The viability of small island developing states (SIDS) is threatened by three distinct processes - a backlash against globalisation; rising geopolitical competition between powers; and accelerating climate change - which are pulling at the threads binding the liberal international order together. We suggest that this order has been kinder to SIDS than is often acknowledged because its underpinning norms - sovereign equality, non-interference, and right to development - are inherently permissive and thus provide SIDS with choices rather than imperatives.
Their leaders should fight for the continuation and enhancement of that order rather than be seduced by alternatives. We provide a rationale for and examples of policies to achieve this, including reforms to the way ODA is measured, debt restructured, climate finance allocated, and global governance organised. These enhancements represent the most plausible pathway for SIDS in a period of significant global upheaval.
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| ISBN: | 9781009565332 |
| Publication date: | 30th January 2025 |
| Author: | Matthew Louis Bishop |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 75 pages |
| Series: | Elements in Earth System Governance |
| Genres: |
Climate change Geopolitics Environmental economics Islands Development economics and emerging economies Development studies |
The viability of small island developing states (SIDS) is threatened by three distinct processes - a backlash against globalisation; rising geopolitical competition between powers; and accelerating climate change - which are pulling at the threads binding the liberal international order together. We suggest that this order has been kinder to SIDS than is often acknowledged because its underpinning norms - sovereign equality, non-interference, and right to development - are inherently permissive and thus provide SIDS with choices rather than imperatives.
Sustaining Development in Small Islands features in the following genres: Climate change, Geopolitics, Environmental economics, Islands, Development economics and emerging economies, Development studies
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Sustaining Development in Small Islands was written by Matthew Louis Bishop and published by Cambridge University Press
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