Solar energy using Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technology will become the most abundant source of renewable energy. The technology and the economics of CSP are explained. An overview is given for the deployed CSP capacity, the CSP capacity which is currently being built, and the planned...

Solar energy using Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technology will become the most abundant source of renewable energy. The technology and the economics of CSP are explained. An overview is given for the deployed CSP capacity, the CSP capacity which is currently being built, and the planned...

Bei der Energiewende geht es aus ökonomischer Sicht darum, ihre klima- und umweltpolitisch Ziele so zu erreichen, dass auch die beiden anderen Eckpunkte des energiepolitischen Zieldreiecks, die Wirtschaftlichkeit und die Versorgungssicherheit, angemessene Berücksichtigung finden. Der...

Escalating oil prices and the need to control carbon emissions sound the alarm for Indonesia to reduce or be more efficient in its energy use. To create an incentive for society to be more energy efficient, they need to understand the full consequences of adopting more efficient energy use...

Das ifo Institut hat im Auftrag des Umweltbundesamts die Teilnehmer am ifo Konjunkturtest nach ihrer Einschätzung einer »grünen Transformation« der Wirtschaft befragt. Eine grüne Wirtschaft erfordert Produkte, Produktionsprozesse und Dienstleistungen, die dazu beitragen, die wirtschaftliche...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper (conference paper) on interrelations among population growth, poverty and income distribution - discusses theoretical issues and models, based on international comparison, and using simulation economic models, presents an alternative approach to explain...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on basic needs policies in development planning, comprising an empirical case study of Sri Lanka - presents a theoretical framework and economic model for analysing resource allocation efficiency, including the effect on different socio- economic groups and...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper describing the theoretical basis of the bachue-Yugoslavia demographic-economic model under construction for development policy simulation and regional planning - constitutes part of a WEP research project concerning population and employment. Diagrams, references...

Analyses the characteristics of qualifications and evaluates their impact on the functioning of the labour market.