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Descriptive and prescriptive analyses of aid allocation : approaches, issues and consequences
McGillivray, Mark - 2004
Studies of the interrecipient allocation of aid may be categorized threefold. First, there are those that attempt to explain the observed allocation of aid. Second, there are those that seek to describe or evaluate the allocation of aid against normative criteria. Third, there are those that...
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Anticipating Vulnerability to Climate Change in Dryland Pastoral Systems: Using Dynamic Systems Models for the Kalahari
Dougill, Andrew J.; Fraser, Evan D.G.; Reed, Mark - 2010
analyzing how a range of external pressuresaffect the vulnerability of dryland pastoral systems in the Kalahari. This is … managers can provide ‘win-win-win’ benefits of reducing system vulnerability, increasing economic income, and building social …
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Consumption Smoothing and Vulnerability in Russia
Gerry, Christopher; Li, Carmen A. - 2007
Applying bootstrapped quantile regression to the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) data, we examine the channels through which individuals experience and seek to cope with changes in consumption. We find that married individuals living in small households, with educated heads in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477193
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Resilience to the Crisis in the Economic and Monetary Union
Valentin, Adomnicai Ioan - 2019
vulnerability hazard by addressing the shocks head-on, by preventing unsustainable booms, by reducing the amplitude of recession and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011971436
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The energy dependency of the EU and Spain
Balteanu, Irina; Viani, Francesca
vulnerability for the European economies. Takeaways •The energy products imported from third countries that are most vulnerable to … differ in terms of the extent of their external dependency, the energy suppliers they use and the vulnerability of their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014303458
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Resilience to the Crisis in the Economic and Monetary Union
Valentin, Adomnicai Ioan - 2019
vulnerability hazard by addressing the shocks head-on, by preventing unsustainable booms, by reducing the amplitude of recession and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015336377
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A CHOICE-EXPERIMENT BASED ANALYSIS OF PROTECTION MOTIVATION THEORY: HEALTH RELATED BEHAVIOR OF CONSUMERS WITH CELIAC DISEASE
Zhang, Jing; Steiner, Bodo E. - 2010
found to contribute significantlyto explaining the adaptive response of celiacs. Self-assessed vulnerability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445866
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Vulnerability, Income Growth and Climate Change
Shively, Gerald E.; Ward, Patrick S.; Diffenbaugh, Noah S. - 2009
Cross-country data on energy consumption, GDP and vulnerability are used to measure percentage changes in vulnerability … effects on per capita income, have the effect of reducing a country’s overall vulnerability to climate change by a greater … globe, are unlikely to reduce vulnerability to climate change, especially at very low incomes. …
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