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Adaptation Advantage to Climate Change Impacts on Road Infra-structure in Africa through 2100The African continent is facing the potential of a US$183.6 billion liability to repair and maintain roads damaged from temperature and precipitation changes related to climate change through 2100. As detailed, the central part of the continent faces...
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Producing an Improved Geographic Profile of PovertyThis paper implements a methodology for estimating poverty in Ecuador, Madagascar and South Africa, at levels of disaggregation that to date have not generally been available. The methodology is based on a statistical procedure to combine household...
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International Bank LendingInternational bank lending is a major component of capital flows between advanced and emerging economies. However, in recent years these flows have been going the wrong way, like water flowing uphill. Even four years after the Asian crisis, there is...
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Regional Climate Change of the Greater Zambezi River BasinProjections of regional changes in seasonal surface-air temperature and precipitation for the eastern and western Zambezi River Basin regions are presented. These projections are cast in a probabilistic context based on a numerical hybridization...
Journal Article
Regional Climate Change of the Greater Zambezi River BasinPart of Journal Special Issue Climate Change and the Zambezi River Valley
Journal Special Issue
Climate Change and the Zambezi River ValleyThe articles in this special issue set forth a set of technical contributions that will improve the understanding of the impacts of climate change in developing countries. They are drawn from the Development Under Climate Change (DUCC) project...
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Surprises Ahead?
Tony Addison With six months remaining till the end of 2011, it’s time to take a peek into the near future. What can we expect? John Kenneth Galbraith...
Working Paper
Global Growth and DistributionOver the past 20 years, aggregate measures of global inequality have changed little even if significant structural changes have been observed. High growth rates of China and India lifted millions out of poverty, while the stagnation in many African...
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A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis of Adaptation to Climate Change in EthiopiaThis study links a multi-sectoral regionalized dynamic computable general equilibrium model of Ethiopia with a system of country-specific hydrology, crop, road and hydropower engineering models to simulate the economic impacts of climate change...
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The Internet and Economic Growth in Least Developed CountriesA discussion of the theory of technology and economic growth suggests potentially negative implications for the impact of the Internet on developing countries. Technology in general is undoubtedly central to the growth process, but economists define...
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Climate Uncertainty and Economic DevelopmentWe apply a probabilistic approach to the evaluation of climate change impacts in the Zambeze River Valley. The economic modeling relies on an economywide modeling approach. Taking a distribution of shocks as inputs, we create hybrid frequency...
Journal Article
Climate Uncertainty and Economic DevelopmentPart of Journal Special Issue Climate Change and the Zambezi River Valley
Book
Reconstructing Keynesian Economics With Imperfect CompetitionThe main arguments of this book are almost certain to create controversy and lead to a fundamental reassessment of Keynesian economics. Building on his previous work on modern capitalism, Robin Marris has made theoretical advance which should have a...
Book Chapter
Producing an Improved Geographic Profile of PovertyPart of Book Growth, Inequality and Poverty
Journal Article
A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis of Adaptation to Climate Change in EthiopiaPart of Journal Special Issue Climate Change and Economic Development
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