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RESOURCES COST,RESETTLEMENT COST,AND POLITICAL RESTRAINTS IN THE CHOICE OF DAM LOCATIONS
BICAK, HASAN; Jenkins, Glenn; OZDEMIRAG, ALI - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2000
This study evaluates three alternatives locations for building a fresh water dam in the Yesilirmak valley of North … potential dam locations. The opportunity cost of the fertile land that would be covered by the third location is compared with … the economic rents associated with the additional water which would be provided by a dam at this location. The economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005688099
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Water Flow Risks and Stakeholder Impacts on the Choice of a Dam Site
Bicak, Hasan; Jenkins, Glenn; Ozdemirag, Ali - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2000
This study evaluates three alternative locations for building a fresh water dam in the Yesilirmak Valley of North … associated with the availability of water to fill the dam through time. This paper demonstrates how an integrated financial …
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Climate change, environmental degradation and migration
Warner, K.; Hamza, M.; Oliver-Smith, A.; Renaud, F.; … - In: Natural Hazards 55 (2010) 3, pp. 689-715
Climate change will have a progressively increasing impact on environmental degradation and environmentally dependent socio-economic systems with potential to cause substantial population displacement. The key concerns in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) will include serious threats to food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010995836
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The impact of the financial and economic crisis on ten African economies and labour markets in 2008-2010 : findings from the ILO/WB policy inventory
Saget, Catherine; Yao, Jean-François - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966070
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Regional Trade and the Economic Development of Northern Mozambique
Tschirley, David L. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1998
Resultados das investigações do Projecto de Segurança Alimentar em Moçambique MAP-Direcção de Economía
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Overview
Hachigonta, Sepo; Nelson, Gerald C.; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
According to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Le Treut et al. 2007, 96), climate is defined as average weather over a period of time, ranging from months to millions of years. Climate is usually described in terms of the mean and variability...
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Mozambique
Maure, Genito A.; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Africa, in general, is vulnerable to climate change, mostly due to its dependence on agriculture. Mozambique is a prime example. Agriculture is an important sector of the country’s economy, and, as indicated by the 2007 FAO country factsheet, around 80 percent of the population (about...
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Methodology
Nelson, Gerald C.; Palazzo, Amanda; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Modeling the impacts of climate change presents a complex challenge arising from the wide-ranging processes underlying the working of markets, ecosystems, and human behavior. The analytical framework used in this monograph integrates modeling components that range from the macro to the micro to...
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Southern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Hachigonta, Sepo (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — and explores how climate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132811
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Activites informelles et l'emploi au Benin: analyse et strategie de developpement.
JP, Lachaud - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1987
This report analyses the informal sector of Benin in 1985. A first part examines the characteristics and potentialities of the sector as an important provider of productive employment, training and contributor to rapid economic growth. The second part studies the constraints of the production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967463