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Financing sustainable agriculture under climate change with a specific focus on foreign aid

Huang, Jikun - 2013

used to achieve the joint objectives of development, mitigation of and adaptation to climate change in agriculture in the … developing world. The results show that agriculture is underinvested and foreign aid has not increased sufficiently to assist … developing countries achieve sustainable agriculture; substantial funds are needed to finance the wide range of measures for …

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How smartphones can bring about a developmental breakthrough in agriculture

Bajpai, Nirupam; Beriya, Abhishek - 2022

robust low-cost devices (e.g., the JioPhone Next etc.) coupled with competitive data tariffs, smartphone use in agriculture …

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The mechanics of central bank intervention in foreign exchange markets

Basu, Kaushik - 2009

Central banks in developing countries, wanting to devalue the domestic currency, usually intervene in the foreign exchange market by buying up foreign currency using domestic money-often backing this up with sterilization to counter inflationary pressures. Such interventions are usually...

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Behind the scenes of the telecommunications miracle: An empirical analysis of the Indian market

Biancini, Sara - 2010

We analyze the demand and supply characteristics of the Indian telecommunications market, in order to assess the potential effectiveness of universal access policies in developing countries. We provide some empirical evidence on the supply and demand characteristics, using a small...

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Impact of strategic management, corporate social responsibility on firm performance in the post mandate period: Evidence from India

Mitra, Nayan - In: International Journal of Corporate Social … 6 (2021) 1, pp. 1-15

speaks the language of religious, political and/or mandated CSR. India, in recent times came into the limelight with its …

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Social Capital, Tourism and Socio-Economic Transformation of Rural Society: Evidence from Nepal

Shakya, Martina - 2014

Tourism has a wide range of impacts on the economy, the natural environment and the people living in a destination. In the context of poor, rural societies, many scholars have emphasized the positive impacts of tourism on local economic growth. Concern has been voiced, however, about the social...

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Lifestyle choices and societal behavior changes as local climate strategy

Mohanty, Brahmanand; Scherfler, Martin; Devatha, Vikram - 2012

The Asia-Pacific region is witnessing rapid economic growth. Along with rising incomes, the lifestyles of the large middle class are moving quickly towards a buy-and-discard consumer model that involves carbon-intensive products and services. These increase dependency on the Earth's finite...

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Internationale Agrarpolitik und Entwicklung der Weltagrarwirtschaft

Schmitt, Günther (contributor); … - 1992

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Revisiting the role of education for agricultural productivity

Reimers, Malte; Klasen, Stephan - 2011

While the majority of micro studies finds that rural education increases agricultural productivity, various recent cross-country regressions analyzing the determinants of agricultural productivity were only able to detect an insignificant or even surprisingly negative effect of schooling. In...

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Low carbon development and poverty alleviation: Options for development cooperation in energy, agriculture and forestry

Funder, Mikkel; Fjalland, Jacob; Munk Ravnborg, Helle; … - 2009

development with poverty reduction and economic growth in least developed countries, with a focus on energy, agriculture and …

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