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Tradable Permits for Environmental Protection: Case Study of an Integrated Steel Plant in India

Pandey, Rita; Bhardwaj, Geetesh - eSocialSciences - 2005

Cost effective policies allow minimising the compliance costs associated to reaching a desired environmental quality target. In this paper a conceptual model has been developed to examine the compliance costs under an intra-plant emission trading system for a non-uniformly mixed assimilative...

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Populations at Risk: Other End of Youth Bulge

Priya, Lakshmi - eSocialSciences - 2011

While there is much written on the youth bulge in developing countries, little is being done to address the problems of the elderly. And yet demographically, it is this section that is showing high growth rates.

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State Capacity, Conflict and Development

Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - eSocialSciences - 2010

This paper is a report on an on-going project, which asks a number of questions relevant to the study of state capacity. What are the main economic and political determinants of the stateâ€™s capacity to raise revenue and support private markets? How do risks of violent conflict affect the...

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Inda's Pharmaceutical Industry on Course for Globalisation

Perlitz, Uwe - eSocialSciences - 2008

The pharmaceutical industry is expanding worldwide. For some years now, it has been benefiting from the particular dynamics of the Asian economies as both purchasers and producers. It is not only the markets in China and India that register high growth rates. Despite the positive outlook India...

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Agricultural Development In Maharashtra: Highlights Of Growth Patterns And Policy Implications

D, Sawant S; Kulkarni, B N; V, Achuthan C; S, Satyasai K J - eSocialSciences - 2007

The growth performance of agriculture in Maharashtra was highly impressive is the early part of the green revolution … technology and broad-based infrastractural development for agriculture, ensuring efficient access of farmer to technology …

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Environmental Quality Provision and Eco-labelling: Some Issues

Valentini, Laura - eSocialSciences - 2005

This paper is a literature survey of some relevant issues arising from environmental quality provision and eco-labelling schemes. First of all it is shown how the two topics are strictly related. Firms adopting a production process (or producing a good) more environmentally friendly than others...

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Natural Resource Conservation, Use and Sustainability in Drylands

Alagh, Yoginder - eSocialSciences - 2007

This keynote address of the conference on Natural Resource Conservation Use and Sustainability in Drylands, focuses mainly on some new concepts of resource assessments in dry areas, some recent debates on organizational ideas on communities and their institutions; larger issues to place the...

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Tamil Nadu Budget 2008-09

Government, Tamil Nadu - eSocialSciences - 2008

Speech of Prof. K. Anbazhagan, Minister for Finance, Government of Tamil Nadu, presenting the Budget for 2008-2009 to the Legislative Assembly on 20th March, 2008.

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Sustainability of Indian Agriculture: Towards an Assessment

Rao, V.M. - eSocialSciences - 2007

This paper presents a systemic framework to look at the prospects for sustainability of Indian agriculture. The … shaping the growth, efficiency and stability of agriculture. The domains are: Natural resources covering land, water, climate … prospects for agriculture are seen to depend in the final analysis not so much on nature or factors beyond control as on …

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One Planet to Share: Sustaining Human Progress in a Changing Climate

eSocialSciences; United Nations Development Programme UNDP - 2012

In the run-up to Rio+20, this Asia-Pacific Human Development Report takes a bold look at climate change and what can be done about it. Tackling head-on the issue of poverty reduction and human development, the Report argues that the option to grow now, clean up later no longer exists for...

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