a lot of studies that talk about the crucial role of educated women in bringing about socioeconomic and political progress in our country. Thus, the empowerment of rural women plays an important role in building up the economic and social pillars of sustainability. It is essential to empower women to achieve gender equality in order to secure the country's sustainable development. Education not only provides women with economic empowerment but also helps to solve issues like gender inequality and removes poverty to foster inclusive economic growth. This paper will bring out the positive outcome that due to education, there has been a changing role of women in society and the family, economic independence, changing attitude, increasing confidence, and the gradual rising of their social and economic status. The paper will also bring out the discussion on challenges faced by women. The paper will also attempt to discuss future suggestions for facilitating women with education and empowerment of women.

Economic and environmental implications of resource rent: A dual analysis of Venezuela's sustainability

AbstractVenezuela is among the several countries of the world endowed with natural resources such as oil rent and others. The influence of these resources, which can be felt in both economic and environmental development, is capable of impacting sustainable development goals of any country rich in them. Considering the global climate goals, it is essential to investigate the impact of natural resource rent on its sustainable development goals. We applied Venezuelan country‐specific data of 1972–2014 for an insightful study of the country's sustainable development amidst high resource rent with regard to both economic and environmental performance. The principles of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) and pollution haven and halo hypothesis (PHH) were considered to ascertain the pattern and effect of the economic growth and foreign direct investment (FDI) on Venezuelan environmental performance. Different methods such as the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) dynamics and bounds, structural break, and Granger causality test were applied for an accurate estimation and insightful analysis. From the ARDL estimations, we found an N‐shaped Kuznets curve, which counters the U‐shaped Kuznets, for the case of Venezuela. Both natural resources and FDI are found to impact positively on the environment, and this confirmed the pollution halo hypothesis for Venezuela. Fossil fuel energy source is found to impact negatively Venezuela's environment with positive relationship between energy use and CO2. From the Granger causality finding, a unidirectional Granger causality is found to transmit from FDI to environment, while bidirectional Granger causality is found to transmit between economic growth and environment. With the findings from both analyses, especially from the vector error correction model (VECM) Granger causality, a nexus is established among economic growth, environment, and FDI, which confirmed the pollution halo hypothesis.

Resources curse and sustainable development revisited: Evaluating the role of remittances for China

The controversial debate regarding the association between natural resources and sustainability fuels the literature strand to assess their true connection. In this sense, this study revisited natural resources and sustainable development in the case of China from 1982 to 2020. Besides, this study examined the role of remittances, fossil fuel consumption, and technological innovation in sustainable development. Using novel time series specifications, this study validates the stationarity and the existence of a long-run equilibrium relationship between these variables. The irregular distribution of the data forces this study to use the novel method of moment quantile regression – an effective approach that tackles the non-normality issue of data. The empirical results illustrate that natural resources adversely affect sustainable development in the country, which is evident in the resource curse paradox in China. On the other hand, fossil fuel consumption and technological innovation are significant factors of the country's sustainable development. Unlike these variables, remittances have an adverse yet insignificant role in the country's sustainable development. These estimates are found robust as validated by another non-parametric (Bootstrap quantile regression) approach. Based on the empirical findings, this study suggests the sustainable use of natural resources exploitation, productive utilization of remittances, and improve investment in the technological innovation via promoting research and development in the country.

Moving toward sustainable development: Assessing the impacts of taxation and banking development on renewable energy in the UAE

Renewable energy sources have become economically attractive in the UAE. With environmental and financial benefits factored in the transition to renewables, the country targets to reach 44% of the installed capacity with clean energy resources in 2050. These policies will help achieve the country's economic and sustainable development goals. In this context, this research aims to contribute to the prevailing literature by assessing the impact of taxation and banking development on renewable energy in the case of the UAE. To the best of our research observation, the research is the first in the energy literature that assessed the impact of taxation and banking development on renewable energy in the UAE. The study used advanced methods to confirm the co-integration among investigated variables: the bootstrap Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) co-integration model and the Bayar and Hanck of co-integration test. The empirical findings reveal that banking development and taxation stimulate renewable energy. However, renewable energy is an efficient, reliable, and green energy source and, as a result, achieves the mitigation of environmental degradation. Hence, the present study confirms that financial incentives can lead to sustainable development goals in the UAE. In this context, the current research suggests that the UAE must start to use the carbon taxes policy, which is the most efficient tool to promote renewable energy and achieve sustainable development goals. In addition, the country must encourage the growth of banking development to achieve sustainable development goals, particularly clean energy.

Evaluating carbon inequality by household type and income level across prefectures in Japan

Affected by income level, household type, and other socioeconomic factors, carbon inequality among households substantially differs across prefectures in Japan, thereby profoundly affecting the country's sustainable development. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the carbon footprint of different households on the basis of systematically grouped income levels and evaluate carbon inequality in all prefectures. Using the 2005 multi-regional input–output table of Japan, we identified detailed structures of household carbon footprint (HCF) across single- and multi-person households of different income levels in Japan's 47 prefectures. We elucidated carbon inequality across prefectures through the carbon footprint Gini coefficients of the aforementioned households. The results showed that substantial differences in HCF exist among prefectures, thus contributing to variances in carbon inequality levels. Multi-person households are currently the main contributors to Japan's HCF, but the contribution of single-person households has considerable potential to grow. Income level has the most direct influence on HCF, which considerably determines the amount and structure of household consumption. Changes in carbon inequality among prefectures indicate that the aggravation of income inequality widens the HCF gap among income groups—a situation inconducive to the reduction of per-household CF during climate mitigation.

The effects of social capital on entrepreneurial resilience of SME from China: A moderated mediation model of entrepreneurial passion and Confucian traditional golden-mean thinking.

Small and medium-sized startups play a crucial role in a country's sustainable development. SMEs are at an early development stage, which means weaker institutional norms and successful paradigms, tending to suffer from exceptionally high failure rates because of many constraints, including a lack of resources and credit to access the core information. The higher the environmental uncertainty, the more likely that new start-ups rely on all kinds of social links for acquiring resources. As a critical ability to withstand and overcome obstacles, entrepreneurial resilience is an essential personal characteristic to ensure the sustainability of new ventures. The purpose of this study is to investigate the internal mechanism through which SME entrepreneurs' social capital affects entrepreneurial resilience. To reveal the internal mechanism, we propose a moderated and mediation model. Using survey data from SEM entrepreneurs in China, hierarchical regression analysis and bootstrapping model are adapted to test and verify mediation and moderation effects. The results show that social capital indeed positively influences entrepreneurial resilience directly and partly through the mediating effect of harmonious entrepreneurial passion and obsessive entrepreneurial passion. Moreover, findings suggest golden-mean thinking negatively moderates the relationship between obsessive entrepreneurial passion and entrepreneurial resilience yet positively moderates the relationship between social capital and entrepreneurial resilience. Based on these findings, we conclude that entrepreneurial resilience may be achieved more effectively through the complex internal process of social capital, entrepreneurial passion, and golden-mean thinking. Finally, the study proposes the theoretical and practical implications and suggestions for follow-up research.

A REVIEW OF CURRENT STATUS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE ARRANGEMENTS FOR PREPARING TEACHERS IN INDIA

Teacher education is a critical component of the Indian education sector; it is a comprehensive system that encompasses pre-service education, in-service education, staff development, and continuing professional development. Teacher education objectives are matched with the country's sustainable development goals, with a special emphasis on contemporary societal, economic, political, and technological achievements. The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) proposes large and dramatic revisions to the country's education system, its foundation, and its implementation, especially for teacher education (TE). The primary goal of the NEP is to guarantee that teachers receive the best training programmes and to integrate the teacher education into interdisciplinary departments and institutions. This paper reviewed the literature on teacher education reforms and conducts a comprehensive analysis of the initiatives for quality assurance arrangements at national level. This review assisted researchers in gaining a better understanding of major reforms and their current status such as University-school relationships reforms, lengthening of teacher education programmes and research oriented teacher education. The author found the dearth of opportunities for establishing the collaborative relationship among schools and teacher training institutes; insufficiently linkage between teacher education research with teacher preparation programs. Finally, the article concludes by discussing probable prospective improvements and their significance for teacher preparation policies and practices.

Analysis of the integrating sustainable value creation process: evidence from Iran's automotive industry

PurposeAutomotive industry is one of the most important industries in the economy of countries due to its extensive relationship with other industries; high production and employment rate play a significant role in the sustainable development of countries. Therefore, the improvement of value creation integration strategies in this industry is very important because it is related to the level of economic sustainability of countries. The purpose of this study is to analyze the integration matrix of the creating sustainable value process in the automotive industry.Design/methodology/approachThis research is a development/mixed methodology that aims to symmetrically combine the relationship between the components of sustainable value creation integration through Mick Mac matrix analysis to identify the most effective drivers of the research subject in the Iranian automotive industry. Therefore, in this study, first, in the qualitative part, meta-synthesis analysis and Delphi analysis were used to identify the thematic components of the integration of the process of creating sustainable value and to determine the theoretical adequacy of the components. Then, in a small part, an attempt was made to explain the approved components, based on the symmetric matrix analysis in the Mic Mac diagram, in the automotive industry to determine a more stimulus for integrating the sustainable value creation process, with the participation of 16 automotive executives.FindingsBased on the results in the qualitative section, 8 thematic components were identified to evaluate the integration of the sustainable value creation process, and after Delphi approval, these components were approved in terms of theoretical adequacy. The results in the quantitative part based on matrix analysis showed that the most motivating component in integrating the process of creating sustainable value in the automotive industry is the development of innovative ideas. To create integration in creating sustainable value, it is necessary to create a positive impact of creative ideas in the three components of balancing performance with the changing needs of K3 customers, the dynamics of communication with K8 suppliers, reducing the diversity of materials used in K5 production.Originality/valueThis paper is considered as a research that contributes to the broader research area of the automotive industry by unpacking the concept of value creation from a sustainability perspective. This is the first study to review extensively of integrating sustainable value creation process into the automotive industry. Although an area of research importance in terms of developing theoretical literature and applied basis in increasing the effectiveness of competitive strategies. But less research has examined this issue, and conducting this research and expanding it to the level of sustainability value literature can enhance its institutional and research capacities at the international level and contribute to the coordination of the development of theoretical.

A novel seasonal adaptive grey model with the data-restacking technique for monthly renewable energy consumption forecasting

To provide accurate renewable energy forecasts that adapt to the country's sustainable development, a novel seasonal model combined with the data-restacking technique is proposed in this paper. Specifically, the data-restacking technique is initially utilized to eliminate the seasonal fluctuations of the collected observations, which can eliminate the fundamental flaws in conventional seasonal grey models. Subsequently, the time function term is originally designed to incorporate into the dynamic structure to reflect the cumulative time effects, which can smoothly describe the dynamic changes and significantly improve the robustness of the novel model. Further, the self-adaptive parameters optimized using particleswarmoptimization can effectively enhance the adaptability and generalization of the proposed model. For elaboration and verification purposes, experiments on forecasting American monthly renewable energy consumption in the commercial sector and industrial solar energy have been implemented compared to a range of benchmark models, including other prevalent grey prediction models, statistical approaches, and machine learning methods. Experimental results demonstrate that this new model presents more successful outcomes than the other benchmarks in overall and restacking performance.

Applying the participatory approach to assess the Water-Energy-Climate Change nexus in South Africa

ABSTRACT This paper uses a participatory approach to assess the level of understanding of the Water-Energy-Climate Change (WECC) nexus in South Africa. The aim is to initiate the development of well-coordinated, systematic, and holistic strategies to promote efficient management of the WECC and its implications in the country. The assessment follows the learnings from the Integrated Water Resource Management framework, which promotes a participatory approach in the administration of water resources. The paper reveals that, despite the reasonable level of understanding of WECC, it is still insufficient to promote an integrated approach mainly in policy development and planning for water and energy resources while averting climate impacts. This is exacerbated by limited coordination and consultation among various stakeholders. However, minimal efforts to promote an integrated approach in the management of the WECC sectors is observed. Despite these developments, the paper proposes that the participatory approach is feasible to promote holistic strategies and collaboration among stakeholders mandated to manage WECC sectors. Until approaches such as this are adopted within the institutional framework, this nexus will continue to impede the country's sustainable development endeavours.