Charting the Blue Economy

Insights and Strategies for Pacific Island Countries
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-981-9286-35-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 490 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

This book explores how Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs) can unlock the transformative potential of the Blue Economy while addressing the challenges of sustainability, resilience and inclusivity. It critiques systemic obstacles hindering progress in transport and logistics, tourism, fisheries, aquaculture, agribusiness, trade, finance, resource management and private sector development, and offers actionable pathways toward innovation-driven, sustainable growth. From advancing sustainable tourism and improving logistics to responsibly managing ocean resources and boosting MSME development, the book delivers policy-oriented recommendations to enable PICTs to achieve equitable economic prosperity. While focused on the Pacific, the insights and strategies presented resonate far beyond the region, offering valuable lessons for small island developing states (SIDS) worldwide facing similar challenges and opportunities in the pursuit of sustainable and inclusive economic transformation. Targeted at researchers, policy-makers, development practitioners and private sector stakeholders, this book serves as a vital resource for anyone seeking to contribute to the sustainable economic evolution of island economies around the globe.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Freeman, Nick J.

Abe, Masato

Monaco, Edoardo

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Wirtschaftsgeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Context.- Chapter 1. Charting the blue economy: New ways forward.- Chapter 2. From Spanish colonial legacies to the ‘American lake’: Political and structural challenges in the Pacific SIDS.- Chapter 3. Situating the blue economy in the Pacific:  Reordering oceanic development .- Chapter 4. Beyond great power rivalry: Re-thinking geopolitics and agency in the Pacific islands.- Part II. Culture and society.- Chapter 5. Embedding indigenous values in education: A pathway for sustainable development .- Chapter 6. Creating fiscal space for care in Pacific island states: Blue-care compacts for inclusive and climate-resilient development.- Chapter 7. Relational skills as social infrastructure for sustainable blue economy governance in the Pacific.- Chapter 8. Indigenous Triple Helix: A culturally grounded framework for sustainability in Pacific SIDS.- Part III. Planning and finance.- Chapter 9. The UN Multi-dimensional Vulnerability Index: Why Pacific SIDS should lead the call for piloting.- Chapter 10. Building hyper-local climate resilience opportunities using the Climate and Ocean Risk Vulnerability Initiative.- Chapter 11. Labour mobility and economic development of the Blue Pacific.- Chapter 12. Towards a regional programmatic approach for Blue Carbon financing in the Pacific.- Chapter 13. Migrant remittances in support of the transition to clean energy: Evidence from six small island developing states in the Pacific.- Part IV. Public services.- Chapter 14. Connecting the Blue Pacific: Digital infrastructure development in Pacific SIDS.- Chapter 15. Digital inclusion for digital development in the Pacific.- Chapter 16. Envisaging Micronesia's maritime future: Overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities .- Chapter 17. Sustainable aviation in Micronesia: Policy pathways for environmental and economic resilience.- Part V. Case studies.- Chapter 18. Securing a place for coastal fisheries in the blue economy: Strategic negotiation and assertive advocacy.- Chapter 19. Deep-sea mining: Opportunities, challenges and policy options for Kiribati.- Chapter 20. From isolation to opportunity: Sustainable tourism development in the Federated States of Micronesia.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Nicholas Freeman is an independent development consultant specialising on economic reform and transition issues in Asia and the Pacific. He holds a BA (Hons) in Peace Studies, an MA in Southeast Asia studies and a PhD in International Business.  Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Dr Freeman was Head of Indochina Research for ING Barings investment bank, and subsequently a Senior Fellow at the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore.

Dr. Masato Abe is the Economist of the United Nations Multi-Country Office for Micronesia, Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). He has extensive experience in enterprise development and financing for development with a special emphasis on the micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) sector, global value chains, disaster risk reduction, and access to finance. Before joining the secretariat of the United Nations, he worked in the global automotive, electronics, and high-technology industries. He has published numerous books, book chapters, journal articles, policy papers, and other writings for various outlets. He holds marketing, business administration, and economics degrees and is a research fellow at Thammasat University, Bangkok, a visiting lecturer at Waseda University, Tokyo, and a special lecturer at Naresuan University, Phitsanulok.

Dr. Edoardo Monaco is an international development and sustainability specialist based in China, serving as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Social Sciences at BNU-HKBU UIC, and as a Member of the Chinese chapter of the Club of Rome. Originally from Italy, over the past 20 years he has worked and conducted research across Asia, the Pacific and beyond, exploring the “innovation-growth-nature” interplay and actively promoting holistic development governance via sustainable resource management, social inclusion and economic diversification. Dr. Monaco frequently contributes on global media outlets and regularly consults for prominent firms, international organisations and think tanks. He is currently a Research Fellow of the UNMCO Micronesia as well as a Senior Advisor to, among others, the World Green Design Organisation (WGDO).