discoveries in East Africa emerge to reshape the continent's energy landscape. This region is rapidly establishing itself as a …

field-based research. This document has been inspired by the Nostrum DSS project (Network on Governance, Science and … and the government aimed at increasing community participation in the design and management of irrigation canals. The case …

water allocation, irrigation policies, and climate change, among others water related issues. …

This research examines the economic origins of Islam and uncovers two empirical regularities. First, Muslim countries … systematically larger along the pre-Islamic trade routes in the Old World. The theory argues that this particular type of geography …, capital accumulation remained low and wealth inequality bounded. Geography and trade shaped the set of economically relevant …

Geography has long been considered as a fundamental prerequisite for economic development and growth. In recent years …, a growing number of papers have considered the role of physical geography as a determinant of regional growth and … development by considering it as a source of “intrinsic advantage”. Malaria is considered to be strictly related to poverty and …

development almost naturally follows a history-dependent spatial diffusion influenced by both physical geography and the quality …

information on (1) how Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) investments will impact the future costs of solar …

Member States. Aim of the elicitation was to assess the potential cost reduction of RD&D (Research, Development and … Demonstration) efforts and to identify barriers to the diffusion of these technologies. The research sheds light on the future …

on the potential role of RD&D (Research, Development and Demonstration) efforts in reducing these costs and in supporting …

different dependent variables to focus on the impact of age, gender and children we use a large micro data set covering data … morale). Finally, we were not able to observe that having children is positively correlated with a stronger preference …