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World Bank - 2012

The objective of this study is to review international experience in offshore wind power development and draw on the lessons learned from the experience of different countries. To date, that experience has predominantly been limited to Europe. Significantly different regulatory and physical...

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Who is coming from Vanuatu to New Zealand under the new recognized Seasonal Employer Program ?

McKenzie, David - 2008

"New Zealand's new Recognized Seasonal Employer program allows workers from the Pacific Islands to come to New Zealand for up to seven months to work in the horticulture and viticulture industries. One of the explicit objectives of the program is to encourage economic development in the Pacific....

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Trade, standards, and the political economy of genetically modified food

Anderson, Kym - 2004

"Anderson, Damania, and Jackson develop a common-agency lobbying model to help understand why North America and the European Union have adopted such different policies toward genetically modified (GM) food. Their results show that when firms (in this case farmers) lobby policymakers to influence...

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The mix of international banks' foreign claims : determinants and implications

García-Herrero, Alicia - 2005

"The authors analyze the determinants and implications for financial stability of the mix of international banks' claims countries receive. In particular, they distinguish between local claims, extended by international banks through their affiliates in a host (or claim recipient) country, and...

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Institutional and policy analysis of river basin management : the Guadalquivir River Basin, Spain

Bhat, Anjali (contributor) - 2005

"The authors describe and analyze river basin management in the Guadalquivir River Basin in Spain. The Guadalquivir … river flows westerly across southern Spain, with nearly all of its 57,017 km2 drainage area within the region of Andalusia … water user participation. Following the Spanish political system's transformation and Spain's accession to the European …

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Reforms and infrastructure efficiency in Spain's container ports

Trujillo, Lourdes - 2005

"Serrano and Trujillo quantify the evolution of technical efficiency in port infrastructure service provision in the major Spanish port authorities involved in container traffic. They also analyze the extent to which port reforms that took place in the 1990s had an impact on the efficiency of...

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