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The Role of ICT Regulations in Agribusiness and Rural Development
Kayumova, Marina - 2017
since the potential profit margins in rural areas are relatively low. This paper examines the role of regulations in … discusses the role of an enabling environment and ICT regulations that are critical for expanding access to rural areas. The … third section presents the new data set on the quality of regulations followed by the analysis of the relationship between …
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India - Unlocking Agribusiness for Inclusive Growth, Jobs, and More : Policy and Investment Priorities
World Bank Group - 2017
Major changes are occurring in the Indian economy that should inform public policy and investments in the food sector. The main drivers of changes occurring in the Indian economy include rising per capita incomes and urbanization. These patterns have led to increased demand for food and food...
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Uganda Economic Update, 12th Edition, November 2018 : Developing the Agri-Food System for Inclusive Economic Growth
World Bank Group - 2018
Real GDP growth rebounded strongly to 6.1 percent in FY17/18, from 3.9 percent the previous year. The rebound was largely driven by a pick-up in investments and exports, and on the back of strengthened credit to the private sector and good weather. Consequently, services, particularly...
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Increasing Agribusiness Growth in Bhutan
World Bank Group - 2017
The policy note assesses Bhutan's agribusiness sector and recommends steps the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) might consider to increase the sector's growth. The analysis relies primarily on Enterprise Survey conducted in 2015, supplemented by extensive literature reviews and fieldwork....
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Transformational climate finance : donors' willingness to support deep and transformational greenhouse gas emissions reductions in lower-income countries
Strand, Jon - 2020
This paper uses simple analytical models to study high-income donor countries' willingness to pay to supply mitigation finance to low-income countries; how this depends on modality for finance supply; and how it changes as the global greenhouse gas mitigation agenda moves forward. The paper...
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Policy Instruments for Water Pollution Control in Developing Countries
Olmstead, Sheila - 2019
This paper surveys the economic theory behind regulatory and other solutions to the stark ambient water pollution problems that exist in many developing countries, and what is known from the empirical economics literature about the effectiveness of these solutions
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Somalia Country Environmental Analysis : Diagnostic Study on Trends and Threats for Environmental and Natural Resources Challenges
World Bank Group - 2020
Somalia's natural capital is under substantial pressure from inappropriate land uses, conflict, and climate change. In its Ninth National Development Plan (Somalia NDP-9), the government of Somalia has identified vulnerability to environmental shocks as one of the six major causes of poverty....
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Mongolia : Environment and Natural Resource Management Socio-Economic Survey
Caparros, Alejandro - 2011
Mongolia has very significant natural resources and a large part of the population is dependent on them for their daily living. The impact of the state of the environment on the living standards of herders is obvious, but also Mongolians living in the capital Ulaanbaatar have learned that air...
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A Guide to Greenhouse Gas Benchmarking for Climate Policy Instruments
Partnership for Market Readiness - 2017
The past year has seen a significant increase in global momentum for climate action. As of April 2017, one hundred thirty-seven Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have already submitted their first nationally determined contributions (NDCs) as part of...
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The drivers of firms’ compliance to environmental regulations : the case of India
Franco-Bedoya, Sebastian; Mani, Muthukumara S. - 2020
regulations against recalcitrant firms. There is now a big push toward self-reporting whereby the firms monitor and report on … improvement in compliance levels, to assess the effectiveness of the regulations and inspections. The findings suggest that the …
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