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The Elgar companion to the Asian development bank
Quibria, Muhammad G. (ed.); Akanda, Albab (ed.) - 2024
"Providing an authoritative yet accessible introduction to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), this comprehensive Companion offers a detailed examination of the ADB's objectives, policies, development outcomes, strengths and weaknesses, areas for reform, and challenges going forward. M.G. Quibria...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512168
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Carbon sinks and climate change : forests in the fight against global warming
Hunt, Colin - 2009
"Reforestation and avoiding deforestation are methods of harnessing nature to tackle global warming - the greatest challenge facing humankind. In this book, Colin Hunt deals comprehensively with the present and future role of forests in climate change policy and practice. The author provides...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850957
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Distributional impacts of climate change and disasters : concepts and cases
Ruth, Matthias (ed.); Ibarrarán, María Eugenia (ed.) - 2009
Climate change tends to increase the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters, which puts many people at risk. Economic, social and environmental impacts further increase vulnerability to disasters and tend to set back development, destroy livelihoods, and increase disparity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851340
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Economic modelling of climate change and energy policies
Miguel, Carlos de (ed.); Labandeira Villot, Xavier (ed.);  … - Atlantic Workshop on Energy and Environmental Economics - 2006
Climate change and energy consumption are at the forefront of current environmental debate. Whilst energy is essential to the functioning and survival of our societies, the environmental impact that energy consumption is having, particularly on climate change, is a growing concern and the design...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474010
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Nature and agriculture in the European union : new perspectives on policies that shape the European countryside
Brouwer, Floor (contributor);  … - 2002
Nature and agriculture both shape the European countryside and one of the main challenges for the years to come will be … book identifies the dilemmas facing European agriculture and explores their economic and ecological consequences. The … role of agriculture and nature policy and will guide the identification of suitable policy instruments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851146
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Agriculture, trade, and the environment : the impact of liberalization on sustainable development
Antle, John M. (ed.); Lekakis, J. N. (ed.);  … - 1998
agriculture. Agriculture, Trade and the Environment discusses quantitative methods for the assessment of agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473834
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Environmental co-operation and institutional change : theories and policies for European agriculture
Hagedorn, Konrad (ed.) - 2002
Although the history of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is dominated by a process of centralisation, growing pressures to integrate agri-environmental problems into the CAP have revealed the need to embrace decentralised approaches in an efficient federal structure. Indeed, in recent years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474109
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Economic analysis for EU accession negotiations : agri-food issues in the EU's eastward expansion
Gaisford, James D.; Kerr, William Alexander; Perdikis, … - 2003
, using examples from the most complex sector for both candidate countries and the EU itself - agriculture. The authors … provide a complete set of market configurations with which to analyse harmonisation with the Common Agriculture Policy in both … consultancy firms trading in the EU. Scholars and researchers of European studies, international trade and agriculture will also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474143
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Climate change and agriculture : an economic analysis of global impacts, adaptation and distributional effects
Mendelsohn, Robert O.; Dinar, Ariel - 2009
Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and … how agriculture can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22 countries across four continents, including … climate change on agriculture -- 4. The Ricardian method -- 5. Modeling adaptation to climate change -- 6. Structural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850683
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Global environmental change and agriculture : assessing the impacts
Frisvold, George B. (ed.); Kuhn, Betsey (ed.) - 1999
Global Environmental Change and Agriculture offers a comprehensive perspective on the causes, consequences and possible … global climate change on agriculture and the need to sustain agricultural growth for economic development. The book begins by … within the developing world, where agriculture remains a major economic activity. Authors take on an economy-wide perspective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473988