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Land Use Change in Indonesia
Pagiola, Stefano - EconWPA - 2004
With an estimated loss of up to 20 million ha of forest over the past decade, deforestation in Indonesia has come to … paper takes advantage of new data on the extent and distribution of forest cover change in Indonesia to examine its causes … the forefront of global environmental concerns. Indonesia is one of the most important areas of tropical forests worldwide …
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Environmental Awareness and Sustainable Development
Shastri, Rahul - EconWPA - 2005
those who bear the costs of deforestation, either by travelling long distances, or by buying all their firewood, are more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556156
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The Effect of National Policies and Labor Market on Land Use Decisions in Developing Countries: An Application of Maximum Simulated Likelihood to System of Censored Acreages with P...
Demeke, Bayou; Coxhead, Ian - EconWPA - 2005
Philippines. We present multi-output profit maximizing model to elicit the role of relative prices on land allocation between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118936
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Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003
EconWPA; Steering Committeee for the Review of … - 2004
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003 highlights the marked disparities between Indigenous and other Australians. While not the first report to assemble data on the social or economic status of Indigenous people, it is distinguished by the strategic framework within which the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118929
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Economic Analysis of Rural Land Administration Projects
Pagiola, Stefano - EconWPA - 2004
As part of its efforts to improve the rural economies of its client countries, the World Bank is supporting programs to strengthen land administration and undertake land reform. Land administration projects can include a variety of activities. Usually, the most expensive and that which is most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556123
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Javanese teack : from illegal harvests to dramatic boycott
Guizol, Philippe; Roda, Jean-Marc; Muhtaman, Dwi R.; … - EconWPA - 2005
Teak was first planted centuries ago in Java and the industry reached its peak in the 19th century. Java's teak plantations, the most extensive in the world, cover some 200 000 hectares, but they are being overexploited and NGOs are questioning their management by the state. Teak has become...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118892
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Wertschaffendes Umweltmanagement. Keine Nachhaltigkeit ohne ökonomischen Erfolg. Kein ökonomischer Erfolg ohne Nachhaltigkeit
Figge, Frank - EconWPA - 2004
Die Studie „Wertschaffendes Umweltmanagement“ betrachtet den Zusammenhang zwischen Umweltaspekten und Unternehmenswert. Hierbei bezieht sie erstmals zwei unterschiedliche, sich ergänzende Bewertungsverfahren ein: Sie nimmt erstens das Konzept des Environmental Shareholder Value auf und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407755
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IE WP 01/03 Technology transfer and sustainable development in emerging economies
Carrillo-Hermosilla, Javier; Chafla, Pablo - EconWPA - 2005
This paper aims to show how the process of diffusion of 'clean technologies' confronts a variety of forces at the macro level that create systematic, technological and institutional barriers to their adoption. There is abundant literature on the role of technology transfer in the development of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118886
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Multi-Unit Auctions to Allocate Water Scarcity Simulating Bidding Behaviour with Agent Based Models
Hailu, Atakelty; Thoyer, Sophie - EconWPA - 2005
Multi-unit auctions are promising mechanisms for the reallocation of water. The main advantage of such auctions is to avoid the lumpy bid issue. However, there is great uncertainty about the best auction formats when multi-unit auctions are used. The theory can only supply the structural...
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Cultural districts, property rights, and sustainable economic growth
Santagata, Walter - EconWPA - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124872