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Chad: rural policy note
Loening, Josef L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The Chad Rural Policy Note builds on the findings of a rural sector stocktaking exercise. An initial draft of the note was prepared as a just-in-time study designed to contribute to the preparation of the Chad Interim Strategy Note. This finalized version of the note intended mainly to establish...
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Future harm and current obligations: the case of global warming
Spash, Clive L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1993
There is a time during which aggregate benefits from greenhouse gas emissions dominate costs, but less comfort should be drawn from this situation than current emphasis on double CO2 scenarios suggests. The intertemporal asymmetry of impacts means initial benefits to most regions, from slight...
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Cost-benefit analysis and the greenhouse effect
Spash, Clive L.; Hanley, Nick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994
This paper looks at the growing concern over Greenhouse Gas emissions and the resulting human induced climate change. The background to a cost-benefit approach is sketched in terms of the scientific understanding and expected impacts. Then the theory behind a cost-benefit approach is explained...
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Australia's Carbon Tax: A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing?
Spash, Clive L.; Lo, Alex Y. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Australia. …
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Collinsville solar thermal project: Energy economics and dispatch forecasting - Final report
Bell, William Paul; Wild, Phillip; Foster, John - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
-solar thermal plant at Collinsville, Queensland, Australia for its lifetime 2017-47. These forecasts are to facilitate Power …
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Collinsville solar thermal project: Yield forecasting – Final report
Bell, William Paul; Wild, Phillip; Foster, John - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
at Collinsville, Queensland, Australia based on the environmental condition between 2007 and 2013. However, the …
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What time to adapt? The role of discretionary time in sustaining the climate change value-action gap
Chai, Andreas; Bradley, Graham; Lo, Alex Y.; Reser, Joseph - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We investigate the role discretionary (non-working) time plays in sustaining the gap between individuals’ concern about climate change and their propensity to act on this concern by adopting sustainable consumption practices. Using recent Australian survey data on climate change adaptation, we...
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Innovation as a lever for sustainable development: the case of agriculture and water management in the region of Sadaguia
Dhaoui, Elwardi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
of innovation for a better management of irrigation water. It takes into account all potential forms of technological … innovation for sustainable development. This analysis is supporting a questionnaire on irrigation practices targeting fifty …
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Public Expenditure on Irrigation and Its Impact on Agriculture Production: Evidence from an Indian State
Chittedi, Krishna Reddy; Bayya, Praveen Kumar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Inadequate supply of water for irrigation has been the severe problem for the most of the farmers in the state of … Andhra Pradesh in India. There are only very few districts where level of irrigation is reasonably sufficient. In most parts … of the state, supply of water for crop cultivation has become a constant concern as the canal irrigation is unequally …
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The formation of water user groups in a nexus of central directives and local administration in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Benedikter, Simon; Waibel, Gabi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
and ensuring the nation’s food security. The government has undertaken considerable investments in irrigation and water … maintains the hydraulic infrastructure, but farmers have to contribute to funding and managing the irrigation systems. In this …
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