Economic Growth
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Journal Article Review of Bertram, G. (2018) Why Does the Cook Islands Still Need Overseas Aid?
You get exactly whats on the tin for Bertram’s (2018) article, Why does the Cook Islands Still Need Overseas Aid? He asks, in a context where the private sector revolving around tourism is booming(at least prior to COVID-19), why would the Cook Islands require large amounts of Overseas Development Aid (ODA)? In 2018, the Cook… Continue reading
Asian Development Bank, Cook Islands, Donor, Economic Growth, Fiscal Policy, GDP, GDP per capita, GNI, Infrastructural Equity, Infrastructure, Manatua Cable, MFAT, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Muri Lagoon, Neoliberalism, New Zealand, Oceania, Overseas Development Aid, Rarotonga, Shock Doctrine, Te Mato Vai, Tourism, Trickle Down, Water -
Journal Article Review of Voyer, et al (2018). “Shades of Blue: What do Competing Interpretations of the Blue Economy Mean for Oceans Governance?”
Just like the green economy, the blue economy has a triple bottom line of environmental sustainability, social equity, and economic growth. This broad concept of blue economy is starting to be used by a diverse array of social, political, and environmental actors, across different regions of the world; however what is also clear is that… Continue reading
Blue Economy, blue washing, Deep Sea Mining, Deep-seabed Mining, Delimitation, Economic Growth, Fisheries, Green Economy, Literature Review Methodology, Marine Biodiversity, Maritime Resources, Natural Capital, Ocean Governance, Oceania, Securitization, Social Equity, Sunken Billions, Sustainability, UN Sustainable Development Goals, UNCLOS, United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea