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Renewable energy sources for generation of electrical power in developing and emerging nations

Ilozor, Benedict D.; Kama, Mohammed H. - In: African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development 1 (2012) 1, pp. 67-79

Renewable energy is a viable option for electrical power in developing and emerging nations. In most of these nations, there is a huge demand for energy that far exceeds what the countries are currently able to generate. While some nations are exploring renewable and alternative energy to reduce...

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The effects of market-based reforms on access to electricity in developing countries: a systematic review

Bensch, Gunther - In: Journal of Development Effectiveness 11 (2019) 2, pp. 165-188

Market-based reforms have been promoted over the past decades to improve the performance of the power sector. This systematic review assesses the effect of market-based reforms in developing countries on intermediate outcomes like technical efficiency and the resulting impacts on electricity...

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Which developing countries are ripe for electric vehicle investment? : an analytical framework

Arowolo, Wale; Perez, Yannick - In: International journal of automotive technology and … 23 (2023) 2/3, pp. 322-338

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Proposal of a National Mitigation Strategy Against Earthquakes in Turkey

Bakir, P.G. - In: Natural Hazards 33 (2004) 3, pp. 405-425

While laboratory and analytical studies can provide valuable information about earthquake hazard mitigation, the most … propose a national mitigation strategy for Turkey for a time-frame of 10 years. The model proposed is a very comprehensive … model for earthquake risk reduction in Turkey and within this context, the legislative and technical aspects of mitigation …

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Climate Change Daaptational Deficiencies in Developing Countries: the Case of Sub-Saharan Africa

Ikeme, Jekwu - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 8 (2003) 1, pp. 29-52

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The Poverty Impacts of Climate Change

Skoufias, Emmanuel; Rabassa, Mariano; Olivieri, Sergio; … - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 51, pp. 1-5

Over the last century, the world has seen a sustained decline in the proportion of people living in poverty. However, there is an increasing concern that climate change could slow or possibly even reverse poverty reduction progress. Given the complexities involved in analyzing climate change...

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It Is Time to Factor Natural Disasters into Macroeconomic Scenarios

Thomas, Vinod - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 52, pp. 1-4

change mitigation, disaster preparedness, early response, and postdisaster reconstruction. …

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Comparing the Copenhagen Emissions Targets

Jotzo, Frank - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010

Following the Copenhagen climate Accord, developed and developing countries have pledged to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, emissions intensity or emissions relative to baseline. This analysis puts the targets for the major countries on a common footing, and compares them across different...

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Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean

Verner, Dorte - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 61, pp. 1-5

Climate change is the defining development challenge of our time. More than a global environmental issue, climate change is also a threat to poverty reduction and economic growth and may unravel many of the development gains made in recent decades. Latin America and the Caribbean account for a...

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Addressing the climate change sustainable development nexus: the role of multi-stakeholder partnerships

Pinkse, Jonatan; Kolk, Ans - HAL - 2012

While calls are being made to deal with the linkages between climate change and sustainable development to arrive at an integrated policy, concrete steps in this direction have been very limited so far. One of the possible instruments through which both issues may be approached simultaneously is...

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