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We consider the interplay of climate change impacts, global mitigation policies, and the interests of developing countries to 2050. Focusing on Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, we employ a structural approach to biophysical and economic modeling that incorporates climate uncertainty and allows...
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This study develops a scenario-based model to assess the current and future trends in energy demand in Africa and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Future energy demand is forecast on the basis of socio-economic variables such as gross domestic product, income per capita, population, and...
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This paper is concerned with the role of oil and gas in the development of the global economy. Its focus is on the context in which oil and gas producers in both established and developing countries must frame their policies in order to optimize the benefits of producing such resources. It...
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Producing electricity from wind is attractive because it provides a clean, low-maintenance power supply. However, wind resource is intermittent on various time scales, thus introducing variability in power output that is difficult for electric grid planning. In the following study, wind resource...
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This paper presents the findings from a feasibility study on the potential for developing a static tax …-benefit microsimulation model for Tanzania. The paper provides an account of the current tax-benefit system in Tanzania and introduces the … feasibility of producing such a model for Tanzania with reference to personal income tax, indirect taxes, and contributory and non …
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This study presents the findings from a feasibility study on the potential for developing a static tax …-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia. The paper focuses on the details of the tax-benefit system and possible data sources, building on … Community. The paper concludes with an assessment of the feasibility of producing a tax-benefit microsimulation model and its …
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This paper assesses the feasibility of developing a tax and benefit microsimulation model in Rwanda. Tax …'s tax and benefit policies as well as a possible underpinning dataset-the Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey …-for a tax-benefit microsimulation model, concluding that developing such a model for Rwanda would be feasible. …
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Between 2005 and 2018, 41 countries had at least one riot directly associated with popular demand for fuel. We make use of a new international dataset on fuel riots to explore the effects of fuel prices and price regimes on fuel riots. In line with prior expectations, we find that large domestic...
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The South African liquid fuels industry is a significant part of the economy. Historically, government policy focused on import substitution industrialization to support industry margins. This approach is called into question by the 2006 shift from net exports to imports and by inflated...
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-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) and tax data from the Government Revenue Dataset (ICTD/UNU-WIDER), our … results suggest that tax revenue benefits to firm growth in developing countries, especially in low-income countries and lower … when corruption is too pervasive, and when the origin of tax revenue origin reduces government accountability. Lastly, our …
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