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Abschätzung der Chancen aus der Förderung von Biokraftstoffen für die ländlichen Regionen in Nordrhein-Westfalen
(2006)Die energetische Nutzung der Biomasse erlebt aufgrund hoher Preise für fossile Energieträger und aufgrund des Klimaschutzes eine Renaissance. Der verstärkte Einsatz von Biokraftstoffen auf europäischer und nationaler ... -
Abstammungskontrolle beim Schwein nach tierschonender Probenentnahme
(2003)In diesem Forschungsprojekt wurde ein molekulares Verfahren zur Abstammungs- und Identitätskontrolle an den Schweinerassen Deutsche Landrasse, Deutsches Edelschwein und Pietrain aus nordrhein-westfälischen ... -
The access and welfare impacts of telecommunications technology in Peru
(2000-06)This paper attempts to assess three main issues on Peruvian telecommunications technology: what are the main variables that explain the demand for access to telephone services; how important is access to telephone services ... -
Access to Electricity and Gendered Labor Allocation: Insights from Ethiopia
(2025-06-23)Electrification typically promotes economic development and enhances household wellbeing. However, how electrification affects the economic activities of different demographic groups is not yet sufficiently understood. ... -
Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 A Review of Quantitative Assessments of Synergies and Tradeoffs amongst the UN Sustainable Development Goals: A paper from the Scientific Group of the UN Food Systems Summit 26 May 2021
(2021-05-26)The Sustainable Development Goal 2 “Zero hunger” (SDG2) sets clear global targets for ensuring access to sufficient food and healthy nutrition for all by 2030, while keeping food systems within sustainable boundaries and ... -
Adapting to an American world: the asymmetrical coupling of American and Chinese education
(2021-10)The extensive study-abroad consulting industry that prepares Chinese students for American schools exemplifies, and is conditioned by, the asymmetry in Sino-American educational connectivity. Mobility from China to the ... -
Advance Equitable Livelihoods: A paper on Action Track 4
(2021-03)Food systems transformation provides the opportunity to shift current trends in all forms of malnutrition, prioritizing nutritious food availability and affordability for all – from shifting priorities in agricultural ... -
An adverse social welfare consequence of a rich-to-poor income transfer: A relative deprivation approach
(2017-09)A transfer from a richer individual to a poorer one seems to be the most intuitive and straightforward way of reducing income inequality in a society. However, can such a transfer reduce the welfare of the society? We show ... -
An adverse social welfare effect of a doubly gainful trade
(2018-05)Acknowledging individuals’ distaste for low relative income renders trade less appealing when trade is viewed as a technology that integrates economies by merging separate social spheres into one. We define a “trembling ... -
An adverse social welfare effect of quadruply gainful trade
(2020-11)Acknowledging that individuals dislike having low relative income renders trade less attractive when seen as a technology that integrates two economies by merging separate social spheres into one. We define a “trembling ... -
Africa – EU Relations: The evolution of an agenda of partnership
(2024-01)This paper gives an overview of the evolution of the Africa-EU Partnership and its priorities between the years 2000 and 2022. It delves into the complex and dynamic relations between the two partners, whilst exploring ... -
African agricultural mechanization: Myths, realities and an emerging research agenda
(2019-12)African farm systems remain the least mechanized of all continents. There were substantial state-led efforts to promote agricultural mechanization during the 1960s and 1970s, but these efforts failed, which led to a ... -
Agglomeration, pollution, and migration: A substantial link, and policy design
(2022-12)We study a developing countries setting in which agglomeration efficiency of urban production attracts rural-to-urban migration, whereas urban pollution deters rural-to-urban migration. By means of a general equilibrium ... -
Agricultural commodity prices, governance, and land supply in the Tropics
(2023-04)Sustainable use of land resources is at the core of the bioeconomy, and it is of central importance for development in the coming decades. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals reflect this aspect of development ... -
Agricultural Credit System in India: Evolution, Effectiveness and Innovations
(2019-09)Indian agriculture is dominated by smallholders. With an average holding size of just 1.08 ha (in 2015-16), and 86 percent of holdings being of less than 2 ha size, Indian agriculture produces sufficient food, feed, and ...
