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Lifestyle Choices and Societal Behavior Changes as Local Climate Strategy
Mohanty, Brahmanand; Scherfler, Martin; Devatha, Vikram - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper attempts to identify lifestyle changes at the individual level, and behavioral changes at the community level that could offer high carbon abatement potential. It also provides some good practices of public policies and policy recommendations that can be pivotal in making a business...
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Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India
Hanna, Rema; Greenstone, Michael - eSocialSciences - 2011
Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution, environmental regulations, and … air pollution regulations were effective at reducing ambient concentrations of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and … nitrogen dioxide. The most successful air pollution regulation is associated with a modest and statistically insignificant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323739
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Deregulation of Savings Bank Deposit Interest Rate: A Discussion Paper
RBI, Reserve Bank of India - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper is an attempt to deal with pros and cons of deregulating savings deposit interest rate and take on board the … suggestions of various stakeholders for either maintaining the status quo or deregulating the savings deposit interest rate. URL …
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Scaling up Rural Sanitation in India
Brocklehurst, Clarissa - eSocialSciences - 2014
environment by human fecal matter. …
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Climate Variability and Internal Migration: A Test on Indian Inter-State Migration
Dallmann, Ingrid; Millock, Katrin - eSocialSciences - 2013
Migration data is matched from the Indian census with climate data to test the hypothesis of climate variability as a push factor for internal migration. The main contribution of the analysis is to introduce relevant meteorological indicators of climate variability, based on the standardized...
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Valuation of Urban Air Pollution: A Case Study of Kanpur City in India
Gupta, Usha - eSocialSciences - 2006
pollution in the urban industrial city of Kanpur in India. A notable feature of this study is that it uses data from weekly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341736
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Innovation and Growth: Role of the Financial Sector
Mohan, Rakesh - eSocialSciences - 2008
A brief overview is provided about India’s long-term growth performance. Then an attempt is made to set out the conditions for successful innovations. To assess the role of innovations in the Indian economy, the estimated contributions of productivity gains to real GDP growth is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341753
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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - eSocialSciences - 2009
Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. The implications for breastfeeding decisions are modelled and test has been done to predict model's predictions us- ing survey data from India.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017996
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Agrofuels – 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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319309
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Book Review: Environmental Challenges: Posing the Problem
Pandey, Vijay Laxmi - eSocialSciences - 2007
Environmental Issues in India: A Reader Edited by Mahesh Rangarajan; Pearson Longman, New Delhi; Pp. 570, Rs 199.
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