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Why Big Dams are the Wrong Response to Climate Change

eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2011

International Rivers strongly supports policy measures that can promote a rapid expansion of renewable energy sources … renewable source of energy, can produce significant amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, and as a recent World Bank report has … warned, are not resilient to the vagaries of climate change. Unlike truly renewable energy sources, such projects also have …

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Toward an Economic Sociology of Chronic Poverty: Enhancing the Rigor and Relevance of Social Theory

Woolcock, Michael - eSocialSciences - 2008

This paper focuses on both expanding and refining the analytical scope of the â€œsocialâ€ (or non-economic) aspects of chronic poverty, and thereby, to enhance efforts to respond more effectively to it. The argument in this paper proceeds as follows. In recognizing that poverty is...

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Foreign Investment in Farmland No Low-hanging Fruit

Chatterjee, Claire Schaffnit - eSocialSciences - 2012

, rising protein consumption in developing countries and energy mandates for biofuels drive an increased demand for feed, fiber …

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Metabolism Of Mumbai- Expectations, Impasse and the Need For a New Beginning

Reddy, B. Sudhakara - eSocialSciences - 2013

economic, social and environmental conditions of the city. On the input side, water, energy, food and construction material use …

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Dams and Development

WCD, World Commission on Dams - eSocialSciences - 2006

-making on water and energy resources, achieving better outcomes. In identifying these principles, the World Commission on Dams …

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Federal Budget of Pakistan-2011-12

eSocialSciences; Minister of Finance Pakistan - 2012

BUDGET SPEECH 2011-2012 by DR. ABDUL HAFEEZ SHAIKH, Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Planning & Development.

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Agrofuels â€“ A Boost of Energy for the Mekong Region?

Leonard, Rebeca - eSocialSciences - 2011

This background paper seeks to brief readers on the extent of the development, production and consumption of agrofuels, particularly liquid fuels for transport, in the Mekong region. The area of focus comprises the countries of the Mekong River Basin, that is, flowing downstream north to south,...

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