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Environmental Economics for Sustaining Development : Framework and Tools for Researchers and Policy Makers
Swami, Meenakshi S - 2022
Economics for managing our depleting resources and biodiversity is imperative part of development, more so since sustainable development has been placed on the prime platform for future sustenance of the planet. Sustainable development is at the heart of policy initiatives due to intensive...
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Organic agriculture in least developed countries in relation to the development of the organic farming sector in Poland : the example of African xountries versus the organic sector...
Rydz-Żbikowska, Anna - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 4, pp. 209-230
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 been...
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Capital flight, foreign direct investment and natural resources in Africa
Ndikumana, Léonce; Sarr, Mare - 2019
This paper provides theoretical and empirical insights into the puzzling simultaneous rise in foreign direct investment …, does foreign direct investment fuel capital flight as has been established in the case of external borrowing? In other … words, is there an FDI-fueled capital flight phenomenon akin to debt-fueled capital flight? Second, is natural resource …
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Good institutions and tax revenue outcomes in resource-rich countries : when "good" is not enough
Chachu, Daniel Ofoe - 2021
Developing countries that experience commodity booms struggle to mobilize sustainable tax revenues. Emerging literature on the subject notwithstanding, there is limited exploration of the specific types of institutions critical for improving fiscal capacity in resourcerich contexts. This paper...
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Resource curse or blessing? : sovereign risk in resource-rich emerging economies
Hamann S., Franz A.; Mendoza, Enrique G.; … - 2018
In this paper we document the stylized facts about the relationship between international oil price swings, sovereign risk and macroeconomic performance of oil-exporting economies. We show that even though being a bigger oil producer decreases sovereign risk–because it increases a...
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Natural Resources, Development Models and Sustainable Development
Auty, Richard M. - 2003
This paper starts out from the optimistic assumption that the basic policies for environmental economic development are known but uncertainties surround the speed of their adoption. In many developing countries the key obstacle is poor governance: consequently, renewable resources continue to be...
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Greening Development Planning : A Review of Country Case Studies for Making the Economic Case for Improved Management of Environment and Natural Resources
Drakenberg, Olof; Paulsen, Sandra; Andersson, Jessica; … - 2009
Different approaches to making the economic case for improved management of natural capital in national planning are reviewed in this report. In many low-income countries natural resources sectors (agriculture, mining, forestry, fishery, nature-based tourism) are identified as the engines of...
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Towards green growth in emerging market economies : evidence from environmental performance reviews
Samson, Rachel; Capozza, Ivana - 2019
This paper provides a cross-country review of progress towards green growth in selected emerging market economies that are members or partners of the OECD. It draws on the country studies conducted within the OECD Environmental Performance Review Programme for Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia,...
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Climate change and poverty reduction: Where does official development assistance money go?
Kalirajan, Kaliappa; Singh, Kanhaiya; Thangavelu, Shandre; … - 2011
is highlighted by the magnitude of the investment needed to manage climate change, and the fact that market mechanisms …
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Climate change and poverty reduction : where does official development assistance money go?
Kalirajan, Kaliappa; Singh, Kanhaiya; Shandre Mugan … - 2011
is highlighted by the magnitude of the investment needed to manage climate change, and the fact that market mechanisms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009379732