During the 12th Five-Year Plan (FYP) period of China (2011-2015), Chinese government set the carbon intensity emission reduction target for the first time. This target is allocated to all the provinces in China without a trading mechanism. In our study, we aim to evaluate the impact among...

Due to the high concentration of economic activity along the low-lying coastal zone of the Nile delta and its dependence on Nile river streamflow, Egypt's economy is highly exposed to adverse climate change. Adaptation planning requires a forward-lookingn assessment of climate change impacts on...

A basic analysis of EM-DAT database shows that natural hazards have substantial macroeconomic impacts in developing countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries which are highly exposed to extreme natural events (e.g. hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tidal waves)....

Policy analysis with a dynamic CGE model requires a baseline solution that is a plausible forecast of the whole set of model's variables. An important issue in the development of the baseline forecast is to account for structural change. This is aided by the technique of historical simulations...

This paper aims at assessing how domestic urban-rural remittances can mitigate macroeconomic shocks in a developing country. When trade liberalization occurs, it may affect the national income structure and increase regional poverty, especially in a vulnerable economy where the volatility of...

The purpose of the research is to unveil conditions for sustainable development by studying relationship between natural (I) and non-natural (II) wealth based on Carl Marx’ re-production scheme. For this purpose, Marx’ simple and complex re-production schemes were modified to: - disaggregate...

This paper describes a linked model system consisting of a dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) economywide model and a water-basin management model. The combined CGE-W model is applied to Pakistan and is designed to analyze the economywide economic impacts of changes in water resources...

Since January revolution of 2011, Egypt is witnessing a slowdown of its economic growth, a drop in domestic and foreign direct investments, a considerable decline in  industrial production, a notable deterioration in  foreign reserves and a growing government deficit. To overcome these...

The purpose of the research is to unveil conditions for sustainable development by studying relationship between natural (I) and non-natural (II) wealth based on Carl Marx’ re-production scheme. General Equilibrium Model extented to Marx's Production Schema Realization results of the model...

The objective of this study is to construct a 2-goods “tradable and non-tradable”, 4-factors, 13-industries, single-country general equilibrium model with references to the case- specific features of North Cyprus and explore the impact of external income shock on the economy as a whole. The...