Xiumei Guo and Dora Marinova - Sustainability and Development in Asia and the Pacific: Emerging Policy Issues

SUSTAINABILITY AND
DEVELOPMENT IN
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Emerging Policy Issues

SUSTAINABILITY AND
DEVELOPMENT IN
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Emerging Policy Issues

Editors

Xiumei Guo

Curtin University, Australia

Dora Marinova

Curtin University, Australia

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Guo, Xiumei, 1964 editor. | Marinova, Dora, editor.

Title: Sustainability and development in Asia and the Pacific : emerging policy issues / edited by

Xiumei Guo (Curtin University, Australia), Dora Marinova (Curtin University, Australia).

Description: New Jersey : World Scientific, [2018]

Identifiers: LCCN 2018010674 | ISBN 9789813235991 (hc : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Sustainable development--Asia. | Sustainable development--Pacific Area.

Classification: LCC HC415.E5 S8625 2018 | DDC 338.95/07--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018010674

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Acknowledgment

Many people made this publication possible and we acknowledge the work and commitment to sustainability of all contributors and reviewers. This book would have not happened without you!

We also thank our loved ones Ana, Mira, Nikolay, Daniel, Alex, Amy, David, and Yanrui, who missed our company while we were busy working on this project.

List of Contributors

Wayan Widya Arsanaobtained his doctoral degree from the University of Western Australia. He worked in the Statistics Office, Bali, Indonesia. He is currently associated with the Business School, University of Western Australia.

Buddika M. B. Bulathsinhalageis a science graduate whose working experience is in the development sector including fishing communities in Sri Lanka and also the shared experience with international communities represented in Nepal and Bangladesh. She is a licensed Consultative Group to assist the poorest trainer to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and a Sustainability Analyst to the Lanka Microfinance Practitioners Association which addresses poverty through sustainable microfinancing. She also was a visiting lecturer on microfinance sustainability at the University of Colombo. Currently, Buddika is completing her PhD research on climate change and fishers in Sri Lanka.

Md. Maruf Hossan Chowdhuryis a lecturer in Operations & Supply Chain Management, University of Technology Sydney. Previously he taught at the University of Western Australia, Curtin University and the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.