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Internalizing Global Externalities from Biodiversity ; Protected Areas and Multilateral Mechanisms of Transfer
Deke, Oliver - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2004
Biodiversity can sometimes only be preserved if natural habitats are excluded from human uses. Such protection measures generate positive externalities at the global scale. This holds especially for protection in developing countries that host great parts of global biodiversity. For...
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Conserving Biodiversity by Commercialization? A Model Framework for a Market for Genetic Resources
Deke, Oliver - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001
Since naturally occurring genetic information serves as a valuable input for biotechnological R&D, the private provision of genetic resources could generate income for the protection of biodiversity-rich areas. However, there has been a controversy over whether these potential revenues are...
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Organic Certification, Agro-Ecological Practices and Return on Investment: Farm Level Evidence from Ghana
Kleemann, Linda; Abdulai, Awudu - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
The recent empirical literature on economic sustainability of certified export crops shows that certification standards that enhance yields are important for improving farm revenues and farmer welfare. However, limited evidence exists on the impact of organic certification on the adoption of...
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Is Organic Farming Worth its Investment? The Adoption and Impact of Certified Pineapple Farming in Ghana
Kleemann, Linda; Abdulai, Awudu; Buss, Mareike - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
Global food markets demand the adoption of food standards by small-scale farmers in developing countries when they enter international markets. While a conventional certification with GlobalGAP can be a market entry condition for conventional food, especially for horticultural products, organic...
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Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Africa: An Overview
Kleemann, Linda - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
The development of the agricultural sector and the improvement of the food security situation are seen as essential components to sustainable development in Africa. However, continuing population growth, impacts of climate change and environmental degradation add to an unprecedented combination...
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Energy Savings via FDI? Empirical Evidence from Developing Countries
Hübler, Michael; Keller, Andreas - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
In this paper we examine the influence of foreign direct investment inflows on energy intensities of developing countries empirically. We first show that a simple OLS estimation, as it is found in the literature, suggests energy intensity reductions from FDI inflows, which is consistent with the...
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Financing National Protected Area Networks Internationally ; The Global Environment Facility as a Multilateral Mechanism of Transfer
Deke, Oliver - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2004
Nationally implemented protected area measures for biodiversity conservation generate cross-border externalities. For internalizing these externalities at the international level, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has been established as a multilateral mechanism of transfer. This paper...
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Multi-model analyses of the economic and energy implications for China and India in a post-Kyoto climate regime
Johansson, Daniel J.A.; Lucas, Paul L.; Weitzel, Matthias; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
systems development in China and India. The analysis uses a framework that harmonizes baseline developments and soft … convergence of per capita CO2 emissions with emissions trading. Economic and energy implications for China and India vary across … nuclear energy. Concerning economic impacts China bears in general a higher cost than India, as China benefits less from …
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How close is your government to its people? Worldwide indicators on localization and decentralization
Ivanyna, Maksym; Shah, Anwar - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
This paper is intended to provide an assessment of the impact of the silent revolution (decentralization reforms) of … dimensions of decentralization and localization. These sub-indexes are aggregated and adjusted for heterogeneity to develop an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956049
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Oil revenues for public investment in Africa: targeting urban or rural areas?
Böhme, Marcus; Breisinger, Clemens; Schweickert, Rainer; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
This paper investigates the effects of oil financed public investment on poverty using a dynamic multisectoral general equilibrium model featuring inter-temporal productivity spillovers, which may exhibit a sector-specific and regional bias. In general, the results bear out the expectation that...
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