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A Green Venture Fund to Finance Clean Technology for Developing Countries
Wheeler, David; Nassiry, Darius - eSocialSciences - 2011
A structure for the green venture fund (GVF) and explain the design rationale, operating principles and key parameters for two funds of funds for technology innovation and deployment is proposed. Some key issues to be considered, including differential treatment of public and private investors...
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Who Owns Children and Does It Matter?
Schoonbroodt, Alice; Tertilt, Michele - eSocialSciences - 2010
In this paper a particular market failure that may lead to inefficiently low equilibrium fertility and therefore to a need for government intervention are analysed. The friction which is investigated is related to the ownership of children. If parents have no claim on their children’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543088
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Drug Regulation in the Philippines
Sobrepeña, Allan Grand A. - eSocialSciences - 2009
Access to essential drugs is vital for the promotion of better health for the entire population. High prices of drugs are being used as an argument for greater government role in the drugs sector through effective regulation of the drug market. The high prices of drugs in the Philippines will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980026
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Implications of Market and Coordination Failures for Rural Development in Least Developed Countries
Kydd, Jonathan; Dorward, Andrew - eSocialSciences - 2006
or ignored in different policies and policy approaches in Asia and Africa in the last 40 years. [DSA, Annual conference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699033
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Draft National Land Reforms Policy
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Rural Development GOI - 2013
This policy outlines a very clear strategy of creating a large pool of land so that every family's right to land is … fully honoured. The policy proceeds to suggest a just and equitable method of allotting land on a priority basis to the … marginalized, especially marginalized women. Policy provisions are also made in Draft for Discussion Purposes and Comments such a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945239
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Statement by Dr. Raghuram Rajan
Badkar, Sabeeta - eSocialSciences - 2013
Statement by Dr. Raghuram Rajan on taking office on September 4, 2013. [RBI Press release].
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The Role of Mineral Fertilizers in Transforming Philippine Agriculture
Briones, Roehlano M. - eSocialSciences - 2014
Fertilizer policy in the country has evolved from pervasive interventionism in the 1970s to today's market … disparities in prices across regions. Priorities for research and policy are therefore understanding the behavior of farmers in …
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Monthly Policy Review: February 2013
eSocialSciences; Parliamentary Research Service PRS - 2013
months. [PRS]. URL:[http://www.prsindia.org/announcements/monthly-policy-review-2662/], …
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Model State Affordable Housing Policy for Urban Areas
Housing, Ministry of; MOHUPA, Urban Poverty Alleviation - eSocialSciences - 2013
The aim of this policy is to create an enabling environment for providing “affordable housing for all†with special …. The Policy further aims to promote Public Private People Participation (PPPP) for addressing the shortage of adequate and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945347
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Economic Policies and Agricultural Incentives: The Philippine Case
David, Cristina C. - eSocialSciences - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of economic policies on Philippine agricultural incentives from 1960 up to 1992. Apart from economic policies affecting price incentives, cover public expenditures for agricultural support services which influence agricultural incentives by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945372