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Geography and institutions : a review of plausible and implausible linkages

Olsson, Ola (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Building Resilience : Integrating Climate and Disaster Risk into Development

World Bank - 2014

This report presents the World Bank Group's experience in climate and disaster resilient development and contends that … collaboration between the climate resilience and disaster risk management communities through the incorporation of climate and … Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The introduction provides an overview of the UNFCCC and also introduces key …

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World - Climate Services Operational Pathways : Pathways for Transforming Weather, Water, and Climate Services in Jamaica

World Bank - 2022

This report was commissioned by climate investment funds (CIF's) E and L initiative to distill lessons from CIF's pilot … program on climate resilience (PPCR) support identifying, designing, and implementing hydrometeorological and climate services … national hydrological and meteorological services to develop, deliver, and strengthen hydrometeorological and climate services …

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World - Climate Services Operational Pathways : Pathways for Transforming Weather, Water, and Climate Services in Mozambique

World Bank - 2022

This study was commissioned by climate investment funds (CIF's) E and L initiative to distill lessons from CIF's pilot … program on climate resilience (PPCR) support in identifying, designing, and implementing hydrometeorological and climate … climate services. The outputs from the study comprise of one synthesis report and three country studies for Jamaica …

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World - Climate Services Operational Pathways : Pathways for Transforming Weather, Water, and Climate Services in Nepal

World Bank - 2021

This study was commissioned by climate investment funds (CIF's) E and L initiative to distill lessons from CIF's pilot … program on climate resilience (PPCR) support identifying, designing, and implementing hydrometeorological and climate services … national hydrological and meteorological agencies to develop, deliver, and strengthen hydrometeorological and climate services …

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Domestic water pricing with household surveys : a study of acceptability and willingness to pay in Chongqing, China

Wang, Hua - 2008

"In determining domestic water prices, policy makers often need to use information about the demand side rather than only relying on information about the supply side. Household surveys have frequently been employed to collect demand-side information. This paper presents a multiple bounded...

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The value of mortality risk reductions in Delhi, India

Bhattacharya, Soma - 2006

"The authors interviewed commuters in Delhi, India, asking them to report their willingness to pay (WTP) to reduce their risk of dying in road traffic accidents in each of three scenarios that mirror the circumstances under which the majority of the road fatalities in Delhi occur. The WTP...

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The use of willingness to pay experiments : estimating demand for piped water connections in Sri Lanka

Van Houtven, George (contributor) - 2006

"The authors show how willingness to pay surveys can be used to gauge household demand for improved network water and sanitation services. They do this by presenting a case-study from Sri Lanka, where they surveyed approximately 1,800 households in 2003. Using multivariate regression, they show...

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Environment as cultural heritage : the Armenian diaspora's willingness-to-pay

Laplante, Benot - 2005

"Laplante, Meisner, and Wang present a study of willingness-to-pay of the Armenian Diaspora in the United States to protect Armenia's Lake Sevan, a unique and precious symbol of the Armenian cultural heritage. Dichotomous choice contingent valuation questions were asked in mail surveys to elicit...

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Phasing out polluting motorcycles in Bangkok : policy design by using contingent valuation surveys

Xie, Jian (contributor) - 2004

"Xie, Shah, Capannelli and Wang use a contingent valuation method to study the design of economic incentives to phase out polluting motorcycles in Bangkok. Like in many other cities, the government of Bangkok has been considering a series of control measures to discourage and eventually...

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