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On the water-energy-food nexus: is there multivariate convergence?
Bollino, Carlo Andrea; Galeotti, Marzio - 2021
This paper provides new evidence on the convergence process of energy, water and food per capita consumption levels for … desired levels according to the prescription of the SDG of per water, energy and food capita consumption is reached by each … investment have a positive accelerating effect on food convergence as well as on energy convergence. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487810
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A Paradox of Plenty? Rent Distribution and Political Stability in Oil States
Basedau, Matthias; Lacher, Wolfram - 2006
Resource curse theory claims that resource abundance encourages violent conflict. A study of 37 oil-producing developing countries, however, reveals that oil states with very high levels of oil revenue are remarkably stable. An analysis of the ways in which governments spend oil revenues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293532
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Oil price shocks, monetary policy and aggregate demand in Ghana
Jumah, Adusei; Pastuszyn, Georg - 2007
The current study examines the relationship between the world oil price and aggregate demand in a developing country, Ghana, via the interest rate channel by means of cointegration analysis. Results of the study indicate that oil price - by impacting the price level positively - negatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294003
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Measuring the Potential of Unilateral CDM: A Pilot Study
Raubenheimer, Stefan; Michaelowa, Axel; Jahn, Michael; … - 2004
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was originally seen as an instrument with a bilateral character where an entity from an industrialised country invests in a project in a developing country (DC). Also, multilateral funds were envisaged that would bundle investments to spread project risks....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295396
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Globalization, local ecosystems, and the rural poor
Aggarwal, Rimjhim M. - 2005
Livelihoods of the rural poor in developing countries are critically dependent on the health of the local ecosystems. In this paper we examine the various mechanisms through which globalization can lead to ecosystem degradation, and consequently poverty. Models on ecosystem dynamics from ecology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327266
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Richer and cleaner? A study on carbon dioxide emissions in developing countries
Galeotti, Marzio; Lanza, Alessandro - 1999
relationship between energy consumption, CO2 emissions and economic development. In this paper we use a panel data model for 110 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608550
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Tax reform and the environment in developing economies: Is a double dividend possible?
Coxhead, Ian - 2000
We reconsider some analytical arguments on the double dividend, focusing on the small open developing economy case. Compared with the large, mature industrial economies usually considered, such economies differ in several respects, including the structure of tax revenues, commodity pricing and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608651
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Desperately seeking (environmental) Kuznets: A new look at the evidence
Galeotti, Marzio; Lanza, Alessandro; Pauli, Francesco - 2001
The number of studies seeking to empirically characterize the reduced-form relationship between a country economic growth and the quantity of pollutants produced in the process has recently increased significantly. In several cases researchers have found evidence pointing to an inverted-U...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608829
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Climate policy and development
Gersbach, Hans; Hummel, Noemi - 2009
We propose a development-compatible refunding system designed to mitigate climate change. Industrial countries pay an initial fee into a global fund. Each country chooses its national carbon tax. Part of the global fund is refunded to developing and industrial countries, in proportion to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265998
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European Policies towards Palm Oil - Sorting Out some Facts
Pehnelt, Gernot; Vietze, Christoph - 2009
about and politics towards palm oil with special focus on the EU. Palm oil is a low-energy and low-fertilizer crop that … offers much higher yields per hectare than other oil crops. Furthermore, if the energy obtained by the residuals in the … production process is used properly, the energy balance of palm oil production is much more favourable compared to other biofuels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271184