Search Results - subject:"NATURAL RESOURCES"

Landlocked countries, natural resources and growth : the double economic curse hypothesis

Banegas Rivero, Roger Alejandro; Nuñez Ramirez, Marco … - In: International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy : IJEEP 9 (2019) 5, pp. 113-124

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Economic diversification and development in resourcedependent economies: lessons from Chile and Malaysia

Lebdioui, Abdelkader Amir - 2019

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Priority roads : the political economy of Africa's interior-to-coast roads

Bonfatti, Roberto; Gu, Yuan; Poelhekke, Steven - 2019

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Can common ownership prevent the tragedy of the commons? : an experimental investigation

Puzon, Klarizze Anne Martin; Willinger, Marc - 2019

We study experimentally a two-stage common pool resource game. In the first stage, selected members of the group determine the level of protection for the resource. The protected fraction of the resource is equally shared among group members. In the second stage, the unprotected fraction of the...

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Political violence and youth bulges

Ibrahim, Hosam - 2019

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Uncertainty in ex-ante poverty and income distribution : insights from output growth and natural resource country typologies

Mendez Ramos, Fabian - 2019

This paper studies future poverty, inequality, and shared prosperity outcomes using a panel data set with 150 countries over 1980-2014. The findings suggest that global extreme poverty will decrease in absolute and relative terms in the period 2015-2030. However, absolute poverty is likely to...

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Trade integration and growth : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Calderón, César A.; Cantú, Catalina - 2019

diversification, and reduced export dependence from natural resources will have a positive causal impact on economic growth. These …

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Natural resources and total factor productivity growth in developing countries : testing a new methodology

Hamilton, Kirk; Naikal, Esther; Lange, Glenn-Marie - 2019

countries. This leads to incorrect measures of total factor productivity growth. Using data on natural resources from the World … developing countries over 1996-2014. In the aggregate, including natural resources as a factor of production increases estimated … traditional two-factor approach. In addition, the estimated total factor productivity growth including natural resources is less …

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Environmental and Social, Health and Safety Management System ESHSMS: Small Hotels and Resorts

Hoagland-Grey, Hilary; Arneson, Lynn - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

When investing in small and mid-size hotel projects, the IDB, as a general rule, requires that the Sponsor develop and implement an environmental and social management system (ESHSMS). The ESHSMS is typically developed after completion of the Environmental Assessment Process which, depending on...

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Options Paper: Reducing Climate Risk in IDB Operations

Iqbal, Fareeha Y.; Suding, Paul Hugo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

This paper explores options to minimize threats posed to IDB-financed physical investments by the impacts of climate change. A large proportion of projects are implemented in climate-sensitive sectors (e.g., agriculture, water resources, and transport). In these cases, the norm is to consider...

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