Pathways To Sustainable Development

Edited by Narinder Kakar, Professor Emeritus, University for Peace, and Distinguished Senior Fellow, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University and Anna Shostya, Professor of Economics and Chair of Economics Department, Pace University, USA

• ContentsForewordGus Speth xviForeword xviiiRichard OttingerPreface xxiAcknowledgments xxviPART I SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ANDFINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT1 Multidimensional poverty: fighting poverty in all its dimensions 2Narinder Kakar2 Measuring progress beyond gross domestic product 22Anna Shostya3 Financing sustainable development 37Narinder Kakar and Joseph C. MorrealePART II INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY4 Beyond the human right to a healthful environment: One Healthfor the biosphere 56Nicholas A. Robinson5 The role of civil society in fostering sustainable development 75Olufunke M. Baruwa6 Environmental displacement and human migration in the mostvulnerable nations 89Tessel van der PuttePART III SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION,AND DIGITAL COOPERATION7 Urbanization and sustainable development: growing global issuesin the Anthropocene 106Joseph C. Morreale8 The role of digital technologies and artificial intelligence inclosing the education gap 123Dorina Rosca9 Building statistical capacity for sustainable development 139Julieth Saenz-MolinaPART IV YOUTH AND FUTURE GENERATIONS10 The rights of future generations 156Narinder Kakar ,Anna Shostya, and Victor M. Tafur11 Providing equitable quality education and leaving no child behind 169Fatima Akilu12 The role of education in peacebuilding 183Francisco Rojas AravenaPART V TRANSFORMING GLOBAL GOVERNANCE13 Multilateralism and international cooperation for sustainabledevelopment 197Francisco Rojas Aravena and Emily Alfaro Rojas14 Eco-civilization amid changing human habitats 210Nicholas A. Robinson15 Environmental aspects of the Pact for the Future 227Jamil AhmadPART VI CONCLUSION16 Pathways to sustainable development 244Narinder Kakar and Anna Shostya

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