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What are the prospects for Mozambique to diversify its economy on the back of "local content"?
Dietsche, Evelyn; Esteves, Ana Maria - 2018
In recent years, Mozambique has made international headlines for the significant hydrocarbon deposits found offshore. These have increased the country's extractive resource endowments, in addition to its mining and onshore natural gas sector. It is expected that these industries will contribute...
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Cost allocation and incentive mechanisms for environmental, climate protection and resource conservation along global supply chains : analysis of the cotton, tin, natural rubber, coffee and iron ore supply chains : interim report
Strasser, Joseph; García, Bibiana; Grüning, Carolin; … - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2024
Lieferketten der einzelnen Rohstoffe/Waren bis zum Endprodukt vorgestellt. Die Profile stellen die typische Lieferkette vom …, zeigen aktuelle Trends und Entwicklungen auf und ordnen jede Lieferkette in den institutionellen Rahmen ein, der …
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The paradox of governance and natural resource rents in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022
In this study, nexuses between governance and natural resource rents are assessed in 44 sub-Saharan African countries using data for the period 1996-2016. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions. The findings show that political governance (entailing “voice &...
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The sustainability paradigm : a macroeconomic perspective
Bretschger, Lucas - 1997
This paper presents a macroeconomic approach to sustainable growth. After clarifying the concept of sustainability, the interdependence between natural resources and accumulated capital stocks such as physical, human, and knowledge capital is discussed. The conditions for the substitution...
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The influence of different production functions on modeling resource extraction and economic growth
Voosholz, Frauke - 2014 - Corrected Draft September 2014
In this paper we discuss the influence of using different production functions on modeling the resource extraction rates and economic growth. The focus is set on the modeling of the production sector, which requires either non-renewable resources, renewable resources or a combination of both...
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Growth theory and green growth
Smulders, Sjak; Toman, Michael A.; Withagen, Cees - 2014
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Evidence from auctions for natural resources
Bošković, Branko; Nøstbakken, Linda - 2016
This paper examines the effect that endangered species regulation has on natural resource development. Specifically, we … use data from competitive auctions to estimate the effect that land-use regulation protecting endangered caribou in the … design to evaluate how prices differ along regulation boundaries that constrain resource development. The auction format and …
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Natural resources and economic growth : a meta-analysis
Havránek, Tomáš; Horváth, Roman; Zeynalov, Ayaz - 2016
An important question in development studies is how abundance of natural resources affects long-term economic growth. No consensus answer, however, has yet emerged, with approximately 40% of empirical papers finding a negative effect, 40% finding no effect, and 20% finding a positive effect....
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Local labor markets and natural resources : a synthesis of the literature
Marchand, Joseph T.; Weber, Jeremy - 2016
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Natural resources and economic growth : a meta-analysis
Havránek, Tomáš; Horváth, Roman; Zeynalov, Ayaz - 2015
An important question in development studies is how abundance of natural resources affects long-term economic growth. No consensus answer, however, has yet emerged, with approximately 40% of empirical papers finding a negative effect, 40% finding no effect, and 20% finding a positive effect....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011375693