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Inclusive National Accounts: Introduction
Dasgupta, Partha - eSocialSciences - 2012
An outline of what would be ideally needed for a comprehensive set of national accounts is given. National governments and international agencies ought ideally to go even beyond green national accounts. Unfortunately though, that ideal cannot be met, at least not in the near future....
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The Place of Nature in Economic Development
Dasgupta, Partha - eSocialSciences - 2009
Review of the most salient issues in ecological economics when the subject is applied to the field of economic development. The aim here has not been to be scholastic but to examine the lives of the world's poor so as to unearth the role of natural capital there. An account here of the processes...
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One Planet to Share: Sustaining Human Progress in a Changing Climate
eSocialSciences; United Nations Development Programme UNDP - 2012
In the run-up to Rio+20, this Asia-Pacific Human Development Report takes a bold look at climate change and what can be done about it. Tackling head-on the issue of poverty reduction and human development, the Report argues that the option to grow now, clean up later no longer exists for...
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Climate Sensitivity of Indian Agriculture Do Spatial Effects Matter?
Kumar, K S Kavi - eSocialSciences - 2010
Climate change impact studies on agriculture can be broadly divided into those that employ agro-economic approaches and those that employ the Ricardian approach. This study uses the Ricardian approach to examine the impact of climate change on Indian agriculture. Using panel data over a twenty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480379
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Conserving Biodiversity Efficiently: What to Do, Where, and When
Wilson, Kerrie A; Underwood, Emma C - eSocialSciences - 2007
Conservation priority-setting schemes have not yet combined geographic priorities with a framework that can guide the allocation of funds among alternate conservation actions that address specific threats. A framework is developed and applied to 17 of the world’s 39 Mediterranean...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528315
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Impact of Organic Farming on Economics of Sugarcane Cultivation in Maharashtra
G, Kshirsagar K - eSocialSciences - 2008
The primary goal of this paper is to examine the impact of organic farming on economics of sugarcane cultivation in Maharashtra. The study is based on primary data collected from two districts covering 142 farmers, 72 growing Organic Sugarcane (OS) and 70 growing Inorganic Sugarcane (IS) in...
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Address by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee to Parliament
Mukherjee, Pranab - eSocialSciences - 2013
Reviving economic growth is the priority of the government. [http://presidentofindia.nic.in/sp210213.html].
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Unravelling Khulna Jessore Drainage Project
Islam, Shahidul; Kibria, Zakir - eSocialSciences - 2009
An analysis of the Asian Development Bank-funded Khulna Jessore Drainage Rehabilitation Project by the Bangladeshi NGO Uttaran.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005002695
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The Value of Biodiversity in India’s Forests
Sanyal, Sanjeev; Gundimeda, Haripriya; Sinha, Rajiv; … - eSocialSciences - 2007
This paper attempts to value the biodiversity functions of India’s natural ecosystems and suggest a method to adjust … assess the state of biodiversity in different states in India based on the available data from secondary sources. (2 …) Estimate the value of biodiversity in Indian forest ecosystems. (3) Estimate the value of the depletion of biodiversity due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699308
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Climate Change Vulnerability of Mountain Ecosystems in the Eastern Himalayas
Tse-ring, Karma; Sharma, Eklabya; Chettri, Nakul; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
The ecosystem of the Eastern Himalayas are vulnerable to climate change as a result of their ecological fragility and economic marginality. The conservation policies at national and regional levels are reported here. So that it will stimulate and Coordinate research which is urgently needed....
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