Developing economies, like Nigeria, have historically been reluctant to admitting more than a moderate degree of exchange rate flexibility due to the fear that such variations might feed into domestic prices. The potential vulnerability of small and open economies to exchange rate pass-through...

Switzerland is already and will continue to be affected by climate change. In its fourth assessment report, the IPCC indeed predicts a temperature increase of approximately 2 °C during winter and 2.5 °C during summer until 2050 compared to 1990 levels. By then, precipitation is estimated to...

The Copenhagen Accord sets the target for the post-Kyoto international climate framework that limits global temperature increase below 2 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels. In order to achieve this target, the allocation of emission quotas among countries is discussed. In this paper, we...

Thee most discussed problem in most countries is influence of financial and debt crisis on economy. Moreover, in January 2009 led the unsuccessful negotiation about gas price between Russia and Ukraine to suspend gas supply from Russia to east and central European countries. This was the case...

Une ré-évaluation de l'impact macroéconomique et social des accords de partenariat économique sur l'économie ivoirienne.Modèle d'Équilibre Général Calculable avec prise en compte d'effets externes.Une ré évaluation de l'impact négatif des APE sur les performances économiques et la...

After around one year from the natural disaster that affected Japan on March 2011, large uncertainty still exists in the quantification of the global economic impacts. The largest parts of studies mainly accounts for the physical damage excluding the cascading effects generated on world...

In recognition of the important role of information and communication technology (ICT) in transforming developing countries into modern knowledge societies in the 21st century, the government of Egypt has developed both medium and long-term sector specific plans. The rapid spreading out of ICT...

Russia is not only one of the world’s major sources of carbon based energy – coal, oil and gas - but is also one the most intensive users of energy. Furthermore, Russia accounts for a disproportionately large share of global carbon emissions – some 5 to 6 percent of global carbon emission...

The present research describes a climate change integrated impact assessment exercise, whose economic evaluation is based on a CGE approach and modeling effort. Estimates indicate that a temperature increase of 1.92°C compared to pre-industrial levels in 2050 (consistent with the A1B IPCC SRES...

In line with the EU strategy on smart and sustainable growth, there has been an increasing attention directed to Research and development activities in the Czech Republic. Gross expenditures on R&D have doubled between 2000 and 2008 and the private R&D sector remains the biggest contributor to...