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Air Quality Analysis of Ulaanbaatar : Improving Air Quality to Reduce Health Impacts
World Bank - 2011
Air pollution has major health impacts on people living in Ulaanbaatar. The excessively high particulate matter …, save lives and avoid enormous health costs. The implementation of the Air Monitoring and Health Impact Baseline (AMHIB …) study has brought together Mongolian and international air quality experts as well as public health experts and economists …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248047
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Millennium Development Goals for Health in Europe and Central Asia : Relevance and Policy Implications
World Bank - 2013
This study aims to contribute to the debate about the appropriateness of health-related Millennium Development Goals … focus of their health-related development assistance to the countries of the ECA region. The study examines how appropriate … the health-related MDGs are for the countries of the ECA region by analyzing the impact of the following four scenarios on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012563853
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Resource Mobilization for HCFC Phase-out and Climate Mitigation Co-benefits
World Bank - 2008
This study seeks to identify potential sources of co-financing to meet the additional costs of energy efficiency (EE) and climate mitigation benefits associated with the hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) phase-out supported by the Multilateral fund of the montreal protocol (MLF). As it stands, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564591
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Urban Air Quality in Cotonou
World Bank - 2012
level of air pollution in Cotonou; (ii) determination of transportation's role; (iii) evaluation of the risk to human health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554857
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Air Quality Management in Tajikistan
World Bank - 2023
as technical aspects to reduce health impacts of air pollution in the most polluted airsheds (Dushanbe and other urban … particles (PM2.5) due to their significant health impacts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014579501
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Clean Air and Cool Planet, Volume II : Integrated Air Quality Management and Greenhouse Gas Reduction for Almaty and Nur-Sultan
World Bank - 2022
unacceptably high burden that exposure to PM2.5 currently places on public health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013545187
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Infrastructure and public utilities privatization in developing countries
Auriol, Emmanuelle - 2006
"The paper analyzes governments' tradeoff between fiscal benefits and consumer surplus in privatization reforms of noncompetitive industries in developing countries. Under privatization, the control rights are transferred to private interests so that public subsidies decline. This benefit for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522112
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Earthquake vulnerability reduction program in Colombia : a probabilistic cost-benefit analysis
Ghesquiere, Francis - 2006
"Cost-benefit analysis is a standard tool for determining the efficiency of planned projects. But one of the major difficulties in risk mitigation investments is that benefits are by nature uncertain. In this context, the standard approach relying on the average value of benefits may provide an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522123
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How much is an ecosystem worth? : assessing the economic value of conservation
2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522782
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Will the Kyoto Protocol affect growth in Russia?
Lecocq, Franck - 2004
"In light of the recent argument that rapid economic growth in Russia over the next decade might result in emissions higher than the Kyoto target, thereby putting much-needed growth at risk, Lecocq and Shalizi revisit the discussion on the costs and benefits of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522881