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Greening global value chains : innovation and the international diffusion of technologies and knowledge 30 May 2013 | 09:00 am
Using novel data on patents, trade of equipment goods, and foreign direct investments and insights from the economic literature, the paper seeks to lay out the state of knowledge on the role of innova...
Potential implications of a special safeguard mechanism in the world trade organization : the case of wheat 28 May 2013 | 09:00 am
The special safeguard mechanism both quantity and price based was key in the July 2008 failure to reach agreement in the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations under the doha development agenda. ...
Patterns of rainfall insurance participation in rural India 28 May 2013 | 09:00 am
Take-up of an innovative rainfall insurance policy offered to smallholder farmers in rural India decreases with basis risk between insurance payouts and income fluctuations, increases with household w...
Small scale generation : issues in standardizing power purchase agreements 27 May 2013 | 09:00 am
This note provides an introduction to the issues surrounding the design of Power Purchase Agreement's (PPAs). Programs to attract investment in small-scale electricity generation, often powered by ren...
Research digest newsletter Vol. 7 (No. 2) 27 May 2013 | 09:00 am
In this issue: cities: planning, coordinating, and financing for a better future; measuring inequality of opportunity; breaking out of the middle-income trap; real-time macro monitoring and fiscal pol...
Madagascar Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) : taking stock and moving forward 27 May 2013 | 09:00 am
The Madagascar Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) has the following objectives: (i) to facilitate the integration of environment-development priorities in a future Country Assistance Strategy (CAS);...
Feed-in tariffs or auctions? : Procuring renewable energy supply in South Africa 27 May 2013 | 09:00 am
Feed in tariffs have been the most widely used support mechanism to encourage the growth of grid-connected renewable energy. But could competitive tenders or auctions offer lower prices while still pr...
Controlling greenhouse gas emissions generated by the transport sector in ECA : policy options 27 May 2013 | 09:00 am
Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) generated from transport are among the fastest growing in Europe and in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region, posing a challenge in creating a low-carbon future, as ...
Overview 24 May 2013 | 09:00 am
In declaring 2012 the international year of sustainable energy for all, the United Nations (UN) general assembly (2011) established at the personal initiative of the UN secretary general- three global...
Deforestation trends in the Congo Basin : wood-based biomass energy 24 May 2013 | 09:00 am
Congo Basin countries rely more on wood-based biomass to meet their energy needs than most other countries in the world. Wood fuel production is increasing in Congo Basin countries. Urbanization often...
