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Fair Shares: Crediting Poor Countries for Carbon Mitigation Agendas - Working Paper 259
Wheeler, David - 2011
counted, because reducing carbon emissions cannot be separated from other concerns: reducing local air pollution from fossil …
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Less Smoke, More Mirrors: Where India Really Stands on Solar Power and Other Renewables
Wheeler, David; Shome, Saurabh - 2010
Until recently, India’s intransigent negotiating posture has conveyed the impression that it will not accept any carbon emissions limits without full compensation and more stringent carbon limitation from rich countries. However, our assessment of India’s proposed renewable energy standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466384
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Improving indoor air quality for poor families : a controlled experiment in Bangladesh
Dasgupta, Susmita; Huq, Mainul; Khaliquzzaman, M.; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2007
infections from indoor air pollution (pollution from burning wood, animal dung, and other bio-fuels) kill a million children … household ventilation practices (use of doors and windows) as potentially-important determinants of indoor air pollution … significant effects on indoor air pollution. Analysis of the data shows, for example, that pollution from the cooking area …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005133537
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The Economics of Renewable Energy Expansion in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
Murray, Siobhan - 2010
Accelerating development in Sub-Saharan Africa will require massive expansion of access to electricity - currently reaching only about one-third of households. This paper explores how essential economic development might be reconciled with the need to keep carbon emissions in check. The authors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394487
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The economics of renewable energy expansion in rural Sub-Saharan Africa
Deichmann, Uwe; Meisner, Craig; Murray, Siobhan; … - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003937085
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The economics of renewable energy expansion in rural Sub-Saharan Africa
Deichmann, Uwe; Meisner, Craig; Murray, Siobhan; … - In: Energy policy 39 (2011) 1, pp. 215-227
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The Economics of Renewable Energy Expansion in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
Deichmann, Uwe - 2017
Accelerating development in Sub-Saharan Africa will require massive expansion of access to electricity -- currently reaching only about one-third of households. This paper explores how essential economic development might be reconciled with the need to keep carbon emissions in check. The authors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976708
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Less Smoke, More Mirrors : Where India Really Stands on Solar Power and Other Renewables
Wheeler, David; Shome, Saurabh - 2013
Until recently, India’s intransigent negotiating posture has conveyed the impression that it will not accept any carbon emissions limits without full compensation and more stringent carbon limitation from rich countries. However, our assessment of India’s proposed renewable energy standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014044834
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The Economics of Renewable Energy Expansion in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
Deichmann, Uwe; Meisner, Craig; Murray, Siobhan - 2011
Accelerating development in Sub-Saharan Africa will require massive expansion of access to electricity--currently reaching only about one third of households. This paper explores how essential economic development might be reconciled with the need to keep carbon emissions in check. We develop a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012562483