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Public disclosure for pollution abatement : African decision-makers in a PROPER public good experiment
Akpalu, Wisdom; Abidoye, Babatunde; Muchapondwa, Edwin; … - 2015
A linear public good experiment has been employed to investigate strategic behaviour in pollution abatement among African climate decision-makers. The experiment consisted of three groups of which Group 1 did not receive any treatments, and Groups 2 and 3 received one and two treatments,...
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Foreign aid and climate change policy : what can('t) the data tell us?
Kono, Daniel Y.; Montinola, Gabriella R. - 2019
Climate-related foreign aid is on the rise, with signatories to the Paris Climate agreement pledging US$100 billion annually to promote mitigation and adaptation in recipient countries. While this seems like a welcome development, we have little evidence that climate aid actually encourages...
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Environmental and climate finance in a new world : how past environmental aid allocation impacts future climate aid
Marcoux, Christopher; Parks, Bradley; Peratsakis, … - 2013
In this paper we update previous work that categorizes foreign aid projects in terms of their likely impact on the natural environment. We then document trends in the global distribution of environmental aid over time and show that environmental aid has increasingly focussed on global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010200830
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Aid and the environment : the case of Botswana
Juana, James S. - 2014
Botswana has serious environmental problems which, if not addressed, will undermine the attainment of sustainable economic development. This study attempts to determine what aid flows have actually been doing with regard to the environment in Botswana. The results show that although both the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228734
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Tax-benefit microsimulation model in developing countries : a feasibility study for an extension of SOUTHMOD in Indonesia
Muttaqien, Arip; Sologon, Denisa; O'Donoghue, Cathal - 2018
This study aims to expand the use of tax-benefit microsimulation tools in Indonesia. In particular, it reviews the … benefits system in Indonesia, followed by an explanation of possible data set and data requirements for simulation. Two … potential sources of data are the fifth round of the Indonesia Family Life Survey and the National Socio-Economic Survey …
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Does connectivity reduce gender gaps in offfarm employment? : evidence from 12 low- and middle-income countries
Egger, Eva-Maria; Arslan, Aslıhan; Zucchini, Emanuele - 2021
jobs. We combine household survey data from 12 low- and middle-income countries in Asia, Latin America, and sub …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416538
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Agricultural and rural transformations in Asian development : past trends and future challenges
Vos, Rob - 2018
countries of the region. In much of East and Southeast Asia, the Green Revolution brought a quantum leap in yields of staple … growth and urbanization, which in turn induced deeper agrarian change and food system transformations. In South Asia, these … insecurity in this part of Asia remain. These challenges remain in a context of relatively advanced urbanization, strongly …
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The political economy of energy innovation
Dasgupta, Shouro; De Cian, Enrica; Verdolini, Elena - 2016
This paper empirically investigates the effects of environmental policy, institutions, political orientation, and lobbying on energy innovation and finds that they significantly affect the incentives to innovate and create cleaner energy efficient technologies. We conclude that political economy...
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Aid and the environment : Uganda
Kateregga, Eseza - 2013
This paper seeks to (i) establish the areas in which aid from the major donors is concentrated; (ii) examine how aid has been allocated to the environmental sectors, and (iii) review the factors behind the success of environmental projects. Using data from the Aiddata.org database, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010225339
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Aid and environment in Ghana
Twerefou, Daniel Kwabena - 2013
In this paper we discuss aid and the environment in Ghana. Our analysis indicates that expenditure by the government of Ghana has increased consistently since 2000, with seven sectors weakly linked to the environment taking about 78.9 per cent of all government expenditure. Also, the rate of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010200371