The fact that developing countries do not have carbon emission caps under the Kyoto Protocol has led to the current interest in high-income countries in border taxes on the "virtual" carbon content of imports. The authors use Global Trade Analysis Project data and input-output analysis to...

This report presents a concise review of the major environmental and natural resources issues at the global and national level over the coming two decades. The environmental issues reviewed include air pollution and deterioration of air quality, greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, water...

The South Asia region is home to the largest pool of individuals living under the poverty line, coupled with a fast-growing population. The importance of access to basic infrastructure services on welfare and the quality of life is clear. Yet the South Asia region's rates of access to...

This paper develops a dynamic model that explains the pattern of population and production allocation in an economy with an urban location and a rural one. Agglomeration economies make urban dwellers benefit from a larger population living in the city and urban firms become more productive when...

Die Frage, was Kohlenstoffemissionen verursacht, wurde in verschiedenen Studien und mit zahlreichen Berechnungsmethoden untersucht. Der vorliegende Kurzzum- Klima-Artikel widmet sich der Frage: Wer verursacht Emissionen? Diese Fragestellung kann aus zwei verschiedenen Perspektiven betrachtet...