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We present results from the Economy of the North (ECONOR) projects on the circumpolar Arctic economy and socio-economic conditions, as economic background for studies of geopolitical challenges of the Arctic. The ECONOR reports describe how the economy and livelihoods in the Arctic are conditioned by the global economy and climate change, and gives overviews of the regional Arctic economies, with economic and socio-economic indicators, gross regional product and disposable income of households. This can give a background for understanding how the resource wealth of the Arctic and differences in policy and institutions shape the Arctic economy and socio-economic outcomes and conditions for sustainability. We describe how the ECONOR approach gives insight into the economic background for geopolitical interest in the Arctic, given the abundance of natural resources.
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Not available for Arctic regions in Finland and Sweden as national data on infant mortality are no longer regionalized.
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Acknowledgements for the Co-Authors of the ECONOR Report
This chapter draws upon material and text developed by many co-authors of the ECONOR reports and the circumpolar ECONOR network. Their contributions are gratefully acknowledged, and their names are found in the ECONOR reports. In particular, we acknowledge the contributions to the results presented in this book chapter by Mads Fægteborg, Mia Olsen Siegstad, Hunter T. Snyder, Wilbert van Rooij, Ellen Inga Turi, and Taoyuan Wei.
Acknowledgment for Funding and Other Support The ECONOR reports are made for the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), and the work is lead by Norway, co-lead by Canada, USA and Saami council, and funded by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Nordic Council of Ministers, with support from the participating institutions, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) and Research Council of Norway. Data and results are made possible through extensive cooperation of the circumpolar ECONOR network of statisticians and researchers. Funding, support and other contributions are gratefully acknowledged.
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Glomsrød, S. et al. (2020). Arctic Economies Between Geopolitical Tensions and Provision of Livelihoods: Insights from the ECONOR Approach. In: Weber, J. (eds) Handbook on Geopolitics and Security in the Arctic. Frontiers in International Relations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45005-2_13
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