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Producing biofuels in low-income countries: An integrated environmental and economic assessment for Tanzania
Branca, Giacomo; Felix, Erika; Maltsoglou, Irini; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
This paper evaluates the greenhouse gas emissions and economic impacts from producing biofuels in Tanzania. Sequentially-linked models capture natural resource constraints; emissions from land use change; economywide growth linkages; and household poverty
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Identifying cost-effective deployment strategies through spatiotemporal modelling
Ummel, Kevin; Fant, Charles - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
South Africa hopes to expand wind and solar power. Success depends on how and where to deploy the technologies. This study develops a 10-year database of expected power generation for these technologies across South Africa. A power system model simulates
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011076163
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Measuring the Carbon Content of the South African Economy
Arndt, Channing; Makrelov, Konstantin; Thurlow, James - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
We estimate the carbon intensity of industries, products, and households in South Africa. Direct and indirect carbon usage is measured using multiplier methods that capture inter-industry linkages and multi-product supply chains. Carbon intensity is found to be high for exports but low for major...
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Pro-poor Service Delivery and Social Identity: An Experimental Investigation
Mueller, Ulrike - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012
India addressed the requirement for pro-poor service delivery in rural regions by introducing decentralization and …
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The Efficiency of States and Cities: Is There a Case for Public Land Leasing and Sales to Finance India.s Cities?
Sridhar, Kala Seetharam - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
fragmented in India.s cities between the urban development authorities, which are state agencies, and the cities. To determine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366413
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Long-term Effects of Land Reform on Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from West Bengal
Deininger, Klaus; Yadav, Vandana - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
We use data on inter-generational gains in educational attainment by some 500,000 individuals in 200 West Bengal villages to explore gender-differentiated impacts of land reform on human capital accumulation at the individual level. While there are significant gains (of about 0.3 years for...
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China and India: Country Role Models of Development Success?
Santos-Paulino, Amelia U. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
The paper discusses views on China and India as country role models. In so doing the article recounts the economic and …
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Indian Economic Growth: Lessons for the Emerging Economies
Chakraborty, Suparna - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008
answer the question by applying the new technique of business cycle accounting to the Indian economy. Our results show us … that the primary conduit of policies that brought about significant growth in India was productivity that registered an … demand. In addition, we examine the effective tax rates in India and find that while investment taxes barely fluctuated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001227
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E-business and Export Behaviour: Evidence from Indian Firms
Lal, K. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002
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The Impact of Higher Standards in Patent Protection for Pharmaceutical Industries under the TRIPS Agreement: A Comparative Study of China and India
Li, Xuan - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008
regimes. It is found that relative to India, which had implemented process patent until 2005, China with a product patent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001271