Sustainable Development in East Asia

East Asia plays a crucial role in the contemporary world, not only as a center of rapid economic growth but also as a region facing challenges in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the context of global efforts toward sustainable development, the role of East Asia is becoming increasingly significant due to its impact on the world economy and the environment. It seems evident that without considerable involvement from Asia, including East Asia, achieving the SDGs globally will be impossible. This book presents both European and Asian perspectives on sustainability issues in East Asia, emphasizing the economic, political, and legal characteristics of the East Asian region, understood as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states plus China, Japan, and South Korea (ASEAN+3). This is a significant backdrop for further in- depth research on selected dimensions of sustainability in East Asia, which are particularly important for achieving the SDGs. It explores various aspects that constitute the region's pursuit of sustainable development, analyzing them from the perspective of several dimensions. These include the normative- institutional dimension of cooperation among East Asian countries in implementing sustainable development; the promotion of sustainable trade in the region; sustainable consumption and production as a central challenge to East Asia's sustainability; and the role of the services sector in advancing SDG targets related to decent work. The book's interdisciplinary approach makes it a useful guide for researchers, scholars, and students specializing in sustainable development, development economics, international economics, international law, and political sciences, as well as policymakers and activists striving to achieve or promote the SDGs. Chapters 4 and 5 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Krzysztof Falkowski is Associate Professor in the World Economy Research Institute at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Poland), whose research interests focus on international competitiveness, development economics, sustainable development, and East Asia. He is a member of international scientific associations - namely, EBES, WEA, WINIR, and EAEPE.

List of figures. List of tables. List of contributors. Selected abbreviations. Introduction. 1 Sustainability from an East Asian perspective: a general insight. 2 Normative-institutional dimension of cooperation of East Asian countries in the implementation of sustainable development. 3 Enhancing sustainable trade in East Asia. 4 Sustainable consumption and production as a challenge to sustainability in East Asia. 5 Sustainable Development Goal for decent work in East Asia: a focus on the services sector. Index.