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This paper aims to analyse urban mobility patterns and consequent impacts on energy and environment in India. We … using national and urban data sets. It explores the underlying relationship among three dependent variablesenergy intensity … examined. Some policy recommendations are outlined to reduce urban transport energy use and greenhouse gases and provide …
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comprehensive study that looks at ethnic inequality in Indonesia. We find systematic inequality between urban and rural areas, but … not between ethnic groups. Our results indicate that the voiceless rural areas have been left behind by urban areas that …
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This study measures the impact of supermarkets on traditional markets in urban centers in Indonesia quantitatively …
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poverty in all sectors and locations. However, in terms of elasticity of poverty, urban services growth has the largest for … all sectors except urban agriculture. We also find that rural agriculture growth strongly reduces poverty in the rural … poverty reduction is by focusing on rural agriculture and urban services growth. In the long run, however, the focus should be …
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Content of abstract This paper provides a robust multidimensional evaluation of intra -urban differences. The … hypothesis that joint consumption of public goods of individuals in non slum urban India dominates those of individuals living in … slums is accepted while the hypothesis that consumption of private goods of individuals in non slum urban India dominates …
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Developing Asia is the driver of today’s emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future emissions, the region is critical to the task of global climate change mitigation. Reflecting this global reality and a range of related domestic issues, the governments of...
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Development of a vibrant and competitive services sector is a key characteristic of modern economies. In the developed world, services frequently account for two-thirds or three-quarters of all economic activity. The transition from agriculture through manufacturing to a services...
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growth, food security, and regional stability. This study considers four major environmental challenges that policymakers …
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Development of a vibrant and competitive services sector is a key characteristic of modern economies. In the developed world, services frequently account for two-thirds or three-quarters of all economic activity. The transition from agriculture through manufacturing to a services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278164
While bringing positive impacts and benefits, cross-border infrastructure projects face additional challenges relative to national projects. Moreover, such projects involve a variety of technical, regulatory, institutional, and legal factors, and their obstacles constrain the development of...
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