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Sustainable and Smart Cities
Kahn, Matthew E. - 2017
This paper explores the challenges and opportunities that government officials face in designing coherent' rules of the game' for achieving urban sustainability during times of growth. Sustainability is judged by three criteria. The first involves elements of day-to-day quality of life, such as...
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The Environmental Implications of Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization
Böhringer, Christoph - 2017
Organization accession allows Russia to import better technologies and reduce pollution from the "technique effect," on balance … World Trade Organization accession alone will increase environmental pollution in Russia through a shift toward dirty … industries (the "composition effect" ) and the expansion of output with its associated increase in pollution ( "scale effect …
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The Ecological Impact of Transportation Infrastructure
Asher, Samuel Edward - 2018
There is a long-standing debate over whether new roads unavoidably lead to environmental damage, especially forest loss, but causal identification has been elusive. Using multiple causal identification strategies, this paper studies the construction of new rural roads to over 100,000 villages...
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Comprehensive development plan for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and South-Southeast Mexico ; summary
2021
The Comprehensive Development Plan aims to create a sustainable development space and generate opportunities to improve the quality of life of the people of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and south-southeast Mexico, thus making migration a choice rather than an obligation. This is an joined up...
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Equality at the heart of ECLAC thinking : ideas, policies and actions from 2008 to 2022
Bárcena Ibarra, Alicia - 2022
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Assessment of the effects and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in The Bahamas
Inter-American Development Bank; Vereinte Nationen / … - 2022
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End of assignment report : 2008 - 2022
Bárcena Ibarra, Alicia - 2022
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Innovation for development : the key to a transformative recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean : third meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Co...
Meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and …; … - 2022
Science, innovation, knowledge and digital technologies have played a fundamental role in the growth potential, social inclusion and environmental sustainability of countries in recent decades, and have become even more important in the context of the crisis caused by the coronavirus disease...
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A decade of action for a change of era : fifth report on regional progress and challenges in relation to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribb...
Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the …; … - 2022
For the fifth time, the countries of the region are convening in the framework of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. On each occasion, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has presented a report on regional...
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Towards sustainable food and nutrition security in Latin America and the Caribbean in response to the global food crisis
Vereinte Nationen / Economic Commission for Latin …; … - 2022
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