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Potential Forest Loss and Biodiversity Risks from Road Improvement in Lao PDR
Danyo, Stephen - 2018
biodiversity loss in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The paper uses 500-meter cells to estimate the relationship between the … transport times to market and lower vehicle maintenance costs. The estimated response parameters and a composite biodiversity … indicator are used to compute an index of expected biodiversity loss from road upgrading in each 500 meter cell. The results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912072
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Road Improvement and Deforestation in the Congo Basin Countries
Damania, Richard - 2017
on forest clearing and biodiversity in eight Congo Basin countries. The paper demonstrates how the detailed analysis can … biodiversity threats by creating an index that combines and synthesizes several measures of biodiversity loss and impacts. It then …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971739
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Institutions, Infrastructure, and Trade
Francois, Joseph F. - 2016
The authors examine the influence of infrastructure, institutional quality, colonial and geographic context, and trade preferences on the pattern of bilateral trade. They are interested in threshold effects, and so emphasize those cases where bilateral country pairs do not actually trade. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747825
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Women's Legal Rights Over 50 Years : What is the Impact of Reform?
Hallward-Driemeier, Mary - 2017
This study uses a newly compiled database of women's property rights and legal capacity covering 100 countries over 50 years to test for the impact of legal reforms on employment, health, and education outcomes for women and girls. The database demonstrates gender gaps in the ability to access...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973972
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Women's Legal Rights Over 50 Years : Progress, Stagnation or Regression?
Hallward-Driemeier, Mary - 2017
Using a newly compiled database of women's property rights and legal capacity covering 100 countries over 50 years, this paper analyzes the triggers and barriers to reform. The database documents gender gaps in the ability to access and own assets, to sign legal documents in one's own name, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973973
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What Drives the Global"Land Rush"?
Arezki, Rabah - 2017
The 2007-2008 upsurge in agricultural commodity prices gave rise to widespread concern about investors causing a "global land rush" . Large land deals can provide opportunities for better access to capital, transfer of technology, and advances in productivity and employment generation. But they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975668
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North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade
Disdier, Anne-Célia - 2017
Recent years have seen a surge in economic integration agreements (EIAs) and the development of non-tariff measures (NTMs). As a consequence, a growing number of EIAs include provisions on NTMs. However, little attention has been given in the literature to the effects of NTM liberalization in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973743
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Does it Matter Who You Sign with? Comparing the Impacts of North-South and South-South Trade Agreements on Bilateral Trade
Behar, Alberto - 2017
Free trade agreements lead to a rise in bilateral trade regardless of whether the signatories are developed or developing countries. Furthermore, the percentage increase in bilateral trade is higher for South-South agreements than for North-South agreements. In this paper, the results are robust...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976059
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North-South Trade-Related Technology Diffusion : Virtuous Growth Cycles in Latin America
Schiff, Maurice - 2017
This paper examines the impact on total factor productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and in other developing countries of trade-related technology diffusion from the North) (denoted by NRD), education, and governance, research and development The NRD value for a developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976546
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Small State Regional Cooperation, South-South and South-North Migration, and International Trade
Schiff, Maurice - 2017
low bargaining power and fixed costs, small states face a severe disadvantage in negotiations with the rest of the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976549