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Building a simple general model of municipal water conservation policy for communities overlying the Ogallala Aquifer

Edwards, Jeffrey A.; Pumphrey, R. Gary; Barbato, Lucia; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

On the nation’s largest aquifer live 2.3 million people, most of whom depend on the Ogallala’s water for household consumption, as well as for agricultural and industrial use. As the Ogallala’s levels decline, policies need to be developed to encourage conservation of this resource that...

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Stakeholder Engagement in Land Development Decisions: A Waste of Effort?

Janmaat, Johannus A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Abstract Currently, management devolution and engagement of local stakeholders - expected to have better information - is seen as key to effective environmental management. Often, the absence of clear property rights and/or supporting market institutions leaves management decisions to a...

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Exploring the Potential of Mgnrega for the revitalization of Rainfed Agriculture in India

Kumar, Niteen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

Though MGNREGA happens to be an employment generation program at its core; initially encompassing activities under different heads to provide employment to the village communities; it has casted its potential towards rejuvenating rainfed agriculture along with short and long term environmental...

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Unfolding the potential of the Virtual Water concept. What is still under debate?

Antonelli, Marta; Sartori, Martina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The concept of virtual water refers to the volume of water used in the production of a commodity or a service. The concept was identified by the geographer Tony Allan in the early 1990s, to draw attention on the global economic processes that ameliorate local water deficits in the MENA region...

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A Review of Indian Water Policy

Singh, Krishna M.; Singh, R.K.P.; Meena, M.S.; Kumar, Abhay - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Abstract: Water is essential for human survival but water-related illnesses are the most common health threat in the developing world. An estimated 25 000 people die every day as a result of water-related diseases Human existence depends on water. Water interacts with solar energy to determine...

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Capital Flight and Economic Performance

Beja, Edsel Jr. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

calculations on the Philippines suggest that capital flight contributed to lower the quality of long-term economic growth …. Sustained capital flight over three decades means that capital flight had a role for the Philippines to lose the opportunities … the macroeconomy more effectively, the Philippines remains caught in the perpetuity of crises, its economy hollowed …

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Good governance in microcredit strategy for poverty reduction: focus on western Mindanao, Philippines

Moreno, Frede - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

The study argues for the integration of good governance principles in developing financially viable, effective and social equity-laden microcredit strategy for the impoverished agrarian reform beneficiaries in Western Mindanao. It particularly examines the program design and implementation...

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