Wicked problem include social, cultural, economic, environmental, and political problems that is difficult or impossible to solve. These, problem whose solution requires collaboration and cooperation where large number of people to change their mindsets and behavior. Therefore, many standard examples of wicked problems come from the areas of public planning and policy, such as poverty, hunger, climate change, illiteracy, healthcare, waste management, food security, terrorism and human trafficking.
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Cross-Border Cooperation for Bilateral Trade, Travel, and Tourism: A Challenge for India and Pakistan
Anita Medhekar (Central Queensland University, Australia) and Farooq Haq (Canadian University of Dubai, UAE)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2513-5.ch010
Abstract
Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) is described as collaboration with neighbouring countries sharing land or sea borders to cooperate to reduce poverty and inequality among people, and improve living standards for sustainable development of the regions. European Union key objective has been CBC model where bordering countries in balanced partnership, have equal say in program decision-making process for sustainable development to meet common goals. The three factors essential for CBC clearly defined goals, promotion of political transparency, and promotion of connectivity and communication are correlated with the four levels of CBC implementation and public-private-partnerships. This chapter examines the challenge and significance of cross border cooperative relationship between India and Pakistan to disarm and have peace, for achieving 17 sustainable development goals in bordering conflict regions between the two countries for socio-economic progress and prosperity of the millions of people living in South Asia.