ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF GREEN TRANSFORMATION: PATHWAYS, TRADE-OFFS, AND EQUITY IMPLICATIONS
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green transformation; just transition; green jobs; carbon pricing; energy poverty; distributional effects; labour market; regional inequality; social protection; UzbekistanAbstract
The global green transformation — defined as the systemic reorientation of production structures, energy systems, and consumption patterns toward environmental sustainability — carries profound and unevenly distributed economic and social consequences that remain insufficiently theorised in both academic literature and policy discourse. While the macroeconomic benefits of decarbonisation are increasingly well-documented, the distributional dynamics of the transition — encompassing labour market displacement, energy poverty, regional deindustrialisation, and the fiscal burden of compensatory social policy — demand systematic empirical investigation and theoretically grounded policy responses. The study concludes with a framework of policy recommendations specifically tailored to the institutional context of transition economies such as Uzbekistan, where the intersection of hydrocarbon dependency, high youth unemployment, and nascent social protection systems creates a distinctive configuration of green transformation challenges and opportunities.Downloads
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