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Some recent papers by Dell et al. (2009) and Dell et al. (2012) (DJO) relating weather and economic outcomes, have … countries, leaving rich countries basically unaffected. In this study, we make use of a detailed weather and economic dataset …
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patterns and options for the future, the community-based adaptation process should nevertheless be initiated. This requires …, transfer of already available technologies to the user community should be the immediate priority. 3. The local adaptation plan … of action (LAPA) is an effective means to mainstream adaptation options in national and local governmental plans, and to …
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As at today, it is an indisputable fact that the climate is changing and there is a scientific consensus that the world is becoming a warmer place principally attributable to human activities. Regrettably, the physical impacts of future climate change on humans and the environment will include...
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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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Global climate change has a potentially large impact on economic growth but measuring their economic impact is subject to a great deal of uncertainty. The central objective of our paper is to set forth a model – the macroeconomics evaluation of climate change (MECC) model – to evaluate the...
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Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the gender equality in education is considered one of the most challenging goals for most developing economies. Using Panel Least Square with Regional Dummies (LSDV) for a sample of Developing countries over the period 1990 to 2014,...
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local communities’ perceptions of the need for local climate change adaptation strategies and their degree of satisfaction … with existing interventions; (2) identify emerging climate risk adaptation strategies; and (3) evaluate how existing and … along with the government and NGOs who work in the region, are undertaking a number of climate change adaptation strategies …
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Resumo A construção de uma Linha de Transporte de Mercadorias (LTM), de Sines a Espanha, vem deitar achas na fogueira da confusão que reina acerca desta problemática. Confusão não só porque a calendarização para 2015 remete qualquer decisão efetiva para um horizonte politicamente...
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Rapid urbanization is a fact of live even in the least developed countries (LDCs) where the lion’s share of the population presently lives in rural areas and will continue to do so for decades to come. At the turn of the millennium 75% of the LDCs’ population still lived in rural areas and...
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The literature on regional disparities in China is both broad and deep. Nonetheless much of its focus has been on the effects of trade liberalization and national policies toward investment in interior provinces. Few pieces have examined whether the disparities might simply be due to differences...
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