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Willingness to pay for electricity access in extreme poverty : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Sievert, Maximiliane; Steinbuks, Jevgenijs - 2019
Improving electricity access in low-income countries is a challenging problem because of the high costs of grid … extension and low demand for grid electricity in rural areas. This study elucidates these constraints by analyzing poor … households' willingness-to-pay for different types of electricity access, including lower cost off-grid technologies. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051950
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Adding fuel to the fire : cheap oil during the COVID-19 pandemic
Wheeler, Collette Mari; Baffes, John; Kabundi, Alain; … - 2020
The outbreak of COVID-19 and the wide-ranging measures needed to slow its advance triggered an unprecedented collapse in oil demand, a surge in oil inventories, and a record one-month decline in oil prices in March 2020. This paper examines the likely implications of the 2020 oil price plunge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257329
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A note on the economic cost of climate change and the rationale to limit it below 2°C : background paper to the 2010 World Development Report
Hallegatte, Stéphane; Dumas, Patrice; Hourcade, … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919040
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The global costs of protectionism
Kutlina-Dimitrova, Zornitsa; Lakatos, Csilla - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794539
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Toward a sustainable global energy supply infrastructure : net energy balance and density considerations
Kessides, Ioannis Nicolaos; Wade, David C. - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901499
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Green sukuk, energy poverty, and climate change : a roadmap for Sub-Saharan Africa
Aassouli, Dalal; Asutay, Mehmet; Mohieldin, Mahmoud Safwat - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002652
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The structural determinants of external vulnerability
Loayza, Norman; Raddatz, Claudio E. - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003421141
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The “resource curse” in MENA? : political transitions, resource wealth, economic shocks, and conflict risk
Ross, Michael; Kaiser, Kai; Mazaheri, Nimah - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009409497
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On the international transmission of shocks : micro-evidence from mutual fund portfolios
Raddatz, Claudio E.; Schmukler, Sergio L. - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009563416
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Aggregate economic shocks, child schooling and child health
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. (contributor);  … - 2008
with the simple conceptual framework. The paper discusses possible implications for expenditure allocation. "--World Bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003746702