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Bio-Based Energy, Rural Livelihoods and Energy Security in Ethiopia
Guta, Dawit Diriba (2015-09-21)The energy consumption in Ethiopia is based mainly (90%) on the traditional use of biomass for domestic needs, mostly using rudimentary cooking stoves. Against this background, the present study examines the importance of ... -
Biodiversität
Lanzerath, Dirk; Mutke, Jens; Barthlott, Wilhelm; Baumgärtner, Stefan; Becker, Christian; Spranger, Tade Matthias (2008)Der Begriff der Biodiversität, im deutschen Sprachgebrauch häufig zur Artenvielfalt verkürzt, bezeichnet allgemein die Vielfalt von Genen, Arten und Lebensräumen. Ihre Bewahrung ist inzwischen Gegenstand zahlreicher sowohl ... -
Biomass Energy Economics and Rural Livelihoods in Sichuan, China
Chen, Qiu (2017-07-05)This study investigates the influences of household biomass energy use on rural livelihoods in Sichuan Province of China. Of the 556 surveyed households, 432 (77.7%) households still use traditional solid biomass energy ... -
Die Bonner Geschäftsstraßen: räumliche Anordnung, Entwicklung und Typisierung der Geschäftskonzentrationen
Toepfer, Helmuth (1968)Betrachtet man die Niederlassungen des Einzelhandels in der Stadt Bonn in ihrer räumlichen Anordnung, so lassen sich sieben Zonen unterscheiden:
1. Stadtkern
2. verdichtete Randzone
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Bounded Rationality, Heterogeneity and Learning
Matzke, Christina (2009-07-27)The dissertation deals with both a model in which agents with limited information conform to a learning rule, as well as boundedly rational consumers who follow simple rules of thumb. The first case is treated within a ... -
Burkina Faso - Land, climate, energy, agriculture and development: A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security
Sylla, Mouhamadou Bamba; Dimobe, Kangbéni; Sanfo, Safietou (2021-01)In this working paper, the biophysical factors and socio-economic conditions that led to Land Use and Land Cover Changes (LULC) and land degradation in Burkina Faso are reviewed. It is found that the country is densely ... -
Can the agroprocessing sector create jobs in Africa?: Evidence from Ethiopia, Ghana and Tunisia
Kubik, Zaneta; Getahun, Tigabu D.; Omari, Rose; Oueslati Zlaoui, Meriem (2022-07)This paper analyzes the potential of the agroprocessing sector to create jobs in Africa, based on the evidence from Ethiopia, Ghana and Tunisia. The analysis uses both primary qualitative data and secondary quantitative ... -
Can the agroprocessing sector create jobs in Africa?: Evidence from Ethiopia, Ghana and Tunisia
Konok, Khadeja Akter; Kubik, Zaneta; Getahun, Tigabu D.; Omari, Rose; Oueslati Zlaoui, Meriem (2024-04)The lack of adequate employment opportunities continues to be one of the principal challenges hindering poverty reduction efforts in Africa. Despite sustained economic growth – at least until the Covid-19 pandemic – the ... -
The challenges of rural youth employment in Africa: a literature review
Kubik, Zaneta (2022-05)This paper provides a literature review on youth employment challenges in rural Africa. The rapidly changing demographic structure across the continent is expected to have important economic and social consequences, ... -
Climate-Mining interactions and the effects on rural resilience: Perspectives from southwestern Ghana
Tannor, Salamatu Joana (2024-02-20)Exploitation of natural resources including minerals contribute immensely toward development at different scales across West Africa. Mining is a prominent land-use practice within the region owing to the deposition of ... -
Clusterpolitik und Clusterinitiativen in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Eine prozessorientierte Garbage-Can-Analyse im politischadministrativen Mehrebenensystem
Büter, Kai (2013-12-16)Die Arbeit leistet einen Beitrag zur Beantwortung der Frage, wie und warum sich Clusterinitiativen und -politiken im politisch-administrativen Mehrebenensystem herausbilden und wie sich die verschiedenen Maßstabsebenen ... -
Comparing African Countries and Indian States: Lessons for promoting agricultural growth, employment and food security
Baumüller, Heike; Gulati, Ashok; Jose, Shyma; Kornher, Lukas; Usman, Muhammed; von Braun, Joachim (2021-11)What may be learned from Africa and India on how they transform their food and agriculture sectors to provide affordable and healthy diets for all? And what are potential insights that may inform future strategic directions ... -
Conceptualising and estimating rationalised agricultural optimisation models
Zhang, Yinan (2018-07-19)Computational modelling for quantitative agricultural policy assessment in the EU employs more farm level oriented approaches in recent years. This follows policy instruments that increasingly target the farm level and ... -
Conditional cash transfers, migration, and child welfare in rural El Salvador
Herrera Martínez, Rodolfo Eduardo (2023-06-23)Governments and households take various initiatives to protect and improve children’s welfare. The present research explores how effective some of those initiatives are in protecting child nutrition, increasing schooling, ... -
Consumer acceptance of biotechnology: the influence of product end-use, policy context, and information framing
Butkowski, Olivier K. (2018-06-07)Consumer acceptance of novel technologies is a prerequisite for market adoption of the derived products. The transition towards a more sustainable bioeconomy in Europe requires product and process innovation that promotes ... -
Consumption Choices: The effects of food production, markets and preferences on diets in India
Ludwig, Till (2019-12-20)The choice of which food to consume is often an individual choice. Yet, food and nutrition insecurity presents a situation that those who suffer from it have rarely chosen consciously. Availability of foods, their accessibility ... -
Contracting in the Presence of Uncertainty
Lang, Matthias (2012-08-24)This thesis concerns the enforcement of contracts in the presence of uncertainty. Sometimes uncertainty is exogenously given and the agents cannot influence its existence. Frequently, however, there is strategic uncertainty ... -
A contribution to the determinants of total factor productivity growth
Schiffbauer, Marc (2008)Why do some countries grow and others stagnate? The Science magazine considers this question as one of the 125 "most compelling puzzles and questions facing scientists today'' (Science magazine (2005)). Indeed, the successful ... -
Covid-19 causes unprecedented Migrant Crisis in India: Assessing the impact of lockdown measures on migrant workers during the first wave of Covid-19
Rothenberger, Paula; Gulati, Ashok; Jose, Shyma; Singh, B.B. (2021-05)The second wave of Covid-19 is sweeping across India at an immense speed. India recorded the highest number of single-day Covid-19 cases in the world (354,531), surpassing Brazil and the USA (as of 25 April 2021). The ... -
COVID-19: Emergence, spread and its impact on the Indian economy and migrant workers
Gulati, Ashok; Jose, Shyma; Singh, B.B. (2021-04)This study examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the related nationwide lockdown on the Indian economy, particularly on food systems. It also takes up an important issue of millions of migrant workers in India ...