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A Theoretical Basis for Green Growth
Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper suggests a theoretical model of inclusive green growth. Paper analyses development mechanism through which natural resource capital regenerates (or at least non-degrade) and contributes to economic growth. Climate change is a threat to save natural resources which is a crucial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271331
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Inclusive Green Growth and Sustainable Development through Productive Consumption
Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper analyses development mechanism through which natural resource capital regenerates and contributes to economic growth. Climate change challenges economic development in the 21st century but it also provides opportunity to grow with developing green. New development strategy is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108836
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The Economics of Climate Change and Science of Global Warming Debate:African Perspectives
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
As at today, it is an indisputable fact that the climate is changing and there is a scientific consensus that the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259199
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Tackling climate change through adaptation finance in the Least Developed Countries: Is the LDC Fund still fit for purpose?
Davis, Junior; Tan, Celine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper considers the challenges confronting LDCs in meeting the adaptation and mitigation requirements brought on by the climate crisis and addresses the question as to whether the Least Developed Country Fund (LDCF), which is a key source of LDC climate adaptation finance, is still fit for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693578
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Revisiting the Relationships Between Non-Renewable Energy Consumption, CO2 Emissions and Economic Growth in Iran
Nasre Esfahani, Mohammad - 2016
Exploring the short-run and long-run relationships between consumption of various sources of non-renewable energy, economic growth and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions would be considered as a golden key to provide rational energy policies of Iran in the post sanctions era. The aim of this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012992709
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Do Sufficient Institutions Alter the Relationship between Natural Resources and Economic Growth?
Zeynalov, Ayaz - 2014
The purpose of this paper is to test whether institutional governance and its performance is a main driving force to achieve a positive relationship between natural resources and economic growth in the long run. The main objective is to ascertain what kind of institutional governance would be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056564
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Do University Rankings Matter for Growth?
Tan Kuan Lu, Clifford - 2014
I investigate the relationship between university rankings and economic growth and found that the relationship is statistically significant. The more the number of universities that a country has in international university rankings, the higher its GDP per capita. What is more surprising is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061096
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Economic Growth Dynamics Across Countries
Lechman, Ewa - 2014
The main purpose of the paper is to analyze GDP PPP per capita growth rates across countries in the period 1980-2008, as well as to identify top and bottom country performers. In addition, the author verifies the statistical relationship between GDP PPP per capita and some arbitrary selected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147300
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions of China
Mohajan, Haradhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Every nation of the world confirms that human-related greenhouse gas emissions are the major driver of the present … global climate change. About 20% populations of the world live in China and the emissions of greenhouse gases of it are very … urbanization. China is now the second largest economy in the world, behind the USA but at present it is facing severe environmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259408
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The Taxation of Motor Fuel: International Comparison
Eduardo, Ley; Jessica, Boccardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
group of countries (OECD, BRICs and South Africa) accounting for more than 80 percent of world greenhouse gas (GHG …-fuel GHG world emissions) would be undertaxing motor fuel. We evaluate the sensitivity of the results to the values of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490493