 What's in a term? “Green growth†and the “blue-green economy†in the Pacific islandsMatthew Dornan, Wesley Morgan, Tess Newton Cain, and Sandra Tarte Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies from Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University Abstract: The term “green growth†and its sister concepts, “blue-green growth,†the “green economy,†and the “blue†green economy,†have gained considerable traction in the Pacific island region in a short space of time. Pacific island governments, regional organisations, and development agencies all use the terms, which originate outside of the Pacific. What (and who) has driven the adoption of green growth terminology within the region? How has its usage in the region mirrored international usage? This paper presents findings from research on the vernacularisation of green growth terminology in Fiji and Vanuatu. We find a contested policy space, where Pacific actors deploy competing meanings of green growth terms in ways that both reflect their worldviews and support their agendas. This diversity has helped to underpin the rapid spread of green growth terminology in the region, while differentiating it from international usage. Keywords: blue economy; green growth; Pacific island countries; Small Island Developing States (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, September 2018, pages 408-425 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:een:appswp:201831 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies from Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University Contact information at EDIRC. |
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