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Ecosystems : burden or bounty?
Damania, Richard; Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio; Glauber, A. J. - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010378922
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Can environmental cash transfers reduce deforestation and improve social outcomes? : a regression discontinuity analysis of Mexico’s national program (2011–2014)
Alix Garcia, Jennifer M.; Sims, Katharine R. E.; … - 2019
Environmental conditional cash transfers, or "payments for ecosystem services" are a centerpiece of global efforts to … impacts of Mexico's national payments for ecosystem services program, which provides five years of payments to landowners in … payments for ecosystem services significantly increased community social capital-the institutions, attitudes, and values that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012004762
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The need for multiple types of information to inform climate change assessment
Toman, Michael A. - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010442362
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The ecological impact of transportation infrastructure
Asher, Sam; Garg, Teevrat; Novosad, Paul - 2018
There is a long-standing debate over whether new roads unavoidably lead to environmental damage, especially forest loss, but causal identification has been elusive. Using multiple causal identification strategies, this paper studies the construction of new rural roads to over 100,000 villages...
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Implications of the growth of China and India for the other Asian giant: Russia
Ianchovichina, Elena - 2009
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Mining and economic development : did China's WTO accession affect African local economic development?
Addison, Tony; Boly, Amadou; Mveyange, Anthony - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571061
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Cross-region transfers in a monetary union : evidence from the US and some implications
Pennings, Steven - 2020
US federal transfers to individuals are large, countercyclical, vary geographically, and are often credited for helping stabilize regional economies. This paper estimates the short-run effects of these transfers using plausibly exogenous regional variation in temporary stimulus packages and...
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Where they live : district-level measures of poverty, average consumption, and the middle class in Central Asia
Seitz, William - 2019
Rapid economic growth over the past two decades lifted millions of people out of poverty in Central Asia. But the uneven spread of prosperity left many communities struggling to catch up. To support lagging regions within countries, each of the region's five national governments has made...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059249
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Poverty, inequality, and agriculture in the EU
Azevedo, João Pedro; Brink, Rogerius Johannes Eugenius … - 2018
Boosting convergence and shared prosperity in the European Union achieved renewed urgency after the global financial crisis of 2008. This paper assesses the role of agriculture and the Common Agricultural Program in achieving this. The paper sheds light on the relationship between poverty and...
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Decentralization, economic development and growth in Turkish provinces
Tosun, Mehmet Serkan (contributor);  … - 2008
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