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Reconceptualising transnational governance: Making global institutions fit for purpose

Cleary, Seán - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 11 (2017) 2017-21, pp. 1-13

-up deliberations. The author proposes a UN conference of states to decide how to balance environmental sustainability, economic …

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The granular nature of the great export collapse in German manufacturing industries, 2008/2009

Wagner, Joachim - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-5, pp. 1-21

the micro-structure of the recent export collapse in manufacturing industries in Germany during the crisis of 2008 …

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On various ways of measuring pro-poor growth

Deutsch, Joseph; Silber, Jacques - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 5 (2011) 2011-13, pp. 1-57

This paper examines three possible approaches to pro-poor growth. The first one assumes that the poverty line remains constant in real terms over time. The second perspective examines the case where the poverty line is equal to half the median of the income distribution but assumes that such a...

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US food security and climate change: Agricultural futures

Takle, Eugene S.; Gustafson, David; Beachy, Roger; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-34, pp. 1-41

Agreement is developing among agricultural scientists on the emerging inability of agriculture to meet growing global …

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South African food security and climate change: Agriculture futures

Dube, Sikhalazo; Scholes, Robert J.; Nelson, Gerald C.; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-35, pp. 1-54

The projected changes in planted area, yield per area, net exports/imports and prices for five major agricultural crops in South Africa were simulated using the projections of four Global Circulation Models (GCMs) under three socio-economic scenarios. The GCM projections show consistent strong...

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Participatory, explorative, qualitative modeling: Application of the iMODELER software to assess trade-offs among the SDGs

Neumann, Kai; Anderson, Carl; Denich, Manfred - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 12 (2018) 2018-25, pp. 1-19

The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their generalized form need to be further reflected in order to identify synergies and trade-offs between their targets, and to apply them to concrete nations and regions. Explorative qualitative cause and effect modeling could serve as an...

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Why should Sub-Saharan Africa care about the Doha Development Round?

Draper, Peter; Freytag, Andreas; Doyaili, Sarah Al - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-19, pp. 1-26

In recent years sub-Saharan Africa, notwithstanding the global financial crisis, has increased its share in global trade and investment flows. This has led to an appreciable improvement in development levels, albeit off a small base. However, these patterns are still dominated by commodity flows...

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Russia's food security and climate change: Looking into the future

Kiselev, Sergey; Romashkin, Roman; Nelson, Gerald C.; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-39, pp. 1-66

Global climate change presents long-term risks to agriculture. In general, global climate change is expected to … positively affect Russian agriculture. In high and middle latitudes, global warming would expand the growing season. Acreages of … production in the Russian Federation. It also considers adaptive measures for agriculture in response to climate change. …

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An evidence-based approach to ending rural hunger

Kharas, Homi; McArthur, John W.; von Braun, Joachim - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 11 (2017) 2017-26, pp. 1-12

Progress toward food and nutrition security (FNS) needs to be sharply accelerated in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal for ending hunger and malnutrition, especially in rural areas. The G20 should target interventions and investment opportunities to maximize impact on people and...

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Offshoring, job satisfaction and job insecurity

Budría, Santiago; Milgram Baleix, Juliette - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 14 (2020) 2020-23, pp. 1-32

This paper investigates the effects of offshoring on individual job satisfaction and perceived risk of job loss. The authors merge microdata from the German Socio-economic Panel dataset (SOEP) with indicators of insertion in global value chains at the industry level for the period 2000-2013....

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