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  1. Prosumerism and energy sustainability
    Author: Korsnes, Marius; Labanca, Nicola; Campos, Inês; Serrenho, Tiago; Della Valle, Nives; Bertoldi, Paolo
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg

    This report develops a sociotechnical understanding of energy prosumerism to investigate how energy prosumerism, as an alternative production and consumption pattern, can lead to actual reductions of energy and material resource demand. The report... more

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    This report develops a sociotechnical understanding of energy prosumerism to investigate how energy prosumerism, as an alternative production and consumption pattern, can lead to actual reductions of energy and material resource demand. The report starts out by explaining what a sociotechnical perspective entails and what is meant by prosumerism. Thereafter, the report discusses how energy implications of prosumerism can be enlightened by the concepts of use value and sharing as well as by the study of historical changes that occurred in the delegation to machines and by studies in the area of thermodynamics and social metabolism. Then, it summarises already existing sociotechnical research on renewable energy generation and domestic energy use, focusing in particular on energy communities. The different types of energy communities can represent specific types of sociotechnical innovations whose role in the energy transition and whose environmental, social and economic impacts are still object of study and debate. Thus, it is critical to clarify how new forms of prosumerism represented by collectives of citizens actively involved in energy production, consumption and distribution, are progressively gaining a relevant role in the energy transition. For example, it becomes important to achieve a better understanding of the meaning and typologies of existing energy communities, how these communities relate to new forms of governance and citizen involvement, to new business and financial models, to technological innovations, and how it can be expected they will contribute to the energy transition. The report discusses in particular how, over the past decades, community energy has taken many forms: from projects 100% owned by local communities to others that imply a co-ownership with the private sector and/or local authorities. The report then delves into the matter of energy sustainability by explicating the concept of sufficiency and how it can allow achieving actual reductions instead of continued escalations of energy use. Finally, it concludes with the main findings that a broader and more nuanced understanding of energy prosumerism can provide a novel conceptualisation relating to energy provision and everyday life that can lead to future reductions in energy use, as well as to a more multifaceted policy response that moves away from business as usual and towards more variegated and radical propositions for achieving sustainable energy use in the future.

     
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  2. Covid-19 and market power in local credit markets
    the role of digitalization
    Author: Silva, Thiago Christiano; Souza, Sergio Rubens Stancato de; Guerra, Solange Maria
    Published: May 2022
    Publisher:  Bank for International Settlements, Monetary and Economic Department, [Basel]

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Series: BIS working papers ; no 1017
    Subjects: COVID-19; market power; digitalization; information technology; Lerner index
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  3. Information technology, business sustainability and female economic participation in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Author: Asongu, Simplice; Rahman, Mushfiqur; Alghababsheh, Mohammad
    Published: [2022]
    Publisher:  African Governance and Development Institute, [Yaoundé]

    This study assesses how business/financial sustainability in the perspective of financial stability moderates information technology to influence female economic participation in 49 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2008-2018. The... more

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    This study assesses how business/financial sustainability in the perspective of financial stability moderates information technology to influence female economic participation in 49 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2008-2018. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions that enabled the study to account for the censored nature of the outcome variables. The following important findings are established. First, ICT dynamics (mobile phone penetration, internet penetration and fixed broadband subscriptions) are consistently moderated by business sustainability to positively affect female employment in the industry. Second, business sustainability scores need to exceed certain thresholds before moderating fixed broadband subscriptions to induce favorable overall effects on female employment, female labour force participation and female unemployment rates. These thresholds are 18.742 and 19.505 Z-scores for positive effects on female employment and female labour force participation, respectively and a Z-score of 17.300 for a negative impact on female unemployment. The thresholds which should be exceeded are within policy reach, make economic sense and are policy relevant. The study contributes to the extant literature by providing actionable thresholds of business sustainability that can be employed by policy makers in order for information technology to positively influence female economic inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa.

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    hdl: 10419/269064
    Series: AGDI working paper ; WP/22, 057
    Subjects: information technology; business sustainability; gender inclusion
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 23 Seiten)
  4. Regional Digital Trade Integration Index (Version 1)
    a guide
    Published: 20 June 2022
    Publisher:  United Nations, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Trade, Investment and Innovation Division, Bangkok, Thailand

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    hdl: 11362/48261
    Subjects: information and communications technologies (ICTs); international trade; regional integration; economic integration; technological innovations; digital technology; internet; information technology; communication technology; international cooperation; statistical data
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 92 Seiten), Illustrationen
  5. Does IT help?
    information technology in banking and entrepreneurship
    Author: Ahnert, Toni; Doerr, Sebastian; Pierri, Nicola; Timmer, Yannick
    Published: February 2022
    Publisher:  Bank for International Settlements, Monetary and Economic Department, [Basel]

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    Series: BIS working papers ; no 998
    Subjects: technology in banking; entrepreneurship; information technology; collateral; screening
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  6. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) as catalyst for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) at the local level in Africa
    Author: Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice
    Published: [2022]
    Publisher:  African Governance and Development Institute, [Yaoundé]

    This study evaluates if information and communication technologies (ICTs) can play a role of catalyst for the achievement of most of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at local level in African countries. We use the... more

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    This study evaluates if information and communication technologies (ICTs) can play a role of catalyst for the achievement of most of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at local level in African countries. We use the Afrobarometer Round 7 Surveys, and base our empirical methodology on 2SLS-IV regressions to take into account the concern of reverse causality. The findings reveal that ICTs have a positive and significant effect on the achievement of SDGs, notably, in eight out of thirteen goals (Goal 1 "No poverty", Goal 2 "Zero Hunger", Goal 6 "Clean water and sanitation", Goal 8 "Decent work and economic growth", Goal 11 "Sustainable cities and communities", Goal 5 "Gender equality", Goal 7 "Affordable and clean energy", Goal 9 "Industry, innovation and infrastructure"). The results suggest that ICTs can help to accelerate progress towards SDGs in Africa.

     
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    Language: English
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    hdl: 10419/298177
    Series: AGDI working paper ; WP/22, 084
    Subjects: information technology; inclusive development; sustainable development
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 26 Seiten)