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irrigation infrastructure and provide more opportunities for the education of farmers and stakeholders together with developing …
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baseline scenario, a 2 % annual reduction in N inputs, combined with improved water management in rice paddies, would mitigate …
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Landslides are a severe problem during the rainy season in many mountainous regions in Asia where forests have been cut down so that mountain slopes are destabilized. In this study we analyze the extent and causes of landslides in a mountainous area in Northern Vietnam as viewed from the...
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Increasing block tariffs seek a cross-subsidy mechanism between the water network users, based on the common assumption … of weak water price elasticity. In Manaus, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas where most of the 1 ….6 million dwellers are supplied through the municipal water network, a substantial consumption drop followed the tariff increase …
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La question de la rareté de l'eau potable et de son inégale répartition se pose avec de plus en plus d'acuité. Plusieurs régions de notre planète sont exposées au risque de rupture d'eau potable. La gestion du risque de rupture peut être appréhendée et gerée comme un risque financier....
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Jordan and Tunisia are two non-oil exporting MENA countries characterized by high unemployment rates and significant migrant populations. A comparative analysis of the impact of international mobility in the two countries allows us to shedlight on the mechanisms through which emigration affects...
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This article achieves to assess the impact of Poland’s accession to the European Union (EU) on factor and product markets, household consumption, economic growth and also on welfare. To explore the effects of regional integration in this specific transition economy, we implement an applied...
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We explore recent analytical developments in trade applied general equilibrium models and present a state of the art. Two extensions have been recently introduced : imperfect competition in order to show the impact of trade liberalization on welfare through a reduced monopoly power and economies...
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This paper examines the channels through which ageing will shape the main economic factors that in turn affect potential growth; identifies current policy settings that may in fact amplify the adverse impact of demographic trends; and sets out policy reforms that will work to temper the effects...
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