Index

Environmental Sustainability, Growth Trajectory and Gender: Contemporary Issues of Developing Economies

ISBN: 978-1-80262-154-9, eISBN: 978-1-80262-153-2

Publication date: 9 June 2022

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(2022), "Index", Chakraborty, C. and Pal, D. (Ed.) Environmental Sustainability, Growth Trajectory and Gender: Contemporary Issues of Developing Economies, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 281-293. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-153-220221022

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Copyright © 2022 Chandrima Chakraborty and Dipyaman Pal


INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Advance statistical methods
, 41

African Development Bank (AFDB)
, 157

African Monitoring of Environment for Sustainable Development (AMESD)
, 39

Aggregate energy intensity
, 113

Air pollutants
, 8

Air pollution
, 268–269, 272

Allocative efficiency (AE)
, 210

Arellano–Bond Test
, 44–45

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
, 256

Assert
, 38, 185–188

construction of
, 194

Augmented Dickey-Fuller test (ADF test)
, 126–127, 160, 201

Augmented Solow model
, 208

Autoregressive distribution lag method (ARDL method)
, 40, 91

Bangladesh, women empowerment and gender equality in
, 198–199

Banker, Charnes, and Cooper approach (BCC approach)
, 210

Benazir Income Support Program
, 198

Benchmark model
, 16

Benchmark production function
, 210

Bilateral fixed effect model
, 16

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa countries (BRICS countries)
, 2, 24, 121, 130

emission in
, 30–31

energy situation in
, 25–28

renewable energy development in
, 29–30

renewable energy impact on emission in
, 31–33

Breusch–Pagan Lagrange multiplier test (BPLM test)
, 170, 173, 201, 202, 214, 273

Breusch–Pagan–Godfrey test
, 214

Bronchial asthma
, 268

Butane
, 244

Capacity utilization (CU)
, 106

measure
, 111–112

studies on
, 107

TFPG adjusted with
, 112

Capacity utilization (CU)
, 4

Capital accumulation
, 120

Capital Stock
, 118

Capital–output ratio
, 127–128

Carbon burning
, 64

Carbon dioxide (CO2)
, 23, 64, 244, 245

behavior of governance in
, 24

data
, 93

from different energy sources
, 27–28, 30

emissions
, 3–4, 6, 13, 220–221

emissions analysis
, 90

estimation results
, 93–101

literature
, 91

methodology
, 91–93

in Pakistan
, 14

Carbon emissions
, 221

Carbon-based fossil fuels
, 65

Caste
, 188

Ceria (CeO2)
, 245

Ceria-based oxides
, 246

Cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate
, 248

Cerium (III) oxide nanoparticles
, 7, 249

Cerium (IV)
, 248

Cerium oxide nanoparticles
, 247

Ceteris paribus
, 19

Charnes, Cooper, and Rhodes model (CCR model)
, 209

Chemical exposure
, 245

Child marriage
, 196

Chitosan-based non-isocyanate polyurethane
, 247

Chronic bronchitis
, 268

Citizenship
, 56

“Climate Action”
, 220

Climate change
, 219–220

GE-based humanity’s fight against
, 237–238

mitigation
, 25

women’s role in
, 235

Climate disruption
, 1

Co-precipitation method
, 7, 246

Co-precipitation technique (CPT)
, 248

Cobb–Douglas production function
, 123

Cointegration tests
, 91, 160–163

Collective learning
, 58

Community Resources Management Areas (CREMAs)
, 39

Community sustainable governance
, 54

Composition effect
, 15

Concrete sustainability
, 52

Constant returns to scale (CRS)
, 209

Construction industry (CI)
, 7–8, 256

CI 4. 0
, 261

drivers for empowerment of women and increasing women employment in
, 256–259

main causes of low employment rate of women in
, 259

recommendations for empowering women and increasing employment rate in
, 260–262

Construction Sector Council (CSC)
, 259

Consumption model
, 268

Contemporary sustainable socio-intercultural governance structures
, 58

Contribution Decomposition Method
, 91

Control of corruption
, 41, 46, 145

Control variables
, 184–185

1979 Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
, 235

Corruption
, 4, 138

impact of democracy and corruption on growth
, 144

growth, democracy and
, 139–140

transparency international measures
, 141

Cost function approach
, 109, 111

Council of Europe (COE)
, 235

Cross-country variation
, 82

Cultural intelligence
, 58

Cultural society of South Asian countries
, 197

Dasholi Gram Samaj Mandal environmental movement
, 237

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
, 209

Decadal analysis
, 4

Decision-making units (DMU)
, 209

performance of DMU with benchmark
, 210

DEMATEL methodology
, 3, 65

evaluation with
, 68–70

Democracy
, 138

impact of democracy and corruption on growth
, 144

growth and
, 138–139

relationship between democracy and growth
, 139

Democracy Index
, 141, 143

Department for International Development of United Kingdom (DFID)
, 256

Descriptive statistics of variables
, 224

Development
, 138

Dimension Index (DI)
, 169–170

Discrimination against women
, 246

District Level Household Survey 4 (DLHS-4)
, 182, 188

of Government of India
, 183

Domestic saving
, 122

Domestic violence
, 196

Domestic Violence and Prevention Act
, 198

Droughts
, 235

Dynamic ARDL equation
, 92

Dynamic panel model
, 43–44

Econometric model
, 170, 200–201

Economic activity
, 16

Economic empowerment of women
, 257

Economic factors
, 270–271

of school dropout
, 182

Economic freedom
, 141–142

Economic Freedom Index
, 141–143

Economic growth
, 120, 154, 220, 236, 240, 244, 270

data and empirical methodology
, 126–127

growth factors
, 120–121

literature review
, 121–122

research gaps and objectives
, 122–123

results and analysis
, 127–134

theoretical background
, 123–126

Economic participation (EP)
, 200

Economic sustainability
, 247, 258

Economic welfare
, 154

gender gap effect in labor force participation on intensive growth and
, 163–164

Economist Intelligence Unit
, 141

Education
, 197, 208, 269, 271

Education system development
, 208

Educational attainment (EA)
, 200

Effective hazardous gas sensors development
, 244

Emerging market economies (EMEs)
, 138

climate change
, 219–220

CO2 emissions
, 220–221, 228–229

data
, 141–142

data and methodology
, 222–224

descriptive statistics of variables
, 225

findings
, 143–146

growth, democracy and corruption
, 139–140

growth and democracy
, 138–139

literature review
, 138

literature review
, 221–222

methodology
, 142–143

relationship between gender and CO2 emission
, 221–222

research gap and objective of current study
, 140–141

result of panel data stochastic frontier regression
, 226–227

results
, 143–146, 224

Emission in BRICS
, 30–31

Empowered women
, 235, 239

Empowerment of women
, 5

Energy Cost
, 118

Energy intensity
, 4

of manufacturing industries in India
, 108–109

measure
, 112–113

Energy situation in BRICS
, 25

Brazil
, 25

China
, 26

India
, 26

Russia
, 26

South Africa
, 26–28

Enrollment of girls
, 208, 215

Entropy index (see Information Theory Index)

Environment degradation in Pakistan
, 14

Environment sustainability development
, 244

aims and objective
, 248

data sources
, 248

experimental procedure
, 248–249

issue of environmental sustainability
, 244

literature review
, 246–247

methodology
, 248

redox mechanism
, 245

results
, 249–252

Environmental degradation
, 13, 76

Environmental degradation in Africa
, 39

Environmental factor
, 272

Environmental hazardous gases
, 244

Environmental indicators
, 38

Environmental issues
, 1

Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis (EKC hypothesis)
, 3, 24, 76–77, 220

data
, 78

estimated regression coefficients
, 83–86

literature review
, 77–78, 79

methodology and result
, 78–82

Environmental pollution, trade impact on
, 2

Environmental Protection and Management Law (EPML)
, 39

Environmental quality
, 78

Environmental sustainability
, 2, 12, 38, 247, 258

data and methodology
, 41–44

for emerging economies
, 65–66

empirical results
, 44

institutional quality effect on
, 39

pre-estimation tests
, 44–46

recommendations for policies empowering women’s role in sustainability
, 237–239

review of previous studies
, 40–41

women’s role in environmental sustainability
, 236–237

Environmental theories
, 220

Environmental Threats and Opportunities Assessment (ETOA)
, 39

Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC)
, 259

Equality of sexes
, 196

Equilibrium time path
, 125

European Commission (EC)
, 259

European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
, 234, 257

Exponentially Damped Sinusoidal Approximation
, 91

Factor analysis
, 194

Female infanticide
, 196

Female labor force participation rate (FLFPR)
, 8, 268–269

determinants of
, 269

economic factors
, 270–271

political factors
, 270

result of estimation of FLFPR equation
, 273–275

social factors
, 269–270

Female life expectancy (FLE)
, 8, 269, 272

determinants of
, 271–272

economic factors
, 271

environmental factor
, 272

political factors
, 271

social factors
, 271

Female population (FP)
, 170

Feminist theory
, 220

Financial development
, 14

Financing
, 64

First-born child, sex of
, 184

Five Ps of Agenda 2030
, 247

Fixed effect model (FEM)
, 31 170, 201, 214

Fixed effect panel regression model
, 31, 142

Fixed effects estimation
, 18

Fixed-effects IV estimators
, 160

Flooding
, 235

Fluorinated gases
, 90

Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
, 236

Food security
, 65

Foreign direct investment (FDI)
, 122

Forest investment program (FIP)
, 39

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
, 58

Fossil fuel
, 23–24, 64

Freer trade
, 13

French revolutions
, 235

Gas sensors
, 7, 250

Gen IV nuclear reactor technology
, 67–68

Gender
, 168, 220, 221

gender in waste management systems
, 221

gender-based inequalities
, 244

preferences
, 182

Gender composition of family184

Gender Development Index (GDI)
, 169, 250

Gender disparity
, 234

Gender equality (GE)
, 155, 197, 220, 235, 256–257

in Bangladesh
, 198–199

GE-based humanity’s fight against climate change
, 237–238

in India
, 198

in Nepal
, 199

in Pakistan
, 198

in Sri Lanka
, 199

Gender equity
, 244

Gender gap
, 1, 154–157, 244

effect in labor force participation on intensive growth and economic welfare
, 163–164

reducing gender gap in labor force participation
, 157

Gender inequality
, 155, 257

cost
, 236

Gender Inequality Index (GII)
, 5–6, 200, 250, 272

in South Asian Countries
, 201

Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB)
, 198

General Category States (GCS)
, 6, 209

Generalized method of moment technique (GMM technique)
, 139, 155, 160

GEXPE (policy indicator)
, 216

Girl’s enrollment
, 209

Global environment monitoring system (GEMS)
, 77

Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI)
, 6, 198, 222–223, 227

Global Gender Gap Report (GGGR)
, 200, 222

Global Mean Surface Temperature (GMST)
, 90

Global warming
, 24, 235, 238

Globalization
, 12

Globalization index (GL)
, 170

Glocalization
, 56

Governance
, 53

Government effectiveness
, 42

Granger Causality
, 91

Green New Deal policy
, 237

Green nuclear energy
, 66–68

environmental sustainability for emerging economies
, 65–66

evaluation with DEMATEL methodology
, 68–70

Green political economy theory
, 52

Greenhouse gas (GHG)
, 23, 66

emissions
, 6, 14, 90

Gross domestic product (GDP)
, 15, 120, 220

GDP per capita
, 224

Gross enrollment ratio (GER)
, 208

Gross Fixed-Capital Formation (GFCF)
, 270

Gross national expenditure
, 164

Gross national income of females (GNI)
, 170

Gross value added (GVA)
, 112

Growth

and democracy
, 138–139

democracy, corruption and
, 139–140

impact of democracy and corruption on
, 144

factors
, 120–121

Growth economics
, 4

Harrod–Domar model (H–D model)
, 120, 126

Hausman specification test
, 170, 201–202

Hausman test
, 173, 273

Hazardous gaseous substances
, 245

Hazardous toxic pollutant gases
, 7

Health and survival (HS)
, 200

Heckscher–Ohlin factor endowment theory
, 12, 15

Household size
, 270

Human capital augmented Solow model
, 208

Human Development Index
, 169

Hurricane
, 235

Hydroelectricity

in Brazil
, 29

in China
, 30

in India
, 29–30

in Russia
, 29

in South Africa
, 30

Hydrogen peroxide
, 7

Hydrothermal synthesis
, 246

Income
, 97

disparities
, 12–13

inequality
, 38, 154

India

data envelopment analysis
, 209

data set and sources
, 212–213

determinants of OUTTE
, 212

empirical findings
, 213

factors determining OUTTE
, 214–216

gross enrollment ratio
, 208

methodology for finding OUTTE score
, 210–212

non-parametric data envelopment analysis with
, 6

result of OUTTE estimation
, 213–214

TE estimation methodology
, 210

women empowerment and gender equality in
, 198

Indian manufacturing industries

CU measure
, 111–112

database
, 110

energy intensity measure
, 112–113

literature review
, 107

methodology
, 110–111

objectives and hypotheses
, 109–110

research gap
, 109

results
, 113–115

studies on CU
, 107–108

studies on energy intensity of
, 108–109

studies on TFPG
, 107

TFPG
, 106

TFPG Adjusted with CU
, 112

Indian Secondary Education (ISE)
, 208

Indian secondary education (ISE)
, 6

Indigenous community sustainability governance systems
, 57

Industrialization
, 65

Information Theory Index
, 249, 251

Infrastructural capital
, 208

Infrastructure endowment
, 185–188

index construction
, 194

Input-oriented technical efficiency approach (INPTE approach)
, 210

Institutional governance transformation
, 58

Institutional quality
, 14, 39–40, 46

variables
, 41

Institutional weakness
, 58

Instrumental Variable EC2SLS method
, 8, 269

Intensive economic growth
, 155–156

Intensive growth, gender gap effect in labor force participation on
, 163–164

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
, 90

International Labour Organisation (ILO)
, 245, 257

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
, 237

International trade
, 12

adverse impact of
, 14–15

affects environment in Asia
, 14

data and sources
, 17

empirical results
, 18

on environment for Asian countries
, 13

estimation methodology and data
, 15–16

Inverted U-shaped curve
, 76

Investment model
, 268

J-statistics
, 164

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV)
, 190

Labor force participation

gender gap effect on intensive growth and economic welfare
, 163–164

reducing gender gap in
, 157

of South Asian countries
, 197

Labor market
, 268

opportunities
, 182

Labor productivity (LP)
, 110

Land ownership185

Latin America gender disparity
, 234

Levinsohn and Petrin method (LP method)
, 107

Liberalization
, 106

Life expectancy (LE)
, 268

Linear regression
, 41

Local community

governments
, 56

sustainability governance systems
, 57

Local governance systems
, 53–54

Local sustainability governance
, 55

Log transformations
, 15

Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index
, 91

Long-run average costs (LRAC)
, 108

LPG gases
, 244–245

Macroindicator
, 212

Mahila Samakhya programs
, 190

Manufacturing sector
, 106

Marriage of couples types
, 184

Metafrontier Malmquist Luenberger Index
, 91

Methane (CH4)
, 90, 244

Microemulsion method
, 246

Microwave-assisted synthesis
, 246

Millennium Development Goal
, 181, 257

Mimic alkoxide method
, 246

Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources (MERF)
, 39

Monitoring for the Environmental Security in Africa (MESA)
, 39

Multilevel probit technique
, 5, 182

Multiple correspondence analysis
, 194

Multiple linear regression analysis
, 41

Nanocrystalline ceria
, 246

Nanotechnology
, 7

National Commission for Human Rights Act
, 198

National Environmental Standards Regulations and Enforcement Agency (NESREA)
, 39

National Program for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL)
, 190

National Program of Nutritional Support to Primary Education
, 190

Natural disasters
, 235

Natural resources
, 120

stock
, 120

Neoclassical growth model
, 120, 126 (see also Simultaneous panel model)

data and empirical methodology
, 126–127

growth factors
, 120–121

literature review
, 121–122

research gaps and objectives
, 122–123

results and analysis
, 127–134

theoretical background
, 123–126

Neoclassical political economy
, 139

Nepal, women empowerment and gender equality in
, 199

Nitrous oxide (N2O)
, 90

Non-indigenous community sustainability governance systems
, 57

Non-local community sustainability governance systems
, 57

Non-parametric data envelopment analysis

data envelopment analysis
, 209

data set and sources
, 212–213

determinants of OUTTE
, 212

empirical findings
, 213

factors determining OUTTE
, 214–216

gross enrollment ratio
, 208

methodology for finding OUTTE score
, 210–212

result of OUTTE estimation
, 213–214

TE estimation methodology
, 210

Non-profit public entities
, 209

Non-renewable energy
, 76

Normal-exponential true random effect model
, 224

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
, 77

Nuclear energy
, 3, 64, 66

Nuclear waste
, 64

One-way fixed model
, 224

Open-door policy
, 122

Orchestration
, 57

Ordinary least square regressions (OLS regressions)
, 127

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
, 236

Output
, 118

Output-oriented technical efficiency approach (OUTTE approach)
, 6, 210

determinants of
, 212

factors determining
, 214–216

methodology for finding OUTTE score
, 210–212

result of OUTTE estimation
, 213–214

Pakistan, women empowerment and gender equality in
, 198

Panel data econometrics method
, 25

Panel data regression models
, 41, 170, 200, 203, 224

Para-teachers
, 215–216

Parental marriage pattern
, 182–183, 184–185

Paris Agreement (2015)
, 235

Paris Climate Conference
, 90

Participative sustainability
, 52

Participatory

engagement
, 55

governance
, 55

sustainability governance
, 56

Partnership sustainability governance
, 57

PCA method
, 194

Per capita net state domestic product (PCNSDP)
, 212

Percentage of school with no electricity (PSWE)
, 216

Percentage of schools with no drinking water facility (PSWDW)
, 216

Percentage of secondary schools without building (PSWB)
, 215

Phillips–Perron test (PP test)
, 160

Pluralism
, 54

Policy indicator
, 212

Policy-makers
, 238

Political corruption
, 138

Political empowerment (PE)
, 200

Political factors
, 270, 271

Politics, women and
, 235

Pollution
, 65

Polynomial equation
, 3

Polynomial regression equation
, 77–78

Pooled regression model
, 170, 201

Poor infrastructural indicators
, 212

Population growth
, 38

Population growth rate
, 120

Poverty Indicator (POV)
, 270

Pre-estimation tests
, 44–46

Price of Capital
, 118

Price of energy
, 118

Price of Labor
, 118

Primary sampling units (PSUs)
, 188

Prime Minister Youth Loan Scheme
, 198

Private sustainability governance (PSG)
, 55–56

Private sustainable governance frameworks
, 56

Probability Proportional to Size (PPS)
, 188

Productivity
, 106

of capital
, 120

growth
, 107, 109

measure
, 110

Proportion of classrooms in bad condition (PCBS)
, 216

Proportion of girl’s enrollment to boys at secondary level (PGTBES)
, 215

Proportion of para-teachers in secondary school (PPTS)
, 215

Proportion of single teacher school (PSTS)
, 216

Public acceptance
, 67

Q statistic test
, 214

Quadratic regression equation
, 81

Quality

energy
, 64

of schooling
, 211

Radiative forcing
, 90

Random effect (RE)
, 214

panel regression model
, 31

Random effect model (REM)
, 31, 33, 77, 170, 201, 224

Rastriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
, 208

Rate of urbanization (UR)
, 170, 270–271

Redox mechanism
, 245

Reduction of Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)
, 39

Regression analysis
, 189

Regression equation
, 112, 131

Religion
, 188

Renewable energy (RE)
, 2, 24, 64

development in BRICS
, 25

development in BRICS
, 29–30

impact on emission in BRICS
, 31–33

Residence type
, 185–188

Restricted F-test
, 170, 201, 202

Rio+20 Conference
, 235

Robust standard errors
, 44

Rule of law
, 41

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Framework of Implementation (SSA)
, 190

Savings rate
, 120

Scale bias
, 107

Scheduled caste (SC)
, 212

Scheduled tribe (ST)
, 212

School dropout
, 181

School dropout of girls
, 181–182

construction of asset and infrastructure endowment index
, 194

data
, 183

likelihood of
, 182

methods and empirical analysis
, 188

results
, 189–190

variables
, 183–188

School related factors for school dropout of girls
, 182

Secondary education
, 208

Seemingly unrelated regression framework (SUR framework)
, 214

Self-control policy
, 53

Self-governance
, 53

Semiconducting oxide sensors
, 244

Sex ratio (SR)
, 270

Sexual violence
, 196

Short-run average cost curve (SRAC curve)
, 107

Short-run total costs (STC)
, 112

Simultaneous panel model
, 269 (see also Neoclassical growth model)

data sources
, 272

determinants
, 269

determinants of FLFPR
, 269–271

estimation methodology
, 272

FLE determinants
, 271–272

FLFPR
, 268–269

health equation results
, 273

result of estimation of FLFPR equation
, 273–275

results
, 273

Single-variable framework
, 106

Sinsibere Project
, 237

3SLS model
, 25

Social change process
, 52

Social equity
, 220

Social factors
, 269–270, 271

Social indicators
, 212

Social justice
, 168

Social learning
, 58

Social sustainability
, 247, 258

Socio-ecosystem
, 53

Socio-intercultural community
, 54

Socio-intercultural dialogue structures
, 53

Socio-intercultural education leadership
, 54

Socio-intercultural leadership
, 57

Socio-intercultural models
, 54

Socio-intercultural sustainability
, 55

Socio-intercultural sustainable governance
, 57–58

Socio-intercultural sustainable multilevel governance
, 53

Socio-interculturalism
, 51–54

Socio-interculturality
, 52

Sol–gel technique
, 246

Solow–Swan model
, 120, 123–125

“Son preference” issue
, 182

South Asia
, 196

Bangladesh, women empowerment and gender equality in
, 198–199

data
, 200

gender equality and women empowerment
, 196–197

India, women empowerment and gender equality in
, 198

literature review
, 197–198

method
, 200–201

Nepal, women empowerment and gender equality in
, 199

objective
, 199–200

Pakistan, women empowerment and gender equality in
, 198

research methodology
, 200

result
, 201–202

results of panel data regression
, 203

Sri Lanka, women empowerment and gender equality in
, 199

unit root test of ADF
, 202

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation countries (SAARC countries)
, 5, 168

WEI in
, 172

women empowerment in
, 168–170

Special Category States (SCS)
, 6, 209

Sri Lanka, women empowerment and gender equality in
, 199

Standard errors
, 188

Status of women
, 197, 220

STIRPAT model
, 40–41, 91

Stochastic frontier analysis (SFA)
, 221, 224

Stochastic frontier function
, 223

Stolper–Samuelson theory
, 12

“Stopping rule”
, 184

STRIPAT model
, 25

Structural inequality
, 220

Structural Time Series Model (STSM)
, 91–92

Sub-Saharan African countries (SSA countries)
, 5, 154

data and methodology
, 159–160

economic welfare
, 156

empirical evidence
, 158–159

gender gap
, 154–157

gender gap effect in labor force participation on intensive growth and economic welfare
, 163–164

intensive economic growth
, 155–156

reducing gender gap in labor force participation
, 157

results
, 160

unit root and cointegration tests
, 160–163

Sulfur dioxide
, 244–245

Sustainability
, 55, 65, 247

Sustainable development (SD)
, 256

Sustainable development goal (SDG)
, 1, 38, 220, 247, 256

SDG 13
, 1, 220

SDG 5
, 220

Sustainable economic development
, 14

Sustainable energy
, 2

Sustainable energy development

emission in BRICS
, 30–31

energy situation in BRICS
, 25–28

fossil fuel
, 23–24

literature review
, 24–25

renewable energy development in BRICS
, 29–30

renewable energy impact on emission in BRICS
, 31–33

Sustainable governance
, 54–57

institutions
, 58

Sustainable organizational management of natural resources
, 52

Sustainable socio-intercultural governance
, 53

socio-intercultural sustainable governance
, 57–58

socio-interculturalism
, 53–54

sustainability
, 51–53

sustainable governance
, 54–57

System Generalized Method of Moments technique (SGMM technique)
, 41, 44, 143

Technical change (TC)
, 107

Technical efficiency (TE)
, 208–209

estimation methodology
, 210

score
, 223

Technological advancement
, 120

Technological progress
, 120

Thorium
, 68

Thorium-based nuclear reactors
, 68

Total cost
, 118

Total factor productivity (TFP)
, 106, 110

growth rate of
, 111

in single-variable framework
, 106

Total factor productivity growth (TFPG)
, 4, 106

adjusted with CU
, 112

studies on
, 107

Total Persons Engaged in work
, 118

Trade

impact on environmental pollution
, 2

liberalization
, 13

trade-induced composition effect
, 19

Trade openness (TROP)
, 12, 159–160, 164

Two-stage least squares (2SLS)
, 160

UN Economic and Social Council
, 235

UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
, 257

Underlying Emission Trend (UET)
, 90, 92, 97

Underlying Energy Demand Trend (UEDT)
, 92

Union territories (UT)
, 6, 208

Unit root tests
, 91, 160–163

United Nations (UN)
, 168, 196, 256

United Nations Conference on Environment Protection (UNCEP)
, 39

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
, 220

United States Energy Information Administration
, 2

Uranium
, 64, 68

Urbanization
, 65

UV-Visible spectroscopy analysis
, 249

Variable returns to scale (VRS)
, 209

Variable(s)
, 183

control variables
, 184–185

cost
, 118

land ownership185

type of residence
, 185–188

Vector Error Correction Model (VECM)
, 91

Victorian Government of Australia
, 260

Waste management systems, gender in
, 221

Wet chemical synthetic procedures
, 246

Women

empowerment
, 5

encouragement in economics and political life
, 6–7

equal treatment of
, 196

movement
, 235

and politics
, 235

recommendations for policies empowering women’s role in sustainability
, 237–239

role in climate change
, 235

role in climate change
, 7

role in environmental sustainability
, 236–237

spending efforts for social equality
, 234

traditional role of
, 220

trafficking
, 196

vulnerability against climate change
, 234

Women as Head of Household (WHH)
, 270

Women Distress and Detention Funds Act
, 198

Women empowerment
, 168, 196

among SAARC
, 173

in Bangladesh
, 198–199

data
, 169

drivers for women empowerment and increasing women employment in CI
, 256–259

in India
, 198

main causes of low employment rate of women in CI
, 259

methodology
, 169–170

in Nepal
, 199

in Pakistan
, 169, 198

recommendations for empowering women and increasing employment rate in CI
, 260–262

results
, 170

results of panel data regression
, 174

for South Asian countries
, 168

in Sri Lanka
, 199

status of women across indicators of women empowerment
, 171

WEI in SAARC countries
, 172

Women Empowerment Index (WEI)
, 169–170

in SAARC countries
, 172

Women’s Political Power (WP)
, 270, 271

Workplace exposures
, 245

World Bank Development Indicators (WDI)
, 158

World Development Index
, 41

World Development Report
, 77

World Economic Forum (WEF)
, 200, 256

World Governance Index
, 41

World Health Organization (WHO)
, 234, 268

Xtabond2 command
, 143n5

YUVA School Life Skills Programme
, 190–191

Zambia Green Jobs Programme
, 257

Prelims
Introduction
Section I: Issues of Environment and Growth
Chapter 1: Has International Trade Increased Carbon Dioxide Emission in Asia?
Chapter 2: Sustainable Energy Development in Emerging Economies: A Study on BRICS
Chapter 3: Interactive Effect of Population Growth and Institutional Quality on Environmental Sustainability in West Africa Region
Chapter 4: Sustainable Socio-intercultural Governance
Chapter 5: Green Nuclear Energy: A Solution of Environmental Sustainability for Emerging Economies
Chapter 6: The Shape of Environmental Kuznets Curve: The Dynamic and Cross-country Variation
Chapter 7: CO2 Emissions Analysis and Underlying Emission Trend in Selected Emerging Countries
Chapter 8: Is Growth of Output and Productivity in Indian Manufacturing Industries Sustainable? A Cost Function Approach with Adjustment for Capacity Utilization: 1980–1981 to 2016–2017
Chapter 9: Factors Behind Economic Growth for BRICS Nations: An Examination within the Neoclassical Growth Framework
Chapter 10: Corruption, Democracy and Growth: Evidence from Emerging Market Economies
Section II: Linkage between Environment, Gender and Growth
Chapter 11: Gender Gap, Intensive Growth and Economic Welfare in Sub-Saharan African Countries
Chapter 12: Status of Women Empowerment: A Comparative Study among the SAARC Countries
Chapter 13: School Dropout of Girls: A Study on Selected Indian States
Chapter 14: Gender Equality and Women Empowerment: South Asian Perspective
Chapter 15: Does an Increase in Enrollment of Girls Relative to Boys Stimulate Technical Efficiency of Secondary Education? Empirical Evidence Using Non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis with Indian State Level Data
Chapter 16: Gender Gap and CO2 Emissions in Emerging Markets Economies: A Panel Data Study
Chapter 17: Gender Equity and Politics for the Enhancement of Environmental Sustainability: Empowerment of Women for the Fight Against Climate Change
Chapter 18: Environment Sustainability Development Through Cost-effective Elimination of Hazardous Gases for Gender Development
Chapter 19: Empowerment of Women and Increasing Women Employment in the Construction Industry to Support Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Development
Chapter 20: An Analysis of the Impact of Environmental Degradation On Female Health Status and Their Labor Force Participation Rate in Urban India: A Simultaneous Panel Approach
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