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Technology transfer and sustainable development in emerging economies

CARRILLO, JAVIER - Área de Entorno Económico, Instituto de Empresa - 2003

(WP 01/03 Clave pdf) 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...

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Pollution and the Efficiency of Urban Growth

Quaas, Martin F.; Smulders, Sjak - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008

We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a dynamic model of endogenous urban growth with two sectors of production. Production exhibits increasing returns to scale on aggregate. Urban environmental pollution, as a force that discourages agglomeration, is caused by domestic...

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To be seen but not to be heard: scientific rationality versus democratic rationality in the decision-making process on dangerous waste management in Portugal

Branco, Manuel Couret; Cristóvão, Dália - Departamento de Economia, Universidade de Évora - 2006

The decision-making process concerning the co-incineration of industrial dangerous waste in Portugal has most certainly been transformed into a conflict centered on the unequal distribution of risks to the environment and to public health, opposing local population to the government. It is also...

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Sustainable Development: Environment and Economic Framework Integration

Sharp, Basil M. H. - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2001

Sustainable development is a multifaceted concept that has drawn on a number of disciplines including economics …, ecology, ethics, sociology and political science. Sustainable development links the welfare of generations with the capacity … of the biosphere to sustain life and has a policy focus. Sustainable development is not a fixed state but rather a …

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MODELS OF RESOURCES ALLOCATION WITHIN THE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS

Camelia, Burja; Nicolae, Todea - In: Annales Universitatis Apulensis Series Oeconomica 1 (2008) 10, pp. 35-35

The agricultural holdings generate a very strong impact on the environment andthey also have numerous implications for the economic and social life of rural areas. Theimprovements of the agricultural holdings’ economic, ecological and social effects are themain directions which can contribute...

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The Winnipeg Principles, WTO and Sustainable Development; Proposed Principles for Reconciling Trade and the Environment

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2000

sustainable development. Following the United Nations conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 …, the International Institute for Sustainable Development was established to advocate policies to support sustainable … trade and development so as to achieve sustainable development. These seven principles are outlined in this article and …

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Sustainable Development: Concepts and Rankings

Qizilbash, M. - In: Journal of Development Studies 37 (2001) 3, pp. 134-161

One way of thinking about development - endorsed by the UNDP and the Brundtland Commission - involves improvements in the quality of life which are equitable. This conception invokes two values - equity and well-being - which can conflict. The potential conflict suggests that countries which are...

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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...

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Genuine Dissaving and Optimal Growth

Valente, Simone - EconWPA - 2005

Green accounting theories have shown that negative genuine savings at some point in time imply unsustainability. Consequently, recent studies advocate the use of the genuine savings measure for empirical testing: a negative index implies sustainability be rejected. This criterion is not...

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Innovative Investments, Natural Resources and Intergenerational Fairness: Are Pension Funds Good for Sustainable Development?

Bretschger, Lucas; Pittel, Karen - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) 141 (2005) III, pp. 355-376

We analyse long-term consumption paths in a dynamic two-sector economy with overlapping generations. Each young generation saves for the retirement age, both with private savings and pension funds. The productivity of each sector can be raised by sector-specific research, while the essential use...

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