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Theun-Hinboun: Expanding Failure
Matsumoto, Ikuko - eSocialSciences - 2010
The Theun-Hinboun Expansion Project – a dam and diversion project under construction in Central Laos – violates the Equator Principles and Lao law, according to this report. It documents how Lao villagers are being sold down the river in a hydro deal that will displace thousands of...
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Access and Mobility for the Urban Poor in India: Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Needs
Badami, Madhav; Tiwari, Geetam; Mohan, Dinesh - eSocialSciences - 2009
Indian cities are characterised by rapid growth in human as well as motor vehicle populations. Although the poor benefit the least from motor vehicle activity, they bear the brunt of its impacts. The policy challenge is, how to fulfill mass mobility needs, while minimizing these adverse impacts....
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Small Package Transportation Companies: An Exploratory Analysis
SEITZ, Victoria; RAZZOUK, Nabil; WILLIAMS, Scott Lee - In: Review of Economic and Business Studies (2008) 2, pp. 77-91
Purpose: To determine the evaluative criteria used when choosing small-package transportation companies, the level of … least important criteria when selecting a small package transportation company. Even though, on-time delivery was ranked the … price. When targeting CEOs, presidents, CFOs, accounting personnel, directors of transportation, and shipping managers …
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Sustainable Urban Development In India: Some Issues
Chattopadhyay, Basudha - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper aims at discussing some of the important issues relating to sustainable urban form that would lead to sustainable urban development with possible references to India. The paper is based on available literature and secondary data. The study discusses the compact city debate and also...
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Urban Issues, Reforms and Way Forward in India
Vaidya, Chetan - eSocialSciences - 2009
The Government has launched a reform-linked urban investment programme, JNNURM. The paper has analysed urban trends, projected population, service delivery, institutional arrangements, municipal finances, innovative financing, and suggests that India’s future strategy should focus on: (a)...
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Domestic Reshufflings, Such as Transport and Coal, Do Not Explain the Modern World
McCloskey, Deirdre Nansen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Transportation improvements cannot have caused anything close to the factor of 16 in British economic growth. By …
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Managing Global Climate Change An Executive Interview with Carole Brookins
Jose, H. Douglas - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 11 (2008) 3
Carole Brookins is an international consultant known for her work as a policy and trade strategist on issues concerning the global political economy and its effect on the food and agriculture sector. She currently serves on the board of several corporate and non- profit organizations concerned...
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Do Economists Reach a Conclusion On Rail Transit?
Balaker, Ted; Kim, Cecilia Joung - In: Econ Journal Watch 3 (2006) 3, pp. 551-602
quite pessimistic about rail’s ability to achieve key transportation goals like reducing congestion. Economists often …
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Do Economists Reach a Conclusion on Taxi Deregulation?
Moore, Adrian T.; Balaker, Ted - In: Econ Journal Watch 3 (2006) 1, pp. 109-132
Taxicabs are an important part of the urban transportation system, and in most communities are heavily regulated. In …
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Environmental implications of trade liberalization on North American transport services: the case of the trucking sector
Fernandez, Linda - In: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law … 10 (2010) 2, pp. 133-145
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