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China : air, land, and water: environmental priorities for a new millennium
2001
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Integrated Air Pollution Management in China : Developing Particulate Matter Control
World Bank - 2012
inform the policy-making process in line with the government of China s medium- and long-term objectives. Specifically the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012556973
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China : Air, Land, and Water - Environmental Priorities for a New Millennium
World Bank - 2013
This report represents a further chapter in the dialogue between the World Bank and the People's Republic of China … about how to promote economic growth and protect China's environment. There are three cross-cutting issues that keep …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012563608
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China in Regional Trade Agreements : Labor Mobility Provisions
World Bank - 2012
; 2) China may want to use the opportunity of these negotiations to: (a) further discipline its state-owned enterprises … more balanced and sustainable development and taking into account China's high reliance on trade, it may be increasingly in … China's interest to pro-actively engage its partners on environmental issues in its regional trade agreement (RTA …
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Broadband : The Platform of the Digital Economy and a Critical Development Challenge for Morocco
World Bank - 2016
Morocco strives to reach a similar per capita income level to that of upper-middle income countries, and to reduce unemployment, which particularly affects women and youth. To meet these goals, the government recognizes the need to shift from a low-technology economy with a strong agricultural...
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Developing a Trade Information Portal
World Bank - 2014
A number of countries have introduced or are considering the introduction of a trade information portal as a means of facilitating trade and increasing transparency. For World Trade Organization (WTO) members or countries in the process of acceding to the WTO, a trade information portal will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560994
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The growth of transport sector CO2 emissions and underlying factors in Latin America and the Caribbean
Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2008
"This study examines the factors responsible for the growth of transport sector carbon dioxide emissions in 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries during 1980-2005 by decomposing the emissions growth into components associated with changes in fuel mix, modal shift, and economic growth, as...
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Who suffers from indoor air pollution? : evidence from Bangladesh
Dasgupta, Susmita (contributor) - 2004
"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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522906
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Indoor air quality for poor families : new evidence from Bangladesh
Huq, Mainul (contributor) - 2004
"Indoor air pollution (IAP) from cooking and heating is estimated to kill a million children annually in developing countries. To promote a better understanding of IAP, the authors investigate the determinants of IAP in Bangladesh using the latest air monitoring technology and a national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522941
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Air pollution during growth : accounting for governance and vulnerability
Hamilton, Kirk - 2004
"New research on urban air pollution casts doubt on the conventional view of the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality. This view holds that pollution automatically increases until societies reach middle-income status because poor countries have neither the institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522951