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'The Sustainable Development Quagmire'

'The Sustainable Development Quagmire'

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'The Sustainable Development Quagmire'
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<strong>SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, ORGANISATION AND DISARMAMENT</strong> a seminar on <strong>'The Sustainable Development Quagmire'</strong> United Nation's Agenda 2030 - adopted a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to eradicate poverty, establish socioeconomic inclusion and protect the environment. Critical voices have expressed concerns about the potential incompatibility of the SDGs, specifically the incompatibility of socio-economic development and environmental sustainability. In an earlier work, we test, quantify and model the alleged inconsistency of SDGs. We conclude that the SDG agenda will fail as a whole if we continue with business as usual. Our empirical evidence shows that these inconsistencies result from the focus on economic growth and consumption as a means for development. Taking this analysis further, we employ structural equation model to investigate which of these three: economic growth, social inclusion and environment - are more effective in reaching sustainable development. We also suggest a new measure of sustainable development and compare it to some of the existing ones. <strong>DR RANJULA BALI SWAIN</strong> Visiting Professor, MISUM (Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets), Stockholm School of Economics &amp; Professor of Economics, Södertörn University Ranjula Bali Swain is a Visiting Professor to the Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets at the Stockholm School of Economics and a Professor of Economics at Södertörn University. She is also affiliated to Uppsala University and the Centre for European Research in Microfinance (Cermi) at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management. Her main research interests are in environmental economics, microeconometrics and development economics. Her current projects (funded by Vetenskapsrådet (VR) and Formas) are on Economic Resilience and Sustainability and data-driven approach to analyse dynamical systems in economics. The main objective of the project on Economic Resilience and Sustainability is to model and test the theory of dynamic welfare and sustainability analysis while taking into account the value of ecosystem resilience. The VR funded 'Development Space' project uses data-driven approach to develop an index for measuring sustainable development that integrates the 'core pillars' of growth as defined by the post-2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Another project quantifies the gap between the scientifically stipulated target for Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and our model's predicted GHG emissions by 2020, to test mechanisms to suggest policy options to reduce this gap in the foreseeable future. She has also published extensively on microfinance with several scientific articles and a book, The Microfinance Impact (Taylor and Francis Books: Routledge, London and New York, 2012). Bali Swain has a doctorate in economics from Uppsala University, and has worked for the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Geneva in the past. <strong>Wednesday, 26 October 2016</strong>

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.