Chapter1. The Crises - Poverty - Sustainability Nexus in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals and Covid-19.- Chapter2. Finance for the common good: Re-thinking the relationship between finance, poverty and sustainability.- Chapter3. Financial Crises, Environment and Transition.- Chapter4. From crisis to crisis: Conundrums of Caribbean existence in the Global Political Economy.- Chapter5. Sustainable Water Resource Development in the Lower Mekong Basin: synergies and trade-offs across borders and sectors.- Chapter6. Government Borrowing, Infrastructure and Human Development in Africa: A Panel Threshold Approach.- Chapter7. Lives, Livelihoods and Environment: The Challenge of Sustainable Development Goals in India.- Chapter8. The Nexus of Structural Adjustment, Economic Growth and Sustainability: The Case Study of Ethiopia.- Chapter9. Layered crises preventing poverty reduction: an analysis of Zambian poverty dynamics and policy implications. Chapter10. Resilience of small-scale fisheries to COVID-19: a case study from North Bali, Indonesia.- Chapter11. Challenges of targeting poor and vulnerable groups to reduce climate change vulnerability: The case of a Water and Sanitation project in Kampong Svay District, Cambodia.- Chapter12. Why recent crises and SDG implementation demand a new eco-social contract.