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This paper and associated presentation explores the economic phenomenon of the so called ‘resource curse’. We begin by defining the phrase and outlining the main individual ‘curses’ and their causes to give the reader a broad understanding of what is meant by the phrase. This is followed...
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Urban land governance is one of the central challenges not just for urban but also more broadly for global development in times of rapid urbanisation. This paper advances a fresh perspective to look at urban land by exploring to what extent it could be characterised as a resource curse problem....
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living in the vicinity of such investments in six research locations, three in Tanzania and three in Uganda. …
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This paper evaluates the greenhouse gas emissions and economic impacts from producing biofuels in Tanzania … biofuel strategy for Tanzania by limiting potential poverty reduction. Unlike previous studies, our integrated assessment … sugarcane-ethanol in Tanzania. …
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It is not an exaggeration to surmise that agriculture as an economic activity in Sudan is facing demise. The … financing issues for the agriculture in Sudan. Empirical analysis is carried out which showed that there are problems in the …
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to "end hunger" and "achieve food security and improved nutrition," while promoting "sustainable agriculture." Lifting … the world's freshwater supplies go to agriculture; in South Asia, agriculture uses over 90%. On-farm greenhouse gas …; in Asia, during the same period, on-farm GHG emissions grew by 27%, from 2.5 to 3.2 GtCO2e. All of this puts agriculture …
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, those that have been called Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) or Climate-friendly Sustainable Agriculture (CFSA). It explores …
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) according to the achieved level of environmental performance in agriculture and climate change in 2020. The data used for this … statistical analysis were employed. The study focuses on Climate change and Agriculture, two factors of the Ecosystem Vitality … between the two environmental policy areas, agriculture and climate change. Also, the cluster analysis showed that most of the …
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Domestic laws are the ideal legal instrument to regulate the mining sector’s contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Even so, as a stop-gap-measure, governments may consider updating model mining development agreements (MMDAs) or negotiating climate­-related contractual...
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Coal consumption and production have sharply declined in recent years in the U.S., despite political support. Reasons are mostly unfavorable economic conditions for coal, including competition from natural gas and renewables in the power sector, as well as an aging coal- fired power plant fleet....
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