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; and changes in river flow with impacts on hydropower and the ability to meeting water requirements for municipal … and hydropower generation out to the year 2050. These climate scenarios show a drying trend in the north with an increase … overall hydropower generating capacity is typically only mildly affected by 2041 to 2050. …
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Ethiopia is powering ahead with an ambitious energy development strategy, highly reliant on abundant hydropower … potential losses, energy development utilizing hydropower appears economically reasonable from this deterministic, sector …-independent evaluation. This development is desperately needed, independent of future climate change trends, with the hope of appreciably …
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Large hydropower dams are at the centre of a debate weighing the value and costs of renewable energy against the risks … of climate change. The debate is especially relevant on the African continent, which offers vast hydropower potential … structure P3 contracts to improve hydropower project value as well as insure sponsors against climate risk. …
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struggle over hydropower development and decision-making on water and land across the region, this study shows that countries … that are the winners or losers in the hydropower development schemes are not the only ones managing the Mekong; rather, it … discusses the roles of issue linkages as a mechanism for achieving sustainable development. …
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that full development requires an urbanized environment. This paper attempts to examine and characterize the major phases … of urbanization in Uganda and what this means for urban policy planning and poverty reduction in the country. Although … development is reported to be one of the highest in the world. However, little effort is being made to seize the opportunities and …
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This paper examines urbanization trends, the growth of Colombo and its present state of development. It looks at the … approaches to the planned interventions in the city and demonstrates how a uni-directional urban development has had a … and development of a city need to be managed in such a way that the quality of spaces and places are retained …
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This paper uses recently published top 1% income share series in studying the inequality-development association. The … opportunity to study slow development processes. The empirical inequality-development studies have started to call into question … spline methods. The association between top 1% share and development is found to experience a reversal at later stages of …
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sector, dry-land agriculture, hydropower, roads infrastructure costs and sea level rise. These factors have not been …
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. Whilst US aid has correctly been cited as key factor in explaining the rapid post-war development of South Korea and Taiwan …
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universities and the infrastructure for higher education in forestry, agriculture, and rural development, is important in the long …
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