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Mountains of Concrete: Dam Building in the Himalayas
Dharmadhikary, Shripad - eSocialSciences - 2008
comprehensively analyzes the impacts of the dam building spree on the region's people, ecosystems, and economy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487536
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Speech of the Finance Minister at the Annual Economic Editors’ Conference
Chidambaram, P - eSocialSciences - 2008
Shows how the macro economic variables of Indian Economy are performing. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699286
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Challenges and Opportunities in a Trillion Dollar Economy
C, Chakrabarty K - eSocialSciences - 2011
The Indian economy reached the trillion US dollar GDP milestone in 2007 and joined other countries of the trillion … dollar club, namely, the US, UK, Japan, Germany, China, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Brazil and Russia. In fact, over the … the Indian economy would cross the US dollar 3.4 trillion mark by 2015-16, that is, well within the span of the ensuing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321469
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The Trade-Off Among Carbon Emissions, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in India
Ojha, Vijay Prakash - eSocialSciences - 2007
computable general equilibrium model of the Indian economy, show that a carbon tax policy that simply recycles carbon tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528129
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Mughal Decline, Climate Change, and Britain’s Industrial Ascent:An Integrated Perspective on India’s 18th and 19th Century Deindustrialization
Clingingsmith, David; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - eSocialSciences - 2005
India was a major player in the world export market for textiles in the early 18th century, but by the middle of the 19th century it had lost all of its export market and much of its domestic market. India underwent secular deindustrialization as a consequence. While India produced about 25...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528155
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Climate Change and Sectors: Some Like it Hot!
Heymann, Eric - eSocialSciences - 2007
analysis has demonstrated a clear trend: the regulatory-market economy dimension of climate change will affect most sectors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487755
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Developing Countries and the Bonn
eSocialSciences; Centre for Trade and Development CENTAD - 2008
At the Bangkok Climate Change dialogue held between March 31st, - April 4th , 2008, the parties arrived at a consensus on two major points for a work programme on long term climate policy. First, the 'development of a work programme' for the Ad-hoc working group on long term cooperative action....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487816
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Climate Change and Youth and/in Local Governments
Anugraha, John - eSocialSciences - 2009
Can young people help to increase awareness about climate change and its impacts working through local bodies? A perceptive and informative presentation by the UN-HABITAT Youth Advisory Board Member at the Local Government Climate Leadership Summit held in Copenhagen last week.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980017
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IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE INDIAN ECONOMY: EVIDENCE FROM FOODGRAIN YIELDS
Gupta, Shreekant; Sen, Partha - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper estimates the impact of climate change on food grain yields in India, namely rice and millets. We estimate a crop-specific agricultural production function with exogenous climate variables, namely, precipitation and temperature and control for key inputs such as irrigation, fertilizer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133104
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Awareness as an Adaptation Strategy for Reducing Mortality from Heat Waves: Evidence from a Disaster Risk Management Program in India
Das, Saudamini; Smith, Stephen - eSocialSciences - 2013
Since 2002, the Indian state of Odisha has been undertaking a grassroots awareness campaign on “dos and don’ts†during heat wave conditions through the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) program. The selection criteria for DRM districts were earthquake, flood, and cyclone incidence,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133151