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"In this paper the authors investigate individuals' exposure to indoor air pollution. Using new survey data from Bangladesh, they analyze exposure at two levels--differences within households attributable to family roles, and differences across households attributable to income and education....
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, dung, and other biomass fuels. The econometric results indicate that fuel choice significantly affects indoor pollution … levels: Natural gas and kerosene are significantly cleaner than biomass fuels. However, household-specific factors apparently … matter more than fuel choice in determining PM10 concentrations. In some biomass-burning households, concentrations are …
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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 particular agricultural residues (mainly straw and stalks) and …
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of renewable power (RE) generation (hydro, biomass, solar and wind). Therefore, the energy sector meets electricity … demand in an efficient, affordable and environmentally sustainable manner. Biomass resource mapping is one of component of … the ongoing renewable energy resource mapping project in Pakistan. The objective of this biomass mapping component is to …
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"Four West African nations have demanded that the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. The authors provide estimates of the potential...
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"This paper assesses the impact that a potential liberalization of sugar regimes in OECD countries could have on household labor income and poverty in Brazil. The authors first estimate the extent of price transmission from world markets to 11 Brazilian states to capture the fact that some local...
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"The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's trade performance over the past two decades has been disappointing. Efforts to boost trade through a plethora of regional trade agreements (RTAs) are underway. This study examines the potential contribution of regional trade agreements, as well...
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"Past research into the determinants of international trade highlighted the importance of the basic spatial gravity model augmented by additional variables representing sources of friction. Studies modeled many sources of friction using various proxies, including indices based on expert judgment...
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