Index

Globalization, Income Distribution and Sustainable Development

ISBN: 978-1-80117-871-6, eISBN: 978-1-80117-870-9

Publication date: 25 May 2022

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(2022), "Index", Chandra Das, R. (Ed.) Globalization, Income Distribution and Sustainable Development, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 353-363. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-870-920221045

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INDEX

Absolute β-convergence
, 28, 48, 255

FDI
, 62

LER
, 62

per-capita gross domestic product (PCGDP)
, 62

Adaptation Fund (AF)
, 202

Adjusted R-squared (ARS)
, 292

Aggregating function
, 37

Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC)
, 120–121

Agricultural gross domestic product (AGDP)
, 286

Agriculture
, 288, 321

income
, 118

India
, 289–291

productivity of
, 289–291

trade
, 162

Air pollution
, 82–83

Akaike information criterion
, 216

America First
, 184

ANOVA test
, 86

ARDL. See Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL)

Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) Test
, 256

Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL)
, 49, 55

time series analysis for
, 206–208

Below Poverty Line (BPL)
, 69

Gini coefficient and
, 72

Benefit attribute
, 34

Beta convergence
, 5, 59

Biodiversity
, 298–299

business alliances
, 227

Bioeconomy
, 224

Biotechnology
, 224–225

Board of directors
, 338–339

Bolsa Familia program
, 14

Brexit
, 184

BRICS
, 3–4, 85–86, 148–149, 191

ARDL and VECM approach
, 213

Business Correspondent (BC)
, 326–327

Business Facilitator (BF)
, 326–327

Calcutta Port Trust (CPT)
, 299–300

Carbon emission
, 211–212

BRICS countries
, 85

Chile
, 83

China
, 86

environmental degradation
, 82

factors
, 82

industrialization and
, 212

manufacturing enterprises
, 85

private sector involvement
, 213

renewable energy sources
, 85

sustainable economic development
, 86

Toda Yamamoto causality analysis
, 88–89

trade openness and
, 213

urbanization
, 152–154

Catch-up effect
, 59

Central Statistical Organization (CSO)
, 253–254

Chain rule
, 27

Child labor
, 165–167

education policies and prohibition of
, 168–169

elimination of
, 165–167

Chile
, 87

optimal lag for
, 89

Climate change. See also Carbon emission
, 82–83, 88–89, 135–136, 197–198, 224

Australia
, 199

Fiji
, 199–200, 202

New Zealand
, 199

Climate Change Program
, 198–199

Climate Investment Fund (CIF)
, 202

Cocoa expansion
, 121

CO2 emissions
, 3–4, 132–133, 154, 158

Cointegration
, 53, 55, 156, 206, 208, 213, 215–216

outcomes of
, 158

Companies Act
, 342–343, 2013

Composite indicator
, 32

KOF Globalization Index
, 33

macroeconomic performance
, 33

TOPSIS methodology
, 33

Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)
, 254, 258–259

Conditional β-convergence
, 28, 48

FDI
, 62

LER
, 62

per-capita gross domestic product (PCGDP)
, 62

Construction industry (CI)

bioeconomy
, 224–225

material and processes complying with
, 228–229

post-carbon transition
, 225–227

value chains in
, 226–227

Contingency coefficient
, 124

Convergence
, 27, 29

absolute
, 48, 255

Bangladesh
, 59–60

beta (β)
, 59, 256, 258, 261

Caribbean
, 50

conditional
, 29, 48

conomic growth and
, 58

definitions of
, 48

European Union
, 50

globalization
, 48

income
, 48–49

Indian Ocean Zone (IOZ)
, 50

Latin America
, 50

Least Square method
, 61

in per capita incomes (PCIs)
, 252

Ramsey’s model
, 59

relative
, 48

sigma
, 59, 256, 258

stochastic
, 256

uses in economics
, 58

β convergence

Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)
, 258–259

cross-sectional variation
, 260–261

initial income
, 258–259

panel unit root tests
, 259–260

trend line analysis
, 258

univariate regression model
, 259

Copenhagen Climate Conference
, 211–212

Copper nanoparticles

carbon-coated
, 238–239

hydrocarbon selectivity of
, 238–239

metallic
, 237

physical and chemical synthetic methods of
, 237–238, 241

preparation of
, 240–241

properties of
, 237, 242

synthesis of
, 238

therapeutic anticancer agents
, 237

vitamin C
, 238

X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy of
, 241

Corporate governance
, 338–339

India
, 344

Malaysia
, 342

S&P BSE SENSEX companies
, 347

surveyed companies
, 346–347

Sweden
, 341

Correlation analysis
, 241, 304

Cost attribute
, 35

Cost-effective synthesis
, 235, 238, 240–242, 246

COVID-19
, 240

digital illiteracy
, 268

economic activities
, 119

gross domestic product (GDP)
, 312

in India
, 14

United States
, 16

Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report
, 11

Cross-country per capita income
, 48–49

data
, 51–53

exploratory analysis
, 51–53

statistical results
, 54

variables
, 51–53

Dashboard of indicators
, 32

Decline in vulnerability of Fiji (DVIT)
, 206

Deforestation
, 176

Deglobalization
, 185–188

De-industrialization
, 285

Demographic diversity
, 338–339

Demographic factors
, 77

development indicators and
, 77

DESI. See Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI)

DESI2020
, 275

Developed economies
, 57, 60–61, 64

Developing economies
, 57, 60–61, 64

Development Assistance Committee (DAC)
, 203

Dickey–Fuller (DF)
, 156

Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI)
, 5, 265–266

European Union (EU)
, 266–267

Italian region
, 274–275

regional level
, 272–273

structure of
, 267–271

three-level-structure updated to 2020
, 269–270

Digital revolution
, 268, 273, 275

Diversity. See also Gender diversity
, 338–339

Dualism

economic
, 21–22

social
, 21–22

Eco-deficit
, 132–133

Eco-environment friendly cost-effective synthesis
, 235, 238, 240–242, 246

Eco-footprint
, 132–133

Economic crisis
, 186

Economic deglobalization
, 183–185, 188–189

Economic development

financial inclusion
, 325–326

globalization
, 302

India
, 301

ports in
, 300

Economic dualism
, 21–22

Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ)
, 200

Economic globalization
, 2, 68, 190–191

Economic growth
, 48, 212, 283, 285–287, 292, 294

Bangladesh
, 213

CO2 emissions and
, 214–215

India
, 212

Economic Recovery Program (ERP)
, 120

Ecosystem
, 132–133

Education
, 165

children
, 168

competence
, 165–167

labor productivity
, 165–167

policies and prohibition, of child labor
, 168–169

Empirical calibration
, 27–29

Employment creation
, 17

Endogenous growth
, 133

economic development in
, 21, 23–24, 27, 29

Energy consumption
, 152

carbon emission and
, 152–154

urban
, 152

Engine of growth
, 284

East Asia
, 285

economic development
, 284–285

India
, 287, 292, 294

Latin America
, 285

manufacturing sector
, 284–285

Engle Granger test
, 156

Entropy law
, 132–133

Environment
, 212

Bangladesh
, 213

CO2 emissions
, 214

footprint
, 225

health
, 213–214

innovation and green investment energy
, 214

quality
, 214

Environmental justice
, 224

biodiversity conservation and
, 227

bioeconomy and
, 225

post-carbon transition and
, 224, 228

Environmental performance index
, 136, 143, 311–312

Environmental protection
, 298–299

Environmental sustainability
, 134–143

Eurocentrism
, 184

European Commission
, 265–266, 268

European Digital Agenda
, 267

European Green Deal
, 96–97

E-Views 11
, 215

Factor analysis
, 98

Fiji
, 198

climate-related risk
, 199

human insecurity in
, 200–202

human security
, 199–204

index of sustainability (SUS) for
, 205–206

index of vulnerability (VIT) for
, 204–205

policy-entrepreneurship
, 198–199

policy entrepreneurship in
, 204–206

special geographical features of
, 200

Financial crisis
, 184, 186, 189

Financial globalization
, 33–34

Financial inclusion
, 325–326

definition of
, 327–329

dimension index
, 329–330

human development
, 327–329

income inequality and poverty levels
, 327

poverty alleviation
, 327–329

West Bengal
, 326–327

Financial Inclusion Index (FII)
, 327–329

Food security, Fiji
, 201

Foreign direct investment (FDI)
, 68, 149

absolute β-convergence
, 62

conditional β-convergence
, 62

σ-convergence
, 64

deglobalization
, 186

income inequality
, 164–165

influx of
, 58

trend of CV for
, 63

G7 countries
, 85–86

Gender disparity index (GDI)
, 329–330

Gender diversity
, 338–339

boardrooms of Indian companies
, 342–343

competitive edge
, 339

effective leadership
, 339

fresh perspectives
, 339

investor confidence
, 339

role models
, 339

Gender equality
, 96–97, 316

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
, 183

General Credit Card (GCC) Scheme
, 326–327

Generalized linear model (GLM)
, 289–290

Gerschenkron hypothesis
, 49

Ghana

administrations
, 120

cocoa expansion
, 121

cocoa production in
, 120

gross domestic product (GDP)
, 118–119

international poverty rate in
, 119

oil palm
, 120

tree-crop products
, 119

Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS)
, 125

Gini coefficient
, 69–70, 135

Bangladesh
, 75

Below Poverty Line (BPL)
, 70, 73

Brazil
, 14

China
, 12, 75, 77

economic inequality
, 69–70

globalization index and
, 74

income inequality
, 12

India
, 13

Indonesia
, 75

per capita income
, 126

remittance
, 126

Sri Lanka
, 75

total income
, 122

unemployment rate
, 73

Vietnam
, 75–78

Gini-decomposition method
, 3, 123

Gini index
, 32, 35

Global inequality
, 10–15

Globalization
, 1, 10, 62

capitalist
, 12

controlled income inequalities
, 67, 69–71, 78

convergence
, 48

cross-country per capita income differential and
, 48–49, 51, 53, 55

economic integration
, 21–22

employment level
, 164–165

financial crisis
, 15, 184

global inequalities
, 10, 15

income distribution and labor
, 162–165, 167–169

income inequality
, 164

labour profile
, 164–165

liberalization and
, 14

macroeconomic performances and
, 33

social sustainability
, 163

structural adjustment
, 11–12

sustainability
, 131, 133–134, 143

sustainable development goals (SDGs)
, 96–97, 311–312, 320–321

sustainable human development
, 235, 238, 240–242, 246

sustainable transport development, India
, 297, 299, 301–302, 306–307

Globalization 2.0
, 188

Globalization Index
, 33–34

Global warming
, 82

Granger causality
, 212

Great Recession of 2007–2009
, 15

Green chemistry
, 237

Green Climate Fund (GCF)
, 201–202

Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP)
, 174

Greenhouse gas
, 132–133

Gross domestic product (GDP)
, 32, 34, 53, 149, 298

Bangladesh
, 68

components
, 285–286

Ghana
, 118–119

India
, 68, 291

manufacturing sector
, 285, 289

Pakistan
, 68

total trade (TT)
, 304–306

uninverted U-curve
, 68–69

Gross National Income (GNI)
, 173–174

Growth theory
, 133–134

Haldia Port
, 299–300

Hannan–Quinn (HQ)
, 216

Headcount ratio for poverty
, 32

Health crisis
, 184

Heckscher–Ohlin framework
, 10–11

Herfindahl Index
, 302, 307

Himalayas
, 176

Human capital
, 21–22, 24, 107, 268, 270–272, 276

acquisition of quality
, 25

growth of
, 178

intergenerational flow
, 25

optimal expenditure
, 24

rate of growth of
, 27

threshold level of expenditure
, 25

Human development
, 134–143

Human Development Groups (HDGs)
, 246

Human Development Index (HDI)
, 311–312, 329–330

Human poverty index (HPI)
, 329–330

Immigration
, 107

Impulse Response Factor
, 215, 220

Impulse Response Functions (IRFs)
, 212

Inflation
, 35

Income diversification
, 118

Income gains
, 34

Income growth
, 167

Income inequalities
, 12

Bangladesh
, 68

China
, 12–13

COVID-19
, 16

education expenditure
, 77

foreign direct investment (FDI)
, 164–165

Ghana
, 68

Gini coefficient
, 13

Gini decomposition
, 123

globalization
, 68, 164

India
, 12–13

international
, 164

Latin America
, 14

nonfarm economic activities
, 121

self-employment income
, 121

tree-crop farming
, 121

urbanization
, 77

India
, 251–252

banking industry
, 327–329

CAGR and initial income
, 258–259

econometric model
, 286

econometric techniques
, 286–287

economic growth
, 283, 285–287, 292, 294

economic variables of
, 302

engine of growth
, 287, 292, 294

financial inclusion
, 325–326

gender equality
, 338–339, 342–344, 349

gross domestic product (GDP)
, 291

liberalization
, 252

manufacturing sector
, 283–285, 289, 291

NPSDP of states of
, 257

overseas trade (OT)
, 298

panel data regression model
, 255

panel unit root test for
, 261

ports. See Ports

sustainable transport development
, 297, 299, 301–302, 306–307

trend line of PCSDP for
, 258

Tripura. See Tripura

univariate regression model
, 259

Indian Ocean Zone (IOZ)
, 50

Industrial Revolution
, 212

Industry 4.0
, 266–267

Inequality
, 21–22, 96–97

composite indicator
, 33

decomposition
, 127

economic
, 26

global
, 29

wealth distribution
, 26

Information communication and technology (ICT)
, 125

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
, 211–212

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
, 151

Internationalism
, 183

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
, 10

International trade (IT)
, 212

in India
, 220

Inverted U-curve
, 68–69

ISTAT
, 98

Italy. See also Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI)
, 99–100, 104

DESI2020 ranking
, 272

digital gap in
, 265–267, 271

EU28 DESI Evolution
, 272

5G network
, 271

Judicial System
, 107

Kao cointegration test
, 156

Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme
, 326–327

KOF Globalization Index
, 34, 69, 301

KOF Swiss Economic Institute
, 34

Kolmogorov-Smirnov test
, 287–289

Kruskal-Wallis test
, 344

Kuznets theory
, 70

Kyoto Protocol
, 211–212

Law of capitalism
, 17

Learning Management Systems
, 23–24

Least Developed Country Fund (LDCF)
, 202

Least Square method
, 61

Leman Brothers
, 186

LER

absolute β-convergence
, 62

conditional β-convergence
, 62

σ-convergence
, 64

trend of CV for
, 63

Liberalization of trade
, 11

Location Quotient Method (LQM)
, 240–241

Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI)
, 85

Lorenz curve
, 122

Lost Health Expectancy (LHE)
, 242

Low-carbon society
, 227

Macroeconomic performances
, 32

composite indicator
, 33

economic globalization
, 44

globalization and
, 33

inequality score based country rankings and
, 39

TOPSIS composite indicator
, 37

Magnetic field-assisted synthesis
, 237

MAHALANOBIS distance function
, 36–37

Mann-Whitney U test
, 344

Manufacturing gross domestic product (MGDP)
, 286

Manufacturing sector

agricultural gross domestic product (AGDP)
, 286

companies. See also Carbon emission
, 90

East Asia
, 285

economic development
, 284

gross domestic product (GDP)
, 285, 289

India
, 283–285, 289, 291

Latin America
, 285

state domestic product (SDP)
, 288

Market fundamentalism
, 10

Marshall Plan
, 183

Max-Eigen statistic value
, 216–217

Mayer Ghar
, 315–316

Metal nanoparticles
, 237

Middle-income economies
, 285–286

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
, 96–97

Mitigation and adaptation
, 198–199, 202–203

Multiple-criteria decision making (MCDM)
, 32

Nanotechnology
, 224–225, 236

National Climate Change Policy
, 198–199

National DESI2020 Report
, 272

Nationalism
, 184–185

National Sample Survey (NSS)
, 13

National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO)
, 253–254

Natural capital
, 173–174, 177

components of
, 179

developing economies
, 175

economic development process
, 174

growth of
, 178

sustainable development goals (SDGs)
, 174

variables
, 175

Net district domestic products (NDDP)
, 329, 334

Net FDI Inflow
, 61

Next 11 (N-11)
, 150

Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)
, 98

Non-hazardous solvents
, 236

Non income HDI

dependent variable
, 138

economic growth
, 141

independent variables
, 137

Non-income human development indicator (NHDI)
, 142

Null Hypothesis
, 253

Number of accounts
, 332

NUTS-2 level
, 98, 266, 272

“Occupy” movements
, 11

Official Development Assistance (ODA)
, 320

Off-farm activities supplements
, 118

Ogive Index
, 302, 307

One-Stop Center (OSC)
, 316

Online learning
, 23–24

Overseas development aid (ODA)
, 197–198

Fiji
, 199

Overseas trade (OT)
, 298

Pacific Island Countries (PIC’s)
, 197–198, 201–202

Panel data
, 156

Panel data regression model
, 255

Panel unit root test
, 259–261

Pearson’ correlation index values
, 105

Pedroni cointegration test
, 156

Per-capita gross domestic product (PCGDP)
, 34, 61–62

absolute β-convergence
, 62

conditional β-convergence
, 62

σ-convergence
, 64

trend of CV for
, 63

Per capita income
, 48

cross-country
, 53

degree of convergence of
, 48

economic crisis
, 50

economic globalization
, 48

high-income countries
, 49

Indian Ocean Zone (IOZ)
, 50

purchasing power parity (PPP)
, 51

Per capita incomes (PCIs)
, 4–5

convergence in
, 252

India
, 252–253, 258–259

point-to-point growth rate of
, 254

trend line analysis
, 258

univariate regression model
, 259

Philips-Perron (PP) Test
, 256

Physical capital
, 29

Policy entrepreneurship, in Fiji
, 204–206

Policy intervention
, 133–134

Political globalization
, 68

Pollution Concentration Index (PCI)
, 242

Populism
, 184–185

Ports

Bombay
, 300

Calcutta
, 299–300

total trade (TT)
, 302

Vishakhapatnam
, 300

Post-carbon supply chain
, 227

Post-carbon transition
, 224

construction industry (CI)
, 225–226

material and processes complying with
, 228–229

Poverty ratio
, 135, 141

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
, 326–327

PRAYAAS
, 320

Pre-tax national income
, 35

Principal component analysis (PCA)
, 100, 205

Public biodiversity investments
, 226

Purchasing power parity (PPP)
, 51, 150

Quality of Life
, 107

Ramsey model
, 58–59

Random Effect Model (REM)
, 255

Rank correlation
, 40

Chile
, 40

China
, 40

Czech Republic
, 40

Hungary
, 40

Pakistan
, 40

Poland
, 40

Russia
, 40

Spearman’s
, 41–43

Regional Gross Domestic Product per capita (RGDP per capita)
, 97

Regional inequality
, 13

Regionalism
, 189–191

Relative closeness
, 37

Relative convergence
, 48

Renewable energy sources
, 85

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
, 286

Rio Declaration
, 299

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
, 96–97

Rupay debt card
, 326–327

Rural Development and Environment
, 107

Scheduled commercial banks (SCBs)
, 329

Schwarz information criterion (SIC)
, 216

Second World War
, 96–97

Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
, 198–199

Self-Employment Generation Program (SEGP)
, 317

Service gross domestic product (SGDP)
, 286

SHG-Bank Linkage Program
, 326–327

SIDS. See Small Island Development State (SIDS)

Sigma convergence
, 59

coefficient of variation
, 256–257

FDI
, 64

F-test
, 257–258

LER
, 64

per-capita gross domestic product (PCGDP)
, 64

SIKLAHAM
, 318

Silver nanoparticles
, 239

Small Island Development State (SIDS)

climate finance landscape for
, 204

developing adaptive capacity
, 203

developments in
, 202

official development assistance (ODA)
, 202

Social globalization
, 68

Social sustainability
, 168

globalization
, 163

Solow model
, 58–59, 133

South Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP)
, 198–199

Standard of living
, 35

Stationary test
, 155–156

outcomes of
, 157–158

Statistical analysis
, 70

Statistical package
, 215

Stochastic convergence
, 5, 256, 261

Stockholm Conference
, 96–97

Stolper–Samuelson (SS)
, 11

Sulfur dioxide emission
, 214

Sundarbans
, 176

Supply-side policies
, 226

Sustainability
, 132–133, 150

business environment
, 231

climate change on
, 224

economic development
, 132–133

environmental
, 134–143

globalization and
, 311–312

Sustainable development
, 96–97, 173–174

defined
, 96–97

discussion and conclusions
, 104–105

Ghana
, 119, 126

material and methods
, 98–100

natural capital
, 176

principles of
, 311–312

Sustainable development goals (SDGs)
, 17, 96–97, 174, 300–301, 312

financial resources for
, 320

Tripura and
, 312–320

Sustainable economic development
, 82

carbon emission
, 82–83, 86

Chile
, 83–84

environmental degradation
, 82, 84

low carbon economy and
, 86

Sustainable environment
, 242, 247

Sustainable transport development
, 297, 299, 301–302, 306–307

Sustainable urbanization
, 148–149, 152

cointegration test
, 156

data and variable description
, 155

empirical procedure
, 155

issues of
, 152–154

model specification
, 154–155

stationary test
, 155–158

SWABHIMAN
, 326–327

Swavalamban
, 317

Tapio method
, 85

Times Higher Education
, 23

Toda Yamamoto causality analysis
, 3, 87–89

TOPSIS methodology
, 32

algorithm
, 36–37

composite indicator
, 33

Trace statistic
, 216–217

Trade globalization
, 33–34

Trade Globalization Index (TGI)
, 301

Trade liberalization
, 162

Trade openness
, 162

Trade Openness Index (TOI)
, 304–306

Trade flows
, 162

Traditional causes of inequality
, 14

Transmission electron microscopy
, 241–242

Tree Crop Development Bill
, 119–120

Tree-crop farming
, 121, 128

Tree Crops Development Authority
, 119–120

Tripura

affordable and clean energy
, 317

clean water and sanitation
, 316

climate action
, 319

decent work and economic growth
, 317–318

food security
, 313–315

gender equality
, 316

good health and well-being
, 315–316

industry, innovation, and infrastructure
, 318

life below water
, 319

life on land
, 319

no poverty
, 313–314

nutrition and sustainable agriculture
, 313–315

partnerships to achieve goals
, 320

peace and justice strong institutions
, 320

quality education
, 316

reduced inequality
, 318

responsible consumption and production
, 319

sustainable cities and communities
, 318–319

sustainable development goals (SDGs) and
, 312–320

SWOT analysis for
, 322–323

zero hunger
, 313–315

True Potato Seed (TPS)
, 313–314

TSLS regression models
, 142

Two-Stage Least Square model
, 141

Ultrasound-mediated synthesis
, 237

Unemployment (UNEMPRT)
, 35

UN Framework Commitment on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
, 199

Uninverted U-curve
, 68–69

United Nations (UNs)
, 183

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
, 178–180

United Nations Millennium Declaration
, 96–97

Unit root tests
, 256

Univariate regression model
, 259

University of the South Pacific (USP)
, 198–199

Urban energy consumption
, 152–154

Urbanization
, 77

Brazil
, 151

China
, 151

India
, 151

rapid deforestation and
, 178–180

Russia
, 151

South Africa
, 151–152

sustainable
, 152–154

Variance Decomposition
, 212

Variance inflation factor (VIF)
, 124, 287

Varimax rotation
, 98

VAR Lag Order Selection Criteria
, 216

VAR model
, 87–88

Vector Autoregression Estimate
, 216

p-value table for
, 218–219

Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI)
, 318

Vidyalaya Chalo Abhiyan
, 316

Virtual inequality
, 267

Vitamin C
, 238

Wealth disparity
, 10, 15, 17

West Bengal
, 326–327

data source
, 329

IFI values of
, 333

methodology
, 329–331

objectives
, 329

Western economic nationalism
, 184

Women board directors
, 339–340

Australia
, 342

Austria
, 341

Belgium
, 341

Brazil
, 340

Canada
, 340

China
, 342

Columbia
, 340

France
, 341

Germany
, 341

Greece
, 341

Italy
, 341

Japan
, 342

Kenya
, 340–341

Malaysia
, 342

New Zealand
, 342

Norway
, 341

Portugal
, 341

Russia
, 342

S&P BSE-SENSEX companies 2020–21
, 345–346

Sweden
, 341

United Kingdom
, 341–342

USA
, 340

Wood-based products
, 224–225

World

air pollution
, 240

COVID-19
, 240

developing countries of
, 247

World Bank
, 12, 51, 70, 74, 175

World Development Indicators
, 51

World Health Organization (WHO)
, 201

World Trade Organization (WTO)
, 184

X-ray diffraction analysis
, 241–242

Yekaterinburg summit
, 148

Zero hunger
, 96–97, 313–315

Zero valent iron nanoparticles
, 239

Prelims
Introduction
Section I Linkages among Globalization, Income Distribution, and Sustainable Development in Groups of Economies
Chapter 1 Globalization, Income Inequality, and Wealth Disparity: Issues and Evidence
Chapter 2 On Dynamics of Economic Development in the Light of Endogenous Growth: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
Chapter 3 Globalization and Sustainable Economic Development: Evaluating Country Performances through Composite Rankings
Chapter 4 Are Cross-Country per Capita Income Differential and Globalization Cointegrated? An ARDL Bounds Testing Approach
Chapter 5 A Comparison of Convergence among Developed and Developing Economies in a Globalized World
Chapter 6 Globalization with Controlled Income Inequalities: A Cross-Country Study
Chapter 7 The Importance of Carbon Emission of Manufacturing Companies on Sustainable Economic Development
Chapter 8 Measuring Sustainable Development at the NUTS2 Level: Differences and Future Prospects
Chapter 9 Rural Nonfarm Income Diversification: Implications on Tree-Crop Agricultural Sector Inequalities and Sustainable Development in Ghana
Chapter 10 Dynamic Linkages among Stages of Economic Development, Human Development and the Natural Environment: On the Road towards Sustainability in the Globalization Era
Chapter 11 The Issue of Sustainable Urbanization in BRICS Nations: An Impact-Analysis of Urban Energy Consumption and Carbon Emission
Chapter 12 Assessing and Rethinking Sustainable Development and Globalization from the Aspects of Income Distribution and Labor
Chapter 13 Determinants of Depletion of Natural Resources across Countries: An Empirical Study
Chapter 14 Nationalism and Populism as the Driving Forces of Economic Deglobalization, Regionalism, and Localism Processes
Section II Aspects of Growth and Convergence of Socioeconomic and Environmental Indicators at Country Levels
Chapter 15 Did Overseas Development Assistance Improve Developmental Goals and Climate Resilience in Fiji?
Chapter 16 Economic Growth at the Cost of Carbon Emission: Empirical Evidence from India
Chapter 17 Achieving Post-Carbon Transition and Environmental Justice to Reduce Environment Footprint of the Construction Industry and Support Sustainable Development
Chapter 18 Eco-Environment Friendly Cost-Effective Synthesis for Sustainable Human Development in Context of Globalization
Chapter 19 Convergence Perspective of Growth in India
Chapter 20 Measuring the Digital Gap in Italy: A NUTS-2 Level Index
Chapter 21 Dynamic Effects of Manufacturing and Service Sector on Economic Growth in India: A Cross Section Analysis from Selected Indian States
Chapter 22 Impact of Globalization on Sustainable Transport Development in the Context of Trade in India
Chapter 23 Impact of Globalization to Sustainable Development Goals: A Study of the State Tripura
Chapter 24 Financial Inclusion and Income Growth: A District Level Study of West Bengal during the Post-Globalization Era
Chapter 25 A Threadbare Study towards Indian Regulatory Reforms for Gender Equality in Workplace in Adherence to the Trends of Globalized Business Environment
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