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increased use of bioenergy potential. Increase in bioenergy use will lower the levels of GDP and employment marginally but will …
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. We compare scenarios with different gender employment intensities in producing jatropha for biodiesel. Under all … scenarios, biofuels accelerate GDP growth and reduce poverty. However, a stronger tradeoff between biofuels and food …
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dynamic economy-wide models for Ethiopia and Uganda that capture both traditional aspects of the debate (growth linkages and … agglomeration is an important source of long-term growth and structural transformation, but that investing in cities does not … greatly reduce national poverty over the short-term. In this regard, agricultural growth is more effective, albeit with slower …
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rural economies. This paper seeks to quantify the expected employment impacts of individual bioenergy developments. The … feedstock, staffing at the thermal conversion plant, employment within the equipment supply chain and the induced employment … impact. Power only bioenergy systems are shown to typically create 1.27 man years of employment per GWh electricity produced …
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This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
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in the Austrian federal province of Vorarlberg. We study domestic value added, employment and fiscal effects by means of …
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one third of the total supply and leaving lignite, coal, natural gas, and nuclear behind. We also survey the employment …
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