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the climate change bill, namely mitigation, proactive (ex ante) adaptation, reactive (ex post) adaptation, and ultimate … damages of climate change affect growth, especially in developing countries. The authors consider successivelythe Cass … increasing returns. The paper finds that although the growth literature rarely addresses climate change per se, some issues …
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One of the recurring themes in the sustainability literature has been the legitimacy of using an economic framework to account for natural resources. This paper examines the potential for substituting between different inputs in the generation of income, where the inputs include natural...
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Using an economy-wide conceptual framework, the author analyzes how land registration affects financial development and economic growth in Thailand. He uses contemporary techniques, such as error correction and co-integration, to deal with such problems as time-series data not being stationary....
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The main purpose of this work is to develop a case study assessing the recent patterns and impacts of ODA (official development assistance) and DAH (development assistance for health) to Liberia on overall government spending and domestic revenue generation as well as domestic government health...
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The 2008-09 global economic crises have shown that no country is immune to external challenges. When policy controls are missing or not used efficiently, crises can reverse progress even in advanced economies. This unexpected outcome has increased concerns about the ability of governments in...
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This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...
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The aim of Health in All Policies (HiAP) is to bring diverse sectors together to find shared solutions; it focuses on identifying 'win-win' or 'cobenefits' such that policy measures contribute not only to improved health outcomes but also to outcomes desired by other sectors, such as education,...
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Global climate change is occurring at an accelerating pace, and the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are … forcing climate change continue to increase. Given the present pace of international actions, it seems unlikely that … atmospheric composition can be stabilized at a level that will avoid"dangerous anthropogenic interference"with the climate system …
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Climate scientists have identified global warming as the most important environmental issue of our time, but it has … that are sufficiently socially and politically engaged in response to climate change. This paper summarizes international … and national differences in levels of knowledge and concern regarding climate change, and the existing explanations for …
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in the coming decades. However, these studies do not consider the effects of climate change. This paper examines whether … near future expected changes in climate are likely to alter this picture. The authors analyze the effect of temperature and … climate changes? Based on the empirical results, the likely gains realized by some farmers will nearly offset the losses that …
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