Inclusive growth and rural development

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Explore our publications relating to inclusive growth and rural development including financial inclusion, equitable digital access, and rural development to benefit marginalised populations. This includes financing sustainable agribusiness, the transformation of food systems to enhance sustainability and understanding the Australian and international trade and market systems related to agriculture.

For more information about our research in this area, visit the Inclusive Growth and Rural Development Hub.

Griffith University is aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and committed to tackling global challenges around the following goals.

SDGs 1,2,5,10,12,13,14,15

Moving to remain in place: Micro-mobilities and circular migration as adaptive strategies to gendered climate risks in Fiji and Samoa

ANDREAS NEEF   |  Climate change presents unique and pressing challenges for communities in Fiji and Samoa, where severe climatic risks threaten livelihoods, homes, and… Read More

Women, energy, and justice: Examining household cleaner energy use in Sri Lanka

MANEKA JAYASINGHE, ROHAN BEST, SELVA SELVANATHAN AND SAROJA SELVANATHAN |  Energy transition is a critical global challenge intersecting with many United Nations… Read More

No time to waste–transforming challenges into opportunities for sustainable leadership

CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL, GLORIA GE AND DIAN TJONDRONEGORO  |  There is no time to waste. As we finalised the Griffith Asia Pacific… Read More

Reimagining disability: Is inclusion a macroforce that will shape Asia and the Pacific for the next 20 years?

DIAN TJONDRONEGORO, ELIZABETH KENDALL, SHAWN HUNTER, AND ELENA MAYER-BESTING | 30 MINUTE READ | Download PDF Introduction Disability inclusion is… Read More

Living with uncertainty in Pacific island countries: Where to turn?

PETER DIROU, LUKE FORAU AND PARMENDRA SHARMA | 30 MINUTE READ | Download PDF Introduction A phrase that captures… Read More

Prioritising disaster-resilient communications in the Pacific

JACK WHELAN | News of the devastating 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Vanuatu reached our screens within hours on 17 December 2024. Early reports,… Read More

2024: A year of transformation in Asia and the Pacific

CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL  |  The Asia-Pacific region continues to dominate global headlines, with a year full of political shifts, economic developments, climate actions, and strategic… Read More

Resilience and challenges: A decade of insights from the Pacific Islands Export Survey

LUKE HOUGHTON | For the past decade, the Pacific Islands Export Survey, conducted biennially by Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) with support from the Pacific Islands… Read More

Empowering Pacific entrepreneurs: Building a resilient ecosystem for innovation

SHAWN HUNTER, SAMEER DESHPANDE, RON BEVACQUA , JEFF LIEW AND PETER MORGAN  | Small-scale enterprises play a pivotal role in the… Read More

Driving economic resilience: Pacific Trade Invest’s decade of progress

LUKE HOUGHTON | Download PDF Citation: Houghton, Luke, 2024, Driving economic resilience: Pacific Trade Investment’s decade of progress, Griffith Asia Institute,… Read More