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This paper provides a typology of water storage technologies in the Abay sub-basin of the Blue Nile River basin from the 1960s to the present-day. Based on a literature review and project document review, various ways of facility creation and acquisition are analysed with regard to their social...
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dams, hand ]dug wells, ponds and river diversion systems. These facilities, however, receive little political attention in … negotiations over Nile resources, which focus primarily on large dams. Nevertheless, they are important in relation to their impact … implemented for large dams in Ethiopia. The article also discusses the impact of large dams on the hydrological regime of the …
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The ever-growing population of India, along with the increasing competition for water for productive uses in different sectors - especially irrigated agriculture and related local water systems and drainage - poses a challenge in an effort to improve water quality and sanitation. In rural and...
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Households in developing countries face an enormous set of health risks from using contaminated water sources. In 2014, a group of 512 households relying on unimproved water, sanitation and hygiene practices in the Greater Accra region of Ghana were randomly selected to participate in the...
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In New York City (NYC), it has been a common complaint that it is difficult to find a taxi in the rain. Using all Uber …
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rain and analyze data on more than 870,000 municipal vote outcomes in Switzerland to address this question. The empirical … tests are based on administrative ballot outcomes and individual postvote survey data. We find that rain decreases the share … composition of the electorate and changes in information acquisition. In addition, we provide evidence that rain might have …
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rain and analyze data on more than 400 ballot propositions in Switzerland for the years 1958 to 2014 to address this … rain decreases the share of votes for a change. Our robustness checks suggest that changes in the composition of the … electorate or changes in information acquisition do not drive this result. In addition, we provide evidence that rain might have …
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deal with the endogeneity of voter turnout by using election day rain as an instrumental variable. Our particular …
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Rain affects electoral turnout both through a direct effect on the cost of voting and by changing the opportunity cost …. In a panel of Norwegian municipalities I find that rain on Election Day increases turnout. As turnout affects electoral … outcomes, rain provides an exogeneous source of variation, and hence an instrument, for the party composition of the municipal …
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