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Energy is pivotal for socio-economic and cultural development. Last century witnessed a drastic increase, on one hand on the consumption of energy and, on the other on greenhouse gases emissions. Traditionally, energy security has been linked with the need to guarantee supply and, in turn,...
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Genuine saving measures net investment in produced, natural and human capital. It is a necessary condition for weak sustainable development that genuine saving not be persistently negative. However, according to data provided by the World Bank, resource-rich countries are systematically failing...
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Energy security is a burning issue in a world where 1.4 billion people still have no access to electricity. This pioneering book is about finding solutions for energy security through the international trading system. Focusing mainly on the European Union (EU) as a case study, this holistic and...
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territory of three countries: Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq. And with the immense growth in oil demand in future, OPEC is expected … to increase its market share to 49% of global oil supply. The crude oil production in Iran, the second producer in OPEC …. It is important to consider that nearly half of the world half of the proven world oil reserves are embedded in the …
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Energy-related investments have been on a track of constant development since the global expansion of energy utilization and the rapid increase of energy demand both regarding industrial use and consumer consumption. Fundamental trends in the European Union and the world at large provide an...
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are considered, not only oil, and second, our work goes beyond the standard distinction between energy importing and …
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Global regulations involving clean energy technologies have evolved in recent decades. Such evolution came as a result of technological disparities between the North and the South. Such regulatory changes came because of the failure of developed nations to assist developing countries in...
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the resilience of oil intensive Romanian communities to oil price … oil extraction activities using GIS (Geographic Information System) software. We then apply a random effects panel … regression model to check the significance of the oil price as a predictor of employment. Finding: Results indicate that the …
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Countries face both challenges and opportunities in using their extractive industries to achieve more inclusive development - particularly in the developing world. Yet while a large national income can result from resource wealth, it can also be associated with acute social inequality and deep...
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Sustainable resource consumption is important for the development of the financial system. Besides, an advanced financial system eases the transfer of revenues from production activities and export to productive investments. The influence of natural resource (NR) abundance on financial...
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