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The Lisbon Strategy: a Tool for Economic and Social Reforms in the Enlarged European Union

Blaszczyk, Barbara - CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research - 2005

This paper evaluates achievements and shortcomings of the Lisbon Strategy launched by the European Union in the spring …

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The impact of teacher wages on the performance of students: evidence from PISA

Ali, Amjad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Teacher profile and characteristics are not weightless because student achievements are heavily teacher dependent. In …

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Measuring beginner reading skills: An empirical evaluation of alternative instruments and their potential use for policymaking and accountability in Peru

Kudo, Ines; Bazan, Jorge - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009

Based on analysis of reading performance data from 475 third-graders in Peru, this study makes recommendations on improving reading tests, choice of reading standards, and how to present the results at the school and individual levels. The paper reviews the literature on using reading skills...

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Mobilizing Resources for Supporting Environmental Activities in Developing Countries: The Case of the GEF Trust Fund

Miller, Sebastian; Yu, Bok-Keun - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

gap by examining the cofinancing ratio and its determinants using projects financed by the GEF Trust Fund. The empirical … results confirm that the rules of the fund, requiring different minimum cofinancing ratios by size and focal area of the GEF … (reimbursable vs. nonreimbursable) and the particular GEF agencies involved. …

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Climate Change Funds and Implications for LAC Countries and the IDB

Yu, Bok-Keun; Miller, Sebastián J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

This paper surveys climate change funds related to LAC countries and attempts to derive some implications through performance analyses of these funds. The performance analyses show that the following matters should be addressed: increases in participation of the IDB as an agent in the projects...

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Local causes, regional co-operation and global financing for environmental problems: the case of Southeast Asian Haze pollution

Tacconi, Luca; Jotzo, Frank; Grafton, R. - In: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law … 8 (2008) 1, pp. 1-16

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International Public Goods and Agency Problems in Treaty Organizations

Congleton, Roger - In: The Review of International Organizations 1 (2006) 4, pp. 319-336

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Financing Sustainable Development : Country Undertakings and Rights for Environmental Sustainability (CURES)

Grafton, R. Quentin; Jotzo, Frank; Wasson, Merrilyn - Australian National University, Economics and … - 2004

current Global Environmental Facility (GEF). The mechanism would be multinational, provide incentives for rich and poor … improvement in environmental sustainability in the purchasing country. A reformed GEF that adopted the desirable features of CURES … assist poor countries to address the twin challenges of poverty and environmental degradation. …

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Local causes, regional co-operation and global financing for environemntal problems: the case of Southeast Asian Haze pollution

Tacconi, Luca; Jotzo, Frank; Grafton, R. Quentin - Australian National University, Economics and … - 2006

the Southeast Asian Haze pollution from forest and peat fires in Indonesia, we explore the challenges posed by …

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Internalizing Global Externalities from Biodiversity ; Protected Areas and Multilateral Mechanisms of Transfer

Deke, Oliver - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2004

Biodiversity can sometimes only be preserved if natural habitats are excluded from human uses. Such protection measures generate positive externalities at the global scale. This holds especially for protection in developing countries that host great parts of global biodiversity. For...

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