| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781849291286 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
338.9 BU IL |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Building the resilience of small states : |
| Subtitle |
a revised framework / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
edited by Denny Lewis-Bynoe |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
London : |
| Publisher |
Commonwealth Secretariat, |
| Date |
c2014. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvii, 237 p. : |
| Other Details |
ill. ; |
| Size |
24 cm. |
| CONTENTS |
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| Contents |
Foreword Abbreviations and acronyms About the authors 1. Overview by Denny Lewis-Bynoe 1.1 The case for building resilience 1.2 Conclusion 2. A Vulnerability and Resilience Framework for Small States by Lino Briguglio 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Economic vulnerability 2.3 Economic resilience 2.4 A revised and updated vulnerability index 2.5 A revised and updated resilience index 2.6 The revised vulnerability/resilience framework 2.7 Policy implications 2.8 Conclusion 3. Developing a Governability Assessment Framework in the Context of Resilience Building in Small States by Jean Paul Fabri 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Resilience 3.3 Governance 3.4 The governability assessment framework 3.5 The system-to-be-governed 3.6 The governing system 3.7 Operationalising the framework 3.8 Case study: governance profiling for Malta 3.9 Conclusion 4. Strengthening Environmental Management in the Context of Resilience Building in Commonwealth Small States by Prakash NK Deenapanray and Derrick Oderson 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Key building blocks for effective environmental management 4.3 The quality of environmental governance 4.4 Towards a composite index for quality and effectiveness of environmental management 4.5 Priority areas for policy intervention: a summary overview 5. Strengthening Social Cohesion in the Context of Resilience Building in Small States With Reference to Commonwealth Small States by Godfrey St Bernard 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Contextualising small states 5.3 Reconciling vulnerability and social resilience 5.4 Measuring social aspects of resilience 5.5 Shaping policy agendas: some preliminary considerations 5.6 Towards policy agendas: small states in the Commonwealth 5.7 Summarising policy agendas and goals 5.8 Concluding remarks. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
This study refines and expands the Commonwealth resilience framework, developed to measure the resilience of small states' economies to adverse economic shocks, natural disasters and extreme weather events. It proposes policy measures for building resilience, and the areas in which key development partners can provide support. |
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| Topical Heading |
States, Small |
| General |
Economic conditions |
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Economic development |
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Financial crises |
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| Name |
Lewis-Bynoe, Denny, |
| Role |
Edited by |
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