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The book illustrates and analyzes separately the relationships between language and gender and language and disability. By interlacing legal and linguistic approaches, the book aims at unraveling challenges and criticisms surrounding the use of the language which are likely to impair and violate the constitutional and supranational principle of equality and non-discrimination. Despite the variety of implications and the specifics of each language, the book chooses to hinge more broadly on the Italian and German languages, unified by being both examples of “gendered languages”.

Gender --- Disability --- German, Italian --- Language --- Non-Discrimination --- Diversity --- Inclusiveness

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Women's economic empowerment is not a new issue; nevertheless, it continues to challenge governments and development assistance agencies. One of the reasons for this hurdle may well be that gender advocates and growth devotees are speaking different languages when there is a huge space for them to collaborate effectively and pursue both agendas simultaneously. This paper outlines a framework for gender-enhanced growth diagnostics that can be used to identify win-win solutions based on policies that target jointly the binding constraints to economic growth and those limiting female economic participation. The welfare gain from such a reform surpasses the gain from a pro-growth reform addressing only the binding constraint to growth or that from a pro-gender reform aimed at closing gender gaps. Using Turkey's country growth diagnostics and data on gender gaps, the paper uses the approach to identify those constraints to women's economic empowerment that align with national growth priorities and may therefore gain greater traction with policy makers.

Economic Development --- Economic Efficiency --- Economic Growth --- Empowerment --- Gender Inclusiveness --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Poverty Reduction

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With a population of 16 million, Karachi is the largest megacity in Pakistan. Despite being a large city that is home to many, it has seen a substantial decline in quality of life and economic competitiveness in recent decades. Basic service delivery is very poor, with very low indicators for water supply, sanitation, public transport and public spaces. Pollution levels are high, and the city is vulnerable to disasters and climate change. A highly complex political economy, institutional fragmentation, land contestation, crime and security issues and social exclusion exacerbate these issues and make city management challenging.The Karachi City Diagnostic and Transformation Strategy attempts to present detailed data on the economy, livability and key urban services of the city, by identifying and quantifying the requirements to bridge the services gap in the city. It also proposes pathways towards the transformation of Karachi into a more livable, inclusive and economically competitive city by outlining policy actions that the city can undertake.The first part of the report provides an in-depth review of Karachi and is organized into three themes focused on key aspects of city management: (i) city growth and prosperity discussing city economy, competitiveness, business environment and poverty; (ii) city livability discussing urban and spatial planning, urban governance and municipal service delivery (water and sanitation, public transport and solid waste); and (iii) sustainability and inclusiveness discussing the city's long term resilience based on fiscal management, disaster resilience and climate change, and social inclusion. In each section, a diagnostic is provided on the issues, along with possible prioritized actions to resolve them.The second part of the report concludes by identifying four pillars for city transformation. These include: (i) building inclusive, coordinated and accountable institutions; (ii) greening Karachi for sustainability and resilience; (iii) leveraging on the city's economic, social and environmental assets; and (iv) creating a smart city through smart policies and technology.

Competitive Cities --- Inclusiveness --- Livability --- Municipal Services --- Private Sector Financing --- Public Spaces --- Sustainability --- Urban Planning --- Urban Resilience --- Urban Transport --- Water And Sanitation --- Karachi (Pakistan) --- History.

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This open access book makes a case for a socially inclusive energy transition and illustrates how engineering and public policy professionals can contribute to shaping an inclusive energy transition, building on a socio-technical systems engineering approach. Accomplishing a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions economy in 2050 is a daunting challenge. This book explores the challenges of the energy transition from the perspectives of technological innovation, public policy, social values and ethics. It elaborates on two particular gaps in the design of public policy interventions focused on decarbonization of the energy system and discusses how both could be remedied. First, the siloed organization of public administration fails to account for the many interdependencies between the energy sector, the mobility system, digital infrastructure and the built environment. Cross-sector coordination of policies and policy instruments is needed to avoid potentially adverse effects upon society and the economy, which may hamper the energy transition rather than accelerate it. Second, energy and climate policies pay insufficient attention to the social values at stake in the energy transition. In addressing these gaps, this book intends to inspire decision makers engaged in the energy transition to embrace the transition as an opportunity to bring a more inclusive society into being.

Energy transition. --- Energy transition --- Social aspects. --- Global energy transition --- Transition, Energy --- Transition, Global energy --- Energy development --- Energy Systems --- Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing --- Public Policy --- Climate Change Management and Policy --- Energy Grids and Networks --- Industrial Management --- Earth System Sciences --- Energy Transition --- Smart Energy Systems --- Energy Poverty --- Social Inclusiveness --- Open Access --- Energy technology & engineering --- Engineering: general --- Management of specific areas --- Public administration --- The environment

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The Rio Declaration of 1992 and its agenda for action in the twenty first century—Agenda 21—were bold attempts at steering the nations in the world in the direction of ecologically sustainable development, a direction including social and environmental justice on a global scale. It did not take long, however, when the meaning of the word ’sustainable’ became diluted, sometimes even in the direction of an empty 'sustainababble´. Thus, what we see today is a huge variety of more or less scholarly based ‘sustainability’ imaginaries stating what the major problems facing humanity are represented to be and how they should be acted upon by science, economy, politics, and in everyday life. In other words, 'sustainability' is not enough. To evade the impression that the word may simply encourage the sustaining of an unjust status quo and that everyone has common interests in 'sustainable urban development' research and policy practice have to unmask the real conflicts of interest hidden behind the use of slippery language.

Research & information: general --- Environmental economics --- just city --- climate just city --- ‘the right to the city’ --- climate change adaptation --- power --- equity --- urban planning --- deliberative democracy --- ecological reflexivity --- reflexive governance --- participation --- regulation --- risk --- transparency --- public-private partnership --- Nordic --- governance --- housing --- future proof cities --- sustainability --- urban development --- Doughnut Economics --- sustainable city --- local political engagement --- citizen --- citizenship --- resident --- inclusiveness --- exclusiveness --- social innovation --- social enterprise --- policy analysis --- problem representation --- individual activation --- social sustainability --- climate --- litigation --- separation of powers --- legitimacy --- consumption --- degrowth --- geography --- register data --- voluntary simplicity --- Sweden --- urban resilience --- crisis --- flexibility --- innovation --- knowledge production --- n/a --- 'the right to the city'