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Diesel gensets contribute to emissions of fine particulate matter (PM), including black carbon, which derives from the incomplete combustion of diesel (as occurs in many diesel generating sets or gensets). Particulate matter is a predisposing factor for respiratory and cardiopulmonary disease...
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Livestock plays a critical economic and social role both globally and in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. The livestock sector encompasses a variety of species, with cattle being the most prominent in the region. Livestock systems in the region comprise large and small farms. Often, and...
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, the World Bank piloted this approach for 11 cities in three middle-income countries: Egypt, South Africa, and Türkiye. The …
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The report is divided into seven chapters. Chapter one discusses India's current carbon footprint, the drivers that will contribute to growth in Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, the objectives of the study, and the scope and methodology of the analytical approach. Chapter two provides an...
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economic welfare costs, which are likely to be quite low. "--World Bank web site …
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waste generation and its implications on dioxin and furan emissions, approved by the World Bank on April 19, 2011. Burning …
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member-led program of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The report represents the independent …
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fewer opportunities for adjustment."--World Bank web site …
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"Taking price changes from the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model of world trade, the authors use a small open … results with the impact of Russian accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on income distribution and the poor. The … the rest of the world. Foremost among the own reforms is liberalization of barriers against FDI in business services …
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"There is a fundamental shift taking place in the world economy to which the multilateral trading system has failed to … interests largely in the rich countries, is running out of steam; (ii) the world economy is moving broadly from conditions of … commonality of interests and scope for give-and-take on these new issues make multilateral cooperation worth attempting. "--World …
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