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Technology -- Climate Interactions in the Green Revolution in India
Evenson, Robert E.; McKinsey, James W. - 1999
This paper present a model of the Green Revolution in India, in which the development and diffusion of HYVs, the … development and diffusion affect the impacts of climate on agricultural productivity in India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369127
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Access of the poor to water supply and sanitation in India: Salient concepts, issues and cases
Jha, Nitish - 2010
Access to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country … factors constrain access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation in India for both the urban and rural poor, and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293264
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Consumer preferences for water supply? An application of choice models to urban India
Anand, P. B. - 2001
manifestation of the equity politics in India (the peri-urban households claiming their entitlement to subsidized water), or the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279042
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Got water? Social divisions and access to public goods in rural India
Balasubramaniam, Divya; Chatterjee, Santanu; Mustard, … - 2011
We use data for 436 rural districts from the 2001 Census of India to examine whether different aspects of social … divisions help explain the wide variation in access to tap water across rural India. Studies linking social fragmentation to … for access to tap water in rural India. Communities that are heterogeneous in terms of caste (within the majority Hindu …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280655
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Spatial developments of Hungarian agriculture in the transition: the case of crop production
Fertő, Imre - 2007
The paper investigates spatial changes in cultivation and land use of wheat, maize and oilseed in Hungarian agriculture using different methods to measure these changes. The results suggest that spatial structure of crop productions has remained fairly stable during analysed period. The spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299354
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Taxing Means of Agricultural Production in Germany: A Relatively High Tax Burden Compared to Other Important EU Competitors
Parsche, Rüdiger; Radulescu, Doina Maria - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 2, pp. 48-54
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696472
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Nachhaltige Wasserwirtschaft durch Synergie - mögliche Kooperationen bei der Wasserver- und Entsorgung: Eine theoretische und empirische Untersuchung der Wasserversorgungsunternehm...
Ludin, Daniela; Rahmeyer, Fritz; Wörner, Daniela - 2001
innerhalb der Wasserversorgung und Abwasserentsorgung durch Kooperation Synergieeffekte realisiert werden können. Basierend auf …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291672
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Urban water supply and sanitation in Mongolia: A description of the political, legal, and institutional framework
Sigel, Katja - 2012
The lack of adequate water supply and sanitation services is a major issue related to sustainable development in many parts of the developing world. This also holds for Mongolia. Current data suggests that Mongolia may not meet the Millennium Development Goal 7, target 7c to halve the proportion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307922
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The Impact of Institutional Frameworks on Private Sector Participation in Water Supply and Sanitation: The case of the management contract for water and wastewater services in the...
Steiner, Sylvia M. - 2008
This research examines the impact of institutional frameworks on the performance of a private sector participation (PSP) arrangement in the water sector. The research takes place within the context of a development debate and practice, which identifies water as a key poverty issue in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011918475
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The Regulation and Privatisation of the Public Water Supply and the Resulting Competitive Effects
Wackerbauer, Johann - In: CESifo DICE Report 04 (2006) 4, pp. 42-49
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696598