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Sustainable Development on the Mekong Region
Picon Garrote, Pablo - 2011
This MP analyzes the relationship between fast economic development and the environment. My objective was to learn if the ecosystems were strongly disturbed by the economic and industrial development process. In cases where ecosystems were lost, if this process was bringing negative social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475412
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The Value of "Value Pricing" of Roads: Second-Best Pricing and Product Differentiation
Small, Kenneth A.; Yan, Jia - 2000
Some road-pricing demonstrations use an approach call ed "value pricing", in which travelers can choose between a free …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445499
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Urban congestion charging : road pricing as a traffic reduction measure / W. Heyns
Heyns, Werner - 2005
of road pricing and despite economists and transportationprofessionals having advocated its benefits for a number of … decades. The effects of road pricing haveattracted considerable attention from researchers examining its effects, as it is … complexities of the problem.This research empirically investigates the effects of road pricing in London, and identifies factors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009456083
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Erfahrungen mit der City-Maut in Europa
Kretzler, Matthias - 2012
In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die ökonomische Funktionsweise der so genannten City-Maut dargestellt, über praktische … möglich. Die City-Maut lässt sich als Pigou’sche Internalisierungssteuer definieren, mit der die Nachfrage nach … Maut und das Erreichen neuer Nash-Gleichgewichte im Straßennetz abgebildet werden. Raumstrukturelle Wirkungen lassen sich z …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480972
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Potential Impacts of Bt Eggplant on Economic Surplus and Farmers’ Health in India
Krishna, Vijesh V.; Qaim, Matin - 2007
In this article, the potential impacts of Bt eggplant technology in Indian agriculture are analyzed. Several proprietary Bt hybrids are likely to be commercialized in the near future. Based on field trial data, it is shown that the technology can significantly reduce insecticide applications and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444931
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PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH: AN ANALYSIS OF CHALLENGES FACING INDUSTRY AND THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Spielman, David J.; von Grebmer, Klaus - 2004
Public-private partnerships offer potentially important opportunities for pro-pooragricultural research in developing countries. Yet in the international agricultural researchcommunity--and with regard to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research(CGIAR) itself--we see few...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446829
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Harnessing market competition in PPP procurement: The importance of periodically taking a strategic view
Mols, Frank - 2010
PPP procurement (OGC 2003), and (b) to develop an analytical framework for such an analysis. Road infrastructure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448115
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Quality assessment of public and private modes of solid waste collection in Accra, Ghana
Post, J.; Obirih-Opareh, N. - 2002
In the course of 5 yr, the system of solid waste collection (SWC) in Accra has undergone a fundamental turn from public to private provision. The transition was motivated by the apparent inability of the city's Waste Management Department to deal with the mounting problems of waste collection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460011
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Infrastructure in South Africa: Who is to finance and who is to pay?
Caltz E.; Fourie J. - 2010
Against the backdrop of shifting views on the role of government in the provision of infrastructure, this paper distinguishes between the payment for and financing of the South African Government's infrastructure investment programme. The paper argues for a clear distinction between loan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480475
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Public-private partnerships: overcoming project implementation problems faced by public clients and private players in infrastructure projects in Singapore
LINGF-1, L; Kumaraswamy, M; Dulaimi, M; Khalfan, M - 2011
After five years since their introduction, there remains a dearth of public-private-partnership (PPP) projects in Singapore. This paper aims to investigate the problems faced when using PPP arrangements and provide recommendations on how these can be surmounted. Face-to-face in-depth interviews...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481600