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Resilience capacity of South countries with respect to the global economic crisis: an empirical comparative analysis of Sub-Saharan African and Latin American countries
Lessoua, Albert; Diaw, Diadié; Sokic, Alexandre; … - EcoMod Network - 2013
This paper deals with the problem of vulnerability of developing countries and their resilience capacity with respect to external shocks. The analysis particularly considers the countries of Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Although the transmission risks of the 2007 financial crisis were...
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Efficient Development Portfolio Design for Sub-Saharan Africa
Wiebe, Kirsten Svenja; Zon, Adriaan van - EcoMod Network - 2011
The Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (Stiglitz et al., 2009) published in September 2009 has brought back to the attention of policy makers and researchers that measuring a country’s development solely on the basis of GDP or GDP per capita...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010902780
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What Makes Oil Revenue Funds Effective
Azhgaliyeva, Dina - EcoMod Network - 2013
Recently it has become popular among oil-producing countries to establish oil revenue funds, which are believed to stabilize the economy. However their effectiveness is still under debates. The objectives of this paper to determine what makes funds effective in oil-producing countries. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886662
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EVIDENCE OF ELECTRICITY THEFT FROM ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN PAKISTAN
Jamil, Faisal; Ahmad, Eatzaz - EcoMod Network - 2013
The paper empirically investigates the effects of various economic, legal, meteorological and technical factors in explaining the theft from electric utilities in Pakistan. We obtained elasticity of electricity theft with respect to different variables mentioned. Panel data from nine utilities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886665
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Renewable Energy in the Asian Region
NOOMENE, ROUHIA - EcoMod Network - 2013
It is becoming increasingly obvious that our world is facing an energy crisis that is combined with an environmental … and climatic problem. The key challenge for this century and beyond consists therefore in developing new energy …-friendly manner. Renewable energy sources are having an increased contribution to the energy portfolio of many regions around the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886667
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Standardized Baseline Setting Methodology for Energy Improvement Projects in the International Climate Change Policy
IMAI, HARUO; Akita, Jiro; Niizawa, Hidenori - EcoMod Network - 2013
more on energy efficiency projects.Stuies are based on documentations issued by the CDM office at UN. BUilding upon … alternative way toalleviate costs and promote energy projects. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886669
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Balanced use of fertilizer nutrients and its determinants: a case of cotton crop
-, Khuda Bakhsh - EcoMod Network - 2013
Although fertilizer use has substantially increased overtime in Pakistan, its application is highly imbalanced resulting in wastage of scarce resources and additional cost to farmers and economy as well because fertilizer industry is among major consumers of natural gas in Pakistan. Nitrogenous...
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Assessment of Institutional Quality in Resource Rich Caspian Basin Countries
Mammadov, Jeyhun; Mammadov, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jeyhun; … - EcoMod Network - 2013
Natural resource dependence is believed to have potential impact on institutional development, and there is growing consensus in the academic literature that institutional weakness is central to the explanation of the negative effects of resource booms. Generally, the quality of institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887918
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Effect of boric acid content on the structural and optical properties of ZnO films prepared by spray pyrolysis technique
ÖZTAŞ, Mustafa; Kaya, Zehra; Öztaş, Mustafa - EcoMod Network - 2013
the energy band gap and structural properties of the films related to the boric acid concentration are discussed in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887919
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Azerbaijan: a strategic actor in the regional energy chessboard
Indeo, Fabio - EcoMod Network - 2013
The presence in its territory of huge oil and gas reserves and its geographic-territorial location as a kind of “energy … bridge” between Caspian energy and Turks and European markets represent relevant geopolitical factors which have enhanced the … strategic relevance of Azerbaijan in the regional and international scenario. Thanks to these conditions, several energy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887920