Note: Intro -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- 1: The Crises-Poverty-Sustainability Nexus in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals and Covid-19 -- 1 Green Aspects of Covid-19 Support and Recovery Strategies: Building Back Better? -- 2 Rethinking our Approach: From 'Net Zero' to 'Do no Harm' -- 3 From 'Structural Adjustment' to 'Sustainability Adjustment': Towards a New Eco-Social Contract -- 4 This Volume -- References -- 2: Finance for the Common Good: Re-Thinking the Relationship between Finance, Poverty and Sustainability -- 1 Introduction: Finance and its Limits -- 2 Towards an Alternative -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- 3: Financial Crises, Environment and Transition -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Financial Crises and Impacts on the Environment -- 2.1 The Debate on the Environmental Kuznets Curve -- 2.2 Studies on Recent Major Financial Crises -- 2.3 The Dynamic Relationship between Financial Crises and Environment -- 2.4 From Financial Crises to the Great Stagnation -- 3 Financial Crises & -- Great Stagnation: Empirical Evidence on Air Quality, Biodiversity, and Forests -- 3.1 Atmospheric Emissions -- 3.1.1 Financial Crises during the Period 1970-2015 -- 3.1.2 The Great Stagnation -- 3.2 Forests and Deforestation -- 3.2.1 Financial Crises during the Period 1980-2015 -- 3.2.2 The Great Stagnation -- 3.3 Biodiversity -- 3.3.1 Financial Crises during the Period 1980-2015 -- 3.3.2 The Great Stagnation -- 3.4 Summary of Findings -- 3.4.1 Financial Crises -- 3.4.2 Great Stagnation -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 4: From Crisis to Crisis: Conundrums of Caribbean Existence in the Global Political Economy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Defining Caribbean States, Territories and SIDS -- 3 The SDGs and the Caribbean. , 4 (Post-)Colonial Context and Caribbean Integration in the Global Political Economy -- 5 Caribbean Tourism and the SDGs -- 6 Rent Seeking: Offshore, Citizen Investor Programmes and the SDGs -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- 5: Sustainable Water Resource Development in the Lower Mekong Basin: Synergies and Trade-Offs across Borders and Sectors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Challenges to Water Security in the Mekong River Basin -- 3 Scenarios Formulation for Impact Assessment -- 3.1 The Scenarios Formulation: The First Basin Impact Assessment -- 3.2 Scenarios Formulation: The Second Basin Impact Assessment -- 3.2.1 Early Development Scenario (2007)-M1 Scenario -- 3.2.2 Definite Future Scenario (2020)-M2 Scenario -- 3.2.3 Planned Development Scenario (2040)-M3 Scenario -- 3.2.4 Sustainability Index -- 3.2.5 Cross-Sector Impacts -- 3.2.6 Transboundary Impacts -- 4 Key Results in Water Resources Development Scenarios in LMB -- 4.1 Results of the First Basin Impact Assessment -- 4.1.1 Definite Scenario -- 4.1.2 LMB 20-Year Plan Scenario without Mainstream Dams -- 4.1.3 LMB 20-Year Plan Scenario without Lower Mainstream Dams -- 4.1.4 LMB 20 Year Plan Scenario with all Mainstream Dams -- 4.1.5 LMB 20-Year Plan Scenario without Cambodian Mainstream Dams -- 4.1.6 LMB 20-Year Plan Scenario without Thai Mainstream Dams -- 4.1.7 Mekong Delta Flood Management Scenario -- 4.2 Results of the 2st Basin Impact Assessment -- 4.2.1 SDG-Based Sustainability Index -- 4.2.2 Benefits and Impacts -- 5 Managing Sustainability: Cooperation for Water Management in the Mekong Basin -- 5.1 Facilitation of Multi-Stakeholder Water Diplomacy -- 6 Conclusions and Policy Implications -- References -- 6: Government Borrowing, Infrastructure and Human Development in Africa: A Panel Threshold Approach -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Methodology. , 3.1 Empirical Model -- 3.2 Data Source -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Summary Statistics -- 4.2 Threshold Effect Test and Estimation Results -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 7: Lives, Livelihoods and Environment: The Challenge of Sustainable Development Goals in India -- 1 Introduction-How India Has Addressed the SDGs So Far -- 2 Jal, Jangal, Jameen, Janvar, Jalvayu-The Basis of Lives and Livelihoods -- 2.1 Jal-Water -- 2.2 Jangal-Forest -- 2.3 Jameen-Land -- 2.4 Livelihoods and Jal, Jangal, Jameen -- 3 Investment Required Sources for SDGs -- 3.1 For Lives-Health and Education -- 3.2 For Livelihoods-Wage and Self-Employment -- 3.2.1 Agriculture -- 3.2.2 Non-Agricultural Wage Employment -- 3.3 For Environmental Regeneration -- 3.4 Overall Requirement of Financing and where Can it Come from -- 4 Yet, the Government Has to Continue to Be the Lead Financier -- 5 Additional Financing for SDGs on Lives, Livelihoods and the Environment -- 5.1 Individual Household Financing -- 5.2 Community Financing -- 5.3 Donor and CSR Financed NGO Efforts -- 5.4 Banks and Financial Institutions -- 5.4.1 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) -- 5.4.2 Banks Loans for Livelihoods -- 5.4.3 Bank Financing for Environmental Regeneration -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 8: The Nexus of Structural Adjustment, Economic Growth and Sustainability: The Case of Ethiopia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Economic Reform and Financial Stabilization in Ethiopia -- 3 Structural Adjustment, Financial Sustainability and Economic Growth in Ethiopia -- 4 Triple Bottom Line (TBL) Evaluation of Ethiopia's Structural Adjustment Policies -- 4.1 Economy -- 4.2 Equity -- 4.3 Environmental Sustainability -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 9: Layered Crises Preventing Poverty Reduction: An Analysis of Zambian Poverty Dynamics and Policy Implications. , 1 Introduction -- 2 Overview of Poverty Dynamics in Zambia -- 3 Widespread Chronic Poverty: Interlocking Multiple Stressors -- 4 Narrowing Escape Routes -- 5 Growing Downward Pressures 2015-19, and Covid 19 in 2020 -- 6 Conclusion and Policy Priorities -- References -- 10: Resilience of Small-Scale Fisheries to COVID-19: A Case Study from North Bali, Indonesia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Scope and Approach -- 2.1 Study Location Fisheries in North Bali -- 2.2 Research Framework, Data Collection and Analysis -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Fisher Households -- 3.2 Medical Infrastructure -- 3.3 Preparedness -- 3.4 Social Adaptability -- 3.5 Communication -- 3.6 Historical Data -- 3.7 Household Income Diversification -- 3.8 Fisheries Supply and Demand -- 3.9 Fisher Income -- 3.10 Financial Habits -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 Community Vulnerability -- 4.1.1 Health -- 4.1.2 Economic -- 4.1.3 Environment -- 4.2 Community Resilience -- 4.2.1 Health -- 4.2.2 Economic -- 4.2.3 Environment -- 5 Conclusion -- 5.1 Implications on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- 5.2 Policy Considerations -- References -- 11: Challenges of Targeting Poor and Vulnerable Groups to Reduce Climate Change Vulnerability: The Case of a Water and Sanitation Project in Kampong Svay District, Cambodia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Resilient Infrastructure and Beneficiary Selection Criteria -- 4 Methodology -- 5 Study Site -- 6 Results -- 6.1 Profile of Different Vulnerable Groups -- 6.2 Factors that Hinder the Project Beneficiaries -- 6.2.1 Lack of Family Labor -- 6.2.2 Climate Change (Extreme Heat) -- 6.2.3 Livelihood Strategy for Poor Households (Different Priorities) -- 6.2.4 Technical Support from the Government -- 7 Conclusion and Recommendations -- References. , 12: Why Recent Crises and SDG Implementation Demand a New Eco-Social Contract -- 1 Introduction: Threats to our Global Compact-How Multiple Crises Undermine the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and why we Need a New Eco-Social Contract -- 2 Stalled Progress: The Impact of Recent Crises on Poverty, Inequality and Climate Change -- 3 Claims for a New Social Contract: Actors and Contestations -- 4 Looking Back to Build Forward Better: Recognising the Diversity of Social Contracts, Challenges and Lessons Learned -- 5 The Way Forward: Pathways towards a New Eco-Social Contract to Achieve Sustainable Development for People and Planet -- References -- Index.