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This paper revisits the issue of environment and development raised in the 1992 World Development Report, with new … deforestation, pollution, and carbon intensities. Per capita emissions follow a $J$-curve. Specifically, poverty reduction occurs …
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endowments and environmental policies have only marginally affected the pollution content of world trade during the 1986 …This paper contributes to the debate on the existence of pollution haven effects by systematically measuring the … pollution content of trade (measured by the pollution content of imports, PCI) and decomposing it into three components - a deep …
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This paper contributes to the debate on the existence of pollution haven effects by systematically measuring the … pollution content of trade (measured by the polluction content of imports (PCI)) and decomposing it into three components: a … presented for 3 of the 10 pollutants in the data set indicate a significant pollution haven effect and highlight the role of …
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This study combines high-resolution, geo-spatial data and household data from the Vietnam Living Standard Measurement … developed data on air pollution, tree cover loss, land degradation, slope, rainfall and temperature variability, and flood and … suggest that Vietnam?s poor are disproportionally exposed to environmental risks, which can result in livelihood impacts that …
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Vietnam's joining of the World Trade Organization …Vietnam's integration with the international economy has increased significantly over the past decade, aided by … dramatic shift in Vietnam's trading patterns has important implications for the environment and use of natural resources. This …
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Interests in obtaining carbon offsets in host countries for Clean Development Mechanism projects may serve as an obstacle to implementing more stringent general environmental policies in the same countries. A relatively lax environmental policy, whereby carbon emissions remain high, can be...
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. The analysis assumes that the world can be split into two regions, with two fuels that both lead to carbon emissions …
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, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, World Trade Organization, Government of Vietnam, and Vietnamese industry …The information and communications technology sector has undergone a dynamic process of globalization and fragmentation … markets, Vietnam is coming to play an important role in this global industry. The recent influx of foreign investors, driven …
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This paper focuses on the institutional arrangements needed for facilitating regional electricity cooperation. The paper begins by discussing the theory of international trade cooperation in electricity, with a view to discussing what preconditions might be important in facilitating wide area...
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world differently. Using a combination of static and dynamic panel data analysis, we find that while increases in trade per …
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