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Health in All Policies as a Strategic Policy Response to NCDs
Lin, Vivian; Jones, Catherine; Wang, Shiyong; Barbd, Enis - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
The aim of Health in All Policies (HiAP) is to bring diverse sectors together to find shared solutions; it focuses on identifying 'win-win' or 'cobenefits' such that policy measures contribute not only to improved health outcomes but also to outcomes desired by other sectors, such as education,...
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Reforms for a Cleaner, Healthier Environment in China
Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
China’s exceptional economic expansion has led to rising energy demand and pollution as well as other environmental … pressures. Strong efforts by the government have moderated emissions of some types of air and water pollution from high levels … other costs and reduce well-being. The 12th Five Year Plan aims at further reducing pollution and at other environmental …
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Health and environmental impacts of China's current and future electricity supply, with associated external costs
Hirschberg, Stefan; Heck, Thomas; Gantner, Urs; Lu, Yongqi - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 22 (2004) 2/3/4, pp. 155-179
costs within the China Energy Technology Program (CETP). China faces an enormous challenge, as it needs to meet the growing … dominant energy carrier in China, and its continued use causes enormous damage to public health and the environment. Such …
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Chinese energy chains for Shandong electricity scenarios
Dones, Roberto; Zhou, Xin; Tian, Chunxiu - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 22 (2004) 2/3/4, pp. 199-224
The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) performed for the China Energy Technology Program (CETP) has established streamlined …
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Einbeziehung der privaten Krankenvollversicherung in den Risikostrukturausgleich der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung in Deutschland: Abschätzung der quantitativen Auswirkungen
Lüngen, Markus; Stollenwerk, Björn; Gerber, Andreas; … - In: German Risk and Insurance Review (GRIR) 3 (2007) 2, pp. 45-57
Germany's risk-adjustment scheme (RAS) includes the statutory health insurance (SHI), but not the full private health insurance (PHI). We analyzed that the expansion of the RAS to the PHI would cause a transfer of 9.9 billion Euros per year from the PHI to the SHI (thresholds of relevant income...
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Empirical tests and policy analysis of environmental degradation at different stages of economic development.
T, Panayotou - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1993
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Ex Post Evaluation of Mitigation Measures in the Samalayuca II and Monterrey III Thermal Power Generation Projects Title: Evaluación ex-post de las medidas de mitigación en los pro...
González, Verónica - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This evaluation conducts an ex post review of the mitigation measures in the Samalayuca II and Monterrey III thermal power generation projects in Mexico. In general, it can be concluded that both thermoelectric power plants took into account most of the environmental impacts and mitigation...
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Air Quality in America
Hayward, Steven F.; Schwartz, Joel - American Enterprise Institute
Schwartz and Hayward offer an alternative analysis of air pollution levels, trends, and prospects in metropolitan areas …
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No Way Back
Schwartz, Joel - American Enterprise Institute
Claims that air pollution will increase are not only false, but the exact opposite of what will actually happen. …
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Impact of Air Pollution on Human Health in Dehra Doon City
Gautam, A.; Mahajan, M; Garg, S - eSocialSciences - 2009
To study the adverse health effects of exposure to ambient air pollution in different areas of Dehra Doon. To examine … the relationship between the levels of air pollution and the percentage of affected people in selected area of Dehra Doon …
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