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Comparing the impact of food and energy price shocks on consumers : a social accounting matrix analysis for Ghana
Parra, Juan Carlos - 2008
"Many countries have been affected by food and oil price shocks. Rising energy costs have manifested themselves through higher prices of gas at the pump and through price increases for many other goods such as kerosene and transport. But in some countries there has also been some degree of...
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Transportation fuel use, technology and standards : the role of credibility and expectations
Eskeland, Gunnar S. - 2008
"There is a debate among policy analysts about whether fuel taxes alone are the most effective policy to reduce fuel use by motorists, or whether to also use mandatory standards for fuel efficiency. A problem with a policy mandating fuel economy standards is the "rebound effect," whereby owners...
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China - Biomass Cogeneration Development Project : Fuel Supply Handbook for Biomass-Fired Power Projects
World Bank - 2012
This handbook provides an overview of the main topics that need consideration when managing the supply of biomass to large biomass power plants. It will help investors in China to develop, with assistance of local biomass supply experts, their own solutions. The focus is on biomass residues, in...
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Transforming natural resource wealth into sustained growth and poverty reduction : a conceptual framework for Sub-Saharan African oil exporting countries
Toto Same, Achille - 2009
"Oil and mineral revenues raise national savings and hence facilitate investment, capital accumulation, and sustained growth; thus, there are benefits of owning large natural resources. There can be a significant spillover effect from the oil sector to the non-oil sector particularly if...
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The co-movement between cotton and polyester prices
Baffes, John - 2005
"The authors examine the price linkages among polyester (the dominant chemical fiber), cotton (the dominant natural fiber), and crude oil (the dominant energy commodity), based on monthly data between 1980 and 2002. The modeling framework incorporates several aspects of the unit root...
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What happens when a country does not adjust to terms of trade shocks? : The case of oil-rich Gabon
Zafar, Ali - 2004
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The world trade organization's Doha cotton initiative : a tale of two issues
Anderson, Kym - 2006
and tariffs-for cotton it is subsidy reductions rather than tariff cuts that would make by far the largest impact. For Sub …
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The distributional incidence of residential water and electricity subsidies
Wodon, Quentin (contributor) - 2006
subsidies for water and electricity services. Their analysis of a wide range of subsidy models from around the developing world … shows that the most common form of utility subsidy-quantity-based subsidies delivered through the tariff structure … effectiveness of consumption subsidy schemes to reach the poor. Simulations suggest that connection subsidies are an attractive …
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Regional subsidies and industrial prospects of lagging regions
Lall, Somik V. - 2006
"Large and sustained differences in economic performance across regions of developing countries have long provided motivation for fiscal incentives designed to encourage firm entry in lagging areas. But empirical evidence in support of these policies has been weak at best. The authors undertake...
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Why governments should stop non-social subsidies : measuring their consequences for rural Latin America
Lápez, Ramán - 2005
"The provision of public goods and the amelioration of market failure are the classical justifications for government intervention in the economy. In reality, (1) governments intervene in markets that are not affected by failure, and (2) a large share of the government resources is spent in...
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