STUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOW-CARBON POLICIES IN MACAO

ABSTRACT

IN THE 21ST CENTURY, POVERTY STILL REMAINS A SERIOUS ISSUE FOR THE WORLD, HALTING DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF NATIONS. SDG 1 REFERS TO THE FIRST SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDG) ESTABLISHED BY UNITED NATIONS. IT HAS AS GOAL TO “END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS EVERYWHERE”. CAPE VERDE AS AN UN MEMBER ALSO ADOPTED IT AND ALIGNED NATIONAL POLICIES TO ACHIEVE IT. THIS THESIS AIMED TO ANALYZE THE DIFFERENT POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CAPE VERDE TO IMPLEMENT SDG 1. MOREOVER, THIS DISSERTATION WILL ALSO POINT OUT THE DIFFERENT ACTORS BEHIND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SGD 1 IN CABO VERDE (BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTORS), AS WELL AS FIND OUT THEIR ROLE IN ALLEVIATING POVERTY IN CABO VERDE, IN OTHER WORDS, HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN CABO VERDE. BASED ON A QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY, USING DOCUMENT ANALYSIS AS METHOD TO COLLECT THE DATA AND FURTHER USING THEMATIC ANALYSIS TO ANALYZE, CODE AND CATEGORIZE THE COLLECTED DATA, THE STUDY WAS ABLE TO ANSWER THE TWO RESEARCH QUESTIONS: RESEARCH QUESTION 1: WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CAPE VERDE TO IMPLEMENT SDG 1. RESEARCH QUESTION 2: WHO AND WHAT ARE THE ROLES OF THE ACTORS INVOLVED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SDG 1 IN CAPE VERDE? THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY REVEALED THAT: AS TO RESEARCH QUESTION 1, THE STUDY FOUND OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CAPE VERDE HAS ADOPTED SEVERAL POLICIES GEARED TOWARDS POVERTY REDUCTION. SUCH POLICIES INCLUDED SOCIAL PROTECTION POLICIES, INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES, INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION POLICIES, INVESTMENT IN HEALTH POLICIES, INVESTMENT IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION POLICIES, GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT POLICIES, JOB CREATION POLICIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION POLICIES. AS FOR RESEARCH QUESTION 2, THE STUDY 4 REVEALED THERE ARE TWO MAIN ACTORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SDG 1, GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. ON ONE HAND, THE GOVERNMENT OF CAPE VERDE IS FOCUSED ON CREATING AND ADOPTING POLICES THAT TARGET THE POOR, AS RESULT THIS MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN LIFT FROM POVERTY OR AT LEAST AVOID THEY SINKING INTO DEEPER POVERTY. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PARTNERS (HERE KNOWN AS ACTORS) HELPING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SDG 1 IN CAPE VERDE WORK AS A BACKUP FOR THE GOVERNMENT, HELPING IT ON OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO SDG 1 IMPLEMENTATION SUCH AS KNOWLEDGE AND CAPITAL PROVISION AND SO ON. THE CAPE VERDE GOVERNMENT IS DEDICATED TO REDUCING POVERTY, FOCUSING ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND MIGRATION PHENOMENON. THESE FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO POVERTY AND EXACERBATE IT. DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES, THE OVERALL OUTLOOK ON POVERTY REDUCTION IN CAPE VERDE IS OPTIMISTIC, INDICATING A SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY