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Sustainability of a residential CFL distribution program : evidence from Ethiopia
Diaw, Issa; Elahi, Raihan; Iimi, Atsushi - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561579
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Socioeconomic resilience in Sri Lanka : natural disaster poverty and wellbeing impact assessment
Walsh, Brian; Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2019
Traditional risk assessments use asset losses as the main metric to measure the severity of a disaster. This paper proposes an expanded risk assessment based on a framework that adds socioeconomic resilience and uses wellbeing losses as the main measure of disaster severity. Using an agent-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114431
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Ex-ante evaluation of sub-national labor market impacts of trade reforms
Maliszewska, Maryla; Osorio-Rodarte, Israel; Gupta, Rakesh - 2020
A macro-micro simulation framework that links a computable general equilibrium model with the survey-based global income distribution dynamics model can be used to assess the economic and distributional effects of macroeconomic shocks and policies. The methodology is used to assess the economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012434383
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Estimating resiliency benefits of road upgradation : case of the East Road in Malaita, Solomon Islands
Marcelo, Darwin; Raina, Aditi - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012230823
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Methodology and findings for the exposure analysis of the Chinese wastewater sector to flooding and earthquakes hazards : Lifelines: the Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity : back...
Hu, Xi; Pant, Raghav; Zorn, Conrad; Lim, Weeho; Koks, Elco - 2019
variations from these projections which means that planning for resilient wastewater infrastructure requires more detailed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051965
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Resilience and critical power system infrastructure : lessons learned from natural disasters and future research needs : Lifelines: the Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity : backg...
Schweikert, Amy; Nield, Lindsey; Otto, Erica; Deinert, Mark - 2019
Resilience against infrastructure failure is essential for ensuring the health and safety of communities during and …, and damages to critical infrastructure is essential for developing robust approaches to increasing resilience. Identifying … relevant in areas recovering from a natural hazard that have the opportunity to build back their infrastructure, and for those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052024
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Efficiency of public spending in education, health, and infrastructure : an international benchmarking exercise
Herrera Aguilera, Santiago; Ouedraogo, Abdoulaye - 2018
) are scored in a sample of 175 countries using data from 2006-16 on education, health, and infrastructure. The paper … need more resources than others to achieve similar education, health, and infrastructure outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929536
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Sri Lanka : from peace dividend to sustained growth acceleration
Fonseka, Daminda; Pinto, Brian; Prasad, Mona; Rowe, Francis - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009614438
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Sustainability and the economics of assuring assets for future generations
Norgaard, Richard B. - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000138547
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School-based management and learning outcomes : experimental evidence from Colima, Mexico
Garcia-Moreno, Vicente; Gertler, Paul J.; Patrinos, … - 2019
A school-based management program was implemented Mexico in 2001 and continued until 2014. This national program, Programa Escuelas de Calidad, was considered a key intervention to improve learning outcomes. In 2006, the national program was evaluated in the Mexican state of Colima, being the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051849