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Human Development Impacts of Migration: South Africa Case Study
Landau, Loren B.; Segatti, Aurelia Wa Kabwe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
global debates over governance and development and for ‘migration mainstreaming’ into all aspects of governance. The success …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559101
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Multi-facet approach for food security in Pakistan
Muhammad, Kabeer; Asghar, Zahid - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Business as usual will not be enough to tackle the critical issue of having sustainable increase in agricultural productivity and food security, which Pakistan is facing at the moment and in future it can become very alarming. Innovative approach is essential for food policy, for enhancing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108477
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Environmentally Unfriendly Consumption Behaviour: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence from Private Motorists in Mexico City
González, Alva; Ángel, Miguel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This dissertation treats the topic of environmentally unfriendly consumption behaviour in relation to air pollution and the use of automobiles in Mexico City by analyzing three related aspects: i) relevant factors of driving patterns, ii) differences in the extent of pollution arising from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008578221
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Polity qualities: how governance affects poverty
Moore, Mick; Leavy, Jennifer; Houtzager, Peter; White, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
to governance. They however correlate with RICE in strikingly contrasting ways. A composite measure of the quality of … correlated with RICE. In other words, countries with governance institutions that are attractive to international investors tend …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787127
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Studying developing country business groups: some issues with reference to the Indian case
Mazumdar, Surajit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Through a critical review of some of the literature and making use of information relating to Indian groups, the case is made for a more bottom-up, and more historical, approach to the study of the developing country business group. The lack of clarity and unanimity in the conceptualization of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113198
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Indian Direct Investment in Developing Countries: Emerging Trends and Development Impacts
Pradhan, Jaya Prakash - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This study has analyzed the overall and regional trends in Indian direct investment flows into developing region since 1960s and explored various development impacts they have on host developing countries. Evidence tends to indicate that developing region was the initial destination for Indian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005620109
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WTO and Agriculture Trade Liberalization – A Focus on China
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Agriculture sector plays a vital role in the world economy and provides food for every one of us. The World Trade Organization (WTO) is important body in the international trade and agriculture. Surprisingly, the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) of WTO does not refer to food and agriculture at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617135
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Unacknowledged Urbanisation: The New Census Towns of India
Pradhan, Kanhu Charan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
; mitigating concerns of inflated urbanisation. The new CTs account for almost 30% of the urban growth in last decade, with large … inter-state variations. They are responsible for almost the entire growth in urbanisation in Kerala and almost none in … indicates a dispersed pattern of in-situ urbanisation. A growing share of urban population in these CTs is thus being governed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111259
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India’s urban environment: air and water pollution and pollution abatement
Sridhar, Kala S.; Kumar, Surender - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper focuses on air and water pollution in India’s cities, provides empirical evidence to demonstrate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260859
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Trivariate Causality between Economic Growth, Urbanisation and Electricity Consumption in Angola: Cointegration and Causality Analysis
Solarin, Sakiru Adebola; Shahbaz, Muhammad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper investigates the causal relationship between economic growth, urbanisation and electricity consumption in … used to examine the direction of causality between economic growth, urbanisation and electricity consumption. Our results …
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