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We implement a mixed method approach that combines a randomized controlled trial and qualitative data collection to assess whether, and if so how, behavioural change can be sustained. We do so in the context of Pakistan’s national sanitation strategy to combat open defecation, Community-Led...
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key port performance indicators that can be used to monitor sustainability performance and help make business decisions … associated targets represent an authoritative global guideline to achieving sustainability across different sectors. The agenda …
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We develop an endogenous growth model to address a long standing question whether sustainable green growth is feasible by re-allocating resource use between green (natural) and man-made (carbon intensive) capital. Although the model is general we relate it to the UKís green growth policy...
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Conditions ; Financial Crisis ; Fiscal Sustainability …
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This paper introduces endogenous and directed technical change in a growth model with environmental constraints. A unique final good is produced by combining inputs from two sectors. One of these sectors uses "dirty" machines and thus creates environmental degradation. Research can be directed...
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This paper presents an application of a multi-attribute aggregation methodology to the construction of a sustainability … index. Sustainability is a multi-faceted issue, in which synergies or conflicts may arise among the different components … the FEEM Sustainability Index (FEEM SI), a composite index including 19 different indicators grouped in the three …
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This paper discusses the growth model with environmental constraints recently presented in (Acemoglu et al., 2011) which focuses on the redirection of technical change by climate policies with research subsidies and a carbon tax. First, Acemoglu et al.'s model and chosen parameters yield...
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