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Gondolatok a vidékfejlesztési programok értékeléséről: Társasalmi tanulás a LEADER programban

Nemes, Gusztáv; High, Christoher - 2009

This article considers the relationship between centralised, exogenous institutions and the embedded, endogenous institutions of rural governance in Europe through an examination of the evaluation procedures of the European LEADER programme. LEADER is presented in the literature as progressive...

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The challenges of global environmental change for urban Africa

Simon, David - 2010

Cities - especially those with substantial poor populations - will face increasingly severe challenges in tackling the impacts of global environmental change (GEC). As economic dynamos and increasingly important population concentrations, cities both contribute substantially, and often are very...

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The political economy of green growth : illustrations from Southern Africa

Resnick, Danielle; Tarp, Finn; Thurlow, James - 2012

The concept of "green growth" implies that a wide range of developmental objectives, such as job creation, economic prosperity and poverty alleviation, can be easily reconciled with environmental sustainability. This study, however, argues that rather than being win-win, green growth is similar...

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Twenty key questions in environmental and resource economics

Bretschger, Lucas; Pittel, Karen - 2019

challenging research topics in environmental and resource economics. The successful identification of key questions for current … and future research supports development of novel theories, empirical applications, and appropriate policy designs. It … allows establishing a future-oriented research agenda whose ultimate goal is an efficient, equitable, and sustainable use of …

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Women's empowerment for sustainable rural livelihoods: voices from selected communities in Ghana

Britwum, Akua O.; Akorsu, Angela Dziedzom; Baidoo, Loretta - 2018

Agricultural interventions are designed on certain assumptions of empowerment that do not necessarily address the livelihood constraints of the rural women they set out to support. This is a failing that might be due to the omission of women’s voices expressing their understanding of...

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The great reversal

Chrimes, Tommy; Gootjes, Bram; Kose, M. Ayhan; Wheeler, … - 2024

The shock of the pandemic and subsequent overlapping crises has led to a reversal in development by exacerbating the challenges facing the most vulnerable 75 economies eligible for concessional loans and grants from the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA). Over 2020-24, per...

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Households' resilience and local commercialization in Thailand

Wang, Menglan; Do, Manh Hung - 2023

Understanding households' resilience strategies under uncertainties is important in several domains including social protection, adaptation to climate change, minimizing disaster-related risks, and humanitarian aid. At the same time, food security is an important problem for developing...

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Saving up and diversifying income for a rainy day: Implications for households' resilience strategies and poverty

Do, Manh Hung - 2023

Understanding households' resilience-building strategies is vital for the domains of humanitarian assistance, economic development, and poverty reduction, especially in the places where are vulnerable to shocks. In this study, we assess the correlation between households' risk attitude and their...

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Key Environmental Innovations

Huber, Joseph - 2005

This paper is based on empirical research on a taxonomy of technological environmental innovations. It draws on a …

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The GMO Dispute before the WTO: Legal Implications for the Trade and Environment Debate

Sindico, Francesco - 2005

USA, Canada and Argentina have challenged before the World Trade Organisation the European Communities' (EC) denial of Genetically Modified (GM) product imports, which took place from 1998 to 2004 . Against this background, the goal of this paper is twofold. Firstly, we will determine which WTO...

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