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Energy Security Risks and Risks Mitigation: an Overview

Kowalski, George; Vilogorac, Sead - Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), United Nations - 2008

Central to the goals of competitiveness and sustainable development is the issue of energy. Is there enough? Where will it come from? What will it costs? Is its production and use environmentally sustainable? Many of these questions are now discussed under the general topic commonly referred to...

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Environmental Policy and International Competitiveness in a Globalizing World: Challenges for Low-Income Countries in the UNECE Region.

Hesse, Dieter - Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), United Nations - 2008

This paper addresses a set of conflicting national objectives, that between economic competitiveness and environmental quality. In lower-income economies, the perceived benefits of improved environmental quality may be valued less than in richer economies while the perceived opportunity costs of...

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The Bridges of Belgrade

Bärlund, Kaj - Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), United Nations - 2008

The issue as to what degree there is a trade-off between economic growth and environmental quality was one of the topics discussed at the recent “Environment for Europe” Ministerial Conference held in Belgrade in mid-October 2007. This paper provides an overall assessment of that conference...

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Gesellschaftliche Lernprozesse zur Förderung der Bioökonomie - eine ordonomische Argumentationsskizze

Pies, Ingo; Hielscher, Stefan; Valentinov, Vladislav; … - 2017

Vor welchen Herausforderungen steht das Projekt der Bioökonomie, wenn man aus einer ordonomischen Perspektive auf das Phänomen eines demokratischen Diskursversagens blickt? Zwei Arten des Diskursversagens sind zu unterscheiden: (a) der Fehl-Alarm und (b) der Fehlende Alarm. Gerade im Hinblick...

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The role of fintech in unlocking green finance : policy insights for developing countries

Nassiry, Darius - 2018

The achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and implementation of the Paris Agreement will require significant new investment. New financial technologies ("fintech") offer the potential to unlock green finance technologies, such as blockchain, the Internet of Things and big data,...

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The Green Entrepreneurial State

Mazzucato, Mariana - 2016

The paper considers the direct, strategic investments that have been made by international public institutions creating and shaping (not only fixing) green technology. It builds on the key themes found in the The Entrepreneurial State: debunking public vs. private sector myths

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Commercialization of Sustainable Energy Technologies

Balachandra, P. - 2012

backdrop of the basic theory of technology diffusion. The different SETs in India are positioned in the technology diffusion …

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The New and Changing Roles of Cold Storages in the Potato Supply Chain in Bihar

Minten, Bart; Reardon, Thomas; Singh, K.M.; Sutradhar, Rajib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

India and an area where smallholders dominate. These investments have been triggered by market reform, investment subsidies …

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Green energy finance in India : challenges and solutions

Sarangi, Gopal K. - 2018

India's energy sector is experiencing a transition with increasing penetration of renewable energy in the energy mix … and the inherent challenges. The findings are quite revealing. Financing of renewable energy in India continues to face … multiple conundrums, largely entrenched with the nature of current financial market in India in general, such as short tenure …

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Regulatory Environment and Subsidies and It's Impact on Rice Sub-Sector in India

Singh, Krishna M. - 2015

Agricultural growth has been largely responsible for India's desire for long term food security for its rapidly growing … effective competition policy regime in India, has constrained the farm sector gains from trade reforms, and farmer's capacity to … productivity in India. The current paper is an attempt to understand the various regulatory provisions and subsidies which affect …

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