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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
- Index