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gap by examining the cofinancing ratio and its determinants using projects financed by the GEF Trust Fund. The empirical … results confirm that the rules of the fund, requiring different minimum cofinancing ratios by size and focal area of the GEF … (reimbursable vs. nonreimbursable) and the particular GEF agencies involved. …
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This paper surveys climate change funds related to LAC countries and attempts to derive some implications through performance analyses of these funds. The performance analyses show that the following matters should be addressed: increases in participation of the IDB as an agent in the projects...
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This paper analyzes the benefits and losses associated with cooperation among ASEAN members in mitigating their CO2 … emission, particularly by implementing a uniform carbon tax across ASEAN. To achieve this goal, this paper uses a multi …-country CGE model for ASEAN, known as the Inter-Regional System of Analysis for ASEAN (IRSA-ASEAN) model. This study finds that …
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There is a strong presumption among economists that domestic reforms are promoted by regionalism. Yet strong empirical evidence for this proposition is lacking. This paper examines both the theoretical arguments and empirical evidence on this issue, drawing on the relevant economic, political,...
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The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with the corresponding RCAs of the SAARC countries. Four categories of items are generated based on...
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have sought bilateral partners among new important trade players (India, ASEAN and South Korea) to complement or even …
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This paper provides a review of agriculture-related provisions in free trade agreements signed by Latin American countries and in force by December 2004. It is shown that the exceptional treatment received by the agricultural sector in the WTO is also found in free trade agreements. Many...
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We summarise salient developments in the interaction of the multilateral trading system and multilateral trading agreements (MTAs) on the one hand and regional trading agreements (RTAs) on the other. We then consider the economic effects of RTAs, comparing customs unions with free trade...
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The article studies the nature of current policy and management practice in Thailand on vegetation burnings and haze pollution and examines how these take into account heterogeneity and complexity of local conditions and causal factors on the ground. Chang Mai province’s recent haze episodes...
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