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Power System Planning in India : Incorporating Environmental Externality Costs and Benefits
World Bank - 2012
This paper has been prepared in accordance with the terms of reference for a study on power system planning in India: incorporating externality costs and benefits. It reviews estimates of the external costs of power in international studies as well as in India and compares the figures available....
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Transactional sex as a response to risk in Western Kenya
Robinson, Jonathan - 2009
-reported sex worker diaries which include detailed information on sexual behavior, labor supply, and health shocks, the authors … find that sex workers adjust their supply of risky, better compensated sex to cope with unexpected health shocks, exposing … responses entail significant health risks for sex workers and their partners, and suggest that sex workers are unable to cope …
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Regulatory reform : integrating paradigms
Torre, Augusto de la - 2009
"The Subprime crisis largely resulted from failures to internalize systemic risk evenly across financial intermediaries and recognize the implications of Knightian uncertainty and mood swings. A successful reform of prudential regulation will need to integrate more harmoniously the three...
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Poverty & human development
Isenman, Paul J. (contributor) - 1982
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The quality of life in Latin American cities : markets and perception
Lora, Eduardo (contributor) - 2010
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Frame-of-reference bias in subjective welfare regressions
Beegle, Kathleen - 2009
"Past research has found that subjective questions about an individuals' economic status do not correspond closely to measures of economic welfare based on household income or consumption. Survey respondents undoubtedly hold diverse ideas about what it means to be "poor" or "rich." Further, this...
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Approaches to urban slums : a multimedia sourcebook on adaptive and proactive strategies
Dastur, Arish (contributor); Mehta, Barjor (contributor);  … - 2008
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What are public services worth, and to whom? : non-parametric estimation of capitalization in Pune
Lall, Somik V. - 2006
"The availability and quality of basic public services are important determinants of urban quality of life. In many cities, rapid population growth and fiscal constraints are limiting the extent to which urban governments can keep up with increasing demand for these services. It therefore...
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