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Donor interest in the extractives sector is based upon the premise that it represents an opportunity to improve a country's development prospects. However, in many cases the presence of extractive resources is associated with poor economic performance. As a result, some donors are trying a...
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issues. First, the study examines the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic freedom on inclusive green … growth (IGG) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Second, we investigate whether economic freedom interacts with FDI to promote IGG …. Third, we identify minimum the thresholds required for economic freedom to cause FDI to foster IGG. The findings are based …
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to determine the (perceived) risk in the face of which oil and mining firms determine their level of investment in … face a dual investment decision, whereby they have to decide on the investment into both types of capital simultaneously … adequately accounted for in preceding studies. By integrating the dual investment model into the green accounting approach it is …
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There has been widespread debate about whether the way in which we measure economic activity is fit for purpose in the twenty-first century. One aspect of this debate is to move away from measuring a nation's income (GDP) towards monitoring a nation's assets (their inclusive wealth), as a better...
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This paper investigates the threshold effect of environmental degradation on the FDI-poverty nexus in sub … of FDI is not eroded by environmental degradation. The study found overwhelming evidence that at the higher level of … environmental degradation, FDI contributes significantly to poverty reduction except when Household final consumption is used to …
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Despite the growing number of empirical studies on foreign direct investment (FDI) and energy efficiency (EE) as they … FDI to foster inclusive green growth (IGG) in Africa. Also, little has been done to show the IGG gains from improving EE … and FDI in fostering IGG in Africa by using macrodata for 23 countries from 2000 to 2020. According to our findings, which …
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Despite the growing number of empirical studies on foreign direct investment (FDI) and energy efficiency (EE) as they … FDI to foster inclusive green growth (IGG) in Africa. Also, little has been done to show the IGG gains from improving EE … and FDI in fostering IGG in Africa by using macrodata for 23 countries from 2000 to 2020. According to our findings, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549388
Present technological innovations and social organizations continue to impose risks and limitations on the efficient performance of the biosphere. Human activities have increasingly short-lived sustainable natural endowments, to the extent that, the multiplier effects have ripples beyond the...
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Aim: Despite the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to reduce climate change vulnerability and inequality particularly in the Global South, it is probable that the SDGs and NDCs might not achieve their objectives. The aim of...
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Over the past few years, organic farming has seen a dynamic development globally. In 2015, the global market for organic products was €81.6 billion, rising to more than €90 billion in 2018 (Światowy rynek produktów ekologicznych osiągnął wartość 90 mld euro 2019). There has also...
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