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Managing household debts : social service provision in the EU ; Workshop report - Brussels, 25 June 2010
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and … - 2010
Overall, household debt levels have risen sharply over the past decades in EU Member States. While certain levels of … household debts can be beneficial, they can become problematic especially with a sudden, unexpected decrease of incomes or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903923
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Managing household debts : Social service provision in the EU ; Working paper
Dubois, Hans; Anderson, Robert - 2010
Household over-indebtedness is among the causes of the current financial crisis. In turn, the crisis exacerbated both … public and private debt problems. In this paper, household over-indebtedness is broadly defined as the situation where a … household cannot comply with payment requirements – whether it be mortgage, utility or consumer credit payments – on a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903924
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Memories of high inflation
Ehrmann, Michael; Tzamourani, Panagiota - 2009
Inflation has been well contained over the last decades in most industrialized countries. This implies, however, that memories of high inflation are likely to fade, because over time larger parts of the population have never experienced high inflation, whereas those who have might forget. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640518
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Evaluation of the environment and forests regulations 2493/2000 and 2494/2000 : synthesis report
Sepp, Cornelia (contributor) - Development Researchers' Network; DRN - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009638425
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EU Action against climate chage
Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Umwelt - 2007
This brochure in the EU action on climate change series provides an overview of the many ways in which the EU is assisting developing countries in adapting to the negative effects of climate change and mitigating its causes, with a special focus on cooperation with developing countries in Asia.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009638876
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New Options for Strengthening Standards on Social and Environmental Responsibilities of Corporations and their Implementation
Kaphengst, Timo; Smith, Lucy; Hohnen, Paul - Ecologic Institute, Germany; Chatham House, UK - 2013
The negative external effects of profit orientated businesses on the environment and society are most visible and destructive in developing countries, where compensation measures for adversely affected groups rarely exist and where high corruption rates often impede meaningful enforcement of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010254608
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Agricultural Technologies for Developing Countries
Meyer, Rolf - 2009
The study investigates the contribution of selected important agricultural production systems and technologies (incl. rainwater harvesting, conservation agriculture, rice intensification system, organic farming, agroforestry systems and transgenic plants) to higher food production and food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487945
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Production and Use of Biofuels in Developing Countries
Wiggins, Steve; Stevens, Chris; Nussbaum, Ruth - 2009
Biofuels have gone from being hailed as a greenalternative to fossil fuels to being accusedof increasing global warming, causing loss offorests and other valuable habitats, and ofincreasing poverty in the developing world. This brief examines some of the key issues surrounding biofuels and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487950
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Consumer inflation expectations in Poland
£yziak, Tomasz - 2003
Inflation expectations constitute a subject of particular contemporary interest to central banks, especially those pursuing a monetary policy based on a strategy of direct inflation targeting. Macroeconomic theory indicates that the transmission of monetary policy impulses and their impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009635882