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Improving the Water Quality of Lake Toba, Indonesia
World Bank Group - 2018
Lake Toba is a unique natural asset of global significance located in the North Sumatra Province of Indonesia. The long …-term economic and environmental value of Lake Toba's water is central to achieving multi-sector objectives as well as sustaining the … livelihoods and well-being of communities in the catchment. Addressing the deterioration of Lake Toba's water quality requires …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646348
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Better Data, Better Results : Remote Sensing as a Tool for Monitoring Water Quality in Lake Toba, Indonesia
World Bank Group - 2019
Lake Toba is a unique natural asset of global significance with a rich cultural heritage located in the North Sumatra …-long lake provides a wide range of economic and environmental goods and services for more than half a million people and 400 … villages in the seven districts covered by the lake's 3,658 square kilometer catchment. However, sustaining the long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646451
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Valuing Lao Landscapes : A Province, District, and Household Level Analysis of Natural Capital in Khammouane Province
World Bank Group - 2020
Natural capital is the largest form of wealth in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Yet, natural capital is being depleted, posing a significant challenge to achieving poverty reduction and sustainable development objectives. The World Bank has long promoted natural capital accounting (NCA)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647297
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Conflict and Poverty in Afghanistan's Transition
Floreani, Vincent A. - 2016
Despite record economic growth for more than a decade, poverty has remained stubbornly high in Afghanistan, especially in the regions that suffered less from conflict. This paper aims to explain this paradox by combining a model of conflict intensity at the province level over period 2007-14...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245568
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Afghanistan Provincial Briefs
World Bank - 2011
These briefs provide statistics on 39 socio-economic indicators encompassing several dimensions of wellbeing, including poverty and inequality, food security, labor market outcomes, sectoral distribution of employment, gender, education, health, and access to services and infrastructure. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247546
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Maritime Networks, Port Efficiency, and Hinterland Connectivity in the Mediterranean
Arvis, Jean-Fran - 2018
exploration of the three interdependent dimensions of trade connectivity: maritime networks, port efficiency, and hinterland … combines empirical analysis of microeconomic shipping and port data with three case studies of choice of port (focusing on … Spain, Egypt, and Morocco) and five case studies on hinterland development (Barcelona; Malta; Marseilles; Port Said East …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644201
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Making the Most of Ports in West Africa
World Bank - 2015
additional port movements generated by transshipment in regional hub(s). Given the regional dynamics of ports in West Africa …, there is also a good case for more cooperation between West African countries on port reform, competition and regulation … regulatory efforts at the country level and provide a forum to analyze regional issues related to inter-port competition and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644541
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Making the Most of Ports in West Africa
World Bank Group - 2016
additional port movements generated by transshipment in regional hub(s). Given the regional dynamics of ports in West Africa …, there is also a good case for more cooperation between West African countries on port reform, competition and regulation … regulatory efforts at the country level and provide a forum to analyze regional issues related to inter-port competition and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645753
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How Does Port Efficiency Affect Maritime Transport Costs and Trade? Evidence from Indian and Western Pacific Ocean Countries
Dappe, Matias Herrera - 2017
Would improvements in port performance increase trade in countries on the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans? Previous … studies attempted to answer this question using ad hoc measures of port efficiency that do not control for the actual use of … port assets or measures that can be very noisy. To avoid these problems, this paper builds a measure of economic efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245654
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Firm Inventory Behavior in East Africa
Iimi, Atsushi - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246128