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Determinants of Social Distancing and Economic Activity During COVID-19 : A Global View

Maloney, William F. - 2020

The paper uses Google mobility data to identify the determinants of social distancing during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak. The findings for the United States indicate that much of the decrease in mobility is voluntary, driven by the number of COVID-19 cases and proxying for greater awareness of...

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Migration, School Attainment, and Child Labor : Evidence from Rural Pakistan

Mansuri, Ghazala - 2016

proposals to open international labor markets to allow for the temporary economic migration of low-skilled workers from … from migrants to their communities of origin underscores this aspect of migration. However, migration can also transform … returns to investment in human capital. The author explores the relationship between temporary economic migration and …

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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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Macro-Financial Aspects of Climate Change

Feyen, Erik H.B. - 2020

This paper examines the interaction between macro-financial and climate-related risks. It brings together different strands of the literature on climate-related risks and how these relate to macro-financial management and risks. Physical impacts of climate change as well as the transition toward...

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Green Sukuk, Energy Poverty, and Climate Change : A Roadmap for Sub-Saharan Africa

AASSOULI, Dalal - 2018

The climate change challenge and the growth of the Islamic finance industry, together with the increase in socially responsible investing, could position green sukuk as a key instrument for financing clean energy and resilient infrastructure projects as well as shorter-term energy efficiency...

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Environment and Development : Penalized Non-Parametric Inference of Global Trends in Deforestation, Pollution and Carbon

Andree, Bo Pieter Johannes - 2019

This paper revisits the issue of environment and development raised in the 1992 World Development Report, with new analysis tools and data. The paper discusses inference and interpretation in a machine learning framework. The results suggest that production gradually favors conserving the...

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Understanding the Economic Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies on Shipping : What is the State of the Art of Current Modeling Approaches?

Halim, Ronald Apriliyanto - 2019

The International Maritime Organization's initial strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships stipulates that the international shipping sector should assess the impacts on states prior to adoption of the mitigation measures included in the strategy. This assessment should be...

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The Impact of Hurricane Strikes on Short-Term Local Economic Activity : Evidence from Nightlight Images in the Dominican Republic

Ishizawa, Oscar - 2017

The Dominican Republic is highly exposed to adverse natural events putting the country at risk of losing hard-won economic, social, and environmental gains due to the impacts of disasters. This study uses monthly nightlight composites in conjunction with a wind field model to econometrically...

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Climate Finance, Carbon Market Mechanisms and Finance 'Blending' As Instruments to Support NDC Achievement Under the Paris Agreement

Strand, Jon - 2019

This paper considers the impacts of "finance blending" whereby climate finance is added to international carbon markets for offset trading. The paper first discusses climate finance and the carbon market as free-standing finance solutions by high-income countries to increase mitigation in...

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Climate Change and Water Variability : Do Water Treaties Contribute to River Basin Resilience?

Dinar, Shlomi - 2017

Climate-driven water variability is a natural phenomenon observed across river basins, but predicted to increase due to climate change. Environmental change of this kind may aggravate political tensions, especially in regions that are not equipped with an appropriate institutional apparatus....

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