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Economic activity during extreme events
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, Volume 58, Issue 4, Page 1214-1235, November 2025.Abstract Although extreme weather events, natural disasters or infrastructure failures potentially have important economic effects, quantifying these effects over small areas and fine time intervals has been difficult because of the fairly coarse scales available in most data sources. This paper surveys the use of relatively new and finely grained data
John W. Galbraith
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The Impact of Climate Change on the Performance of Agricultural Companies Worldwide
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Volume 32, Issue 5, Page 6475-6493, September 2025.ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of climate change on agricultural firms, focusing on physical risks, both chronic (e.g., temperature and precipitation) and acute (e.g., droughts and floods). We conduct a panel data analysis of 19,929 companies in 69 countries across five continents from 2013 to 2021.
Karen Serrano +3 more
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Strategies and Structures for Commercial Banks in Microfinance [PDF]
, 2006 This paper is a checklist of all the factors a bank should consider when deciding the type of organizational structure it should use to do microlending. In addition, the paper discusses key best practices banks should follow in order to be successful in ...
Inter-American Development Bank
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Public Administration and Development, Volume 45, Issue 3, Page 281-295, August 2025.ABSTRACT To meet the 169 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it has been argued that governments alone are unable to deal with its associated challenges. Consequently, studies have shown how expanding governance to public, private, and civil society organizations (CSO) across scales could help make significant contributions to ...
Eric Nordjo +7 more
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The role of financial intermediaries in Saudi Arabia’s development with particular reference to the national commercial bank [PDF]
, 1995 The purpose of this thesis is to examine the role of financial intermediaries in Saudi Arabia’s development with particular reference to the experience of the National Commercial Bank, the oldest bank in the Kingdom and the largest in the Middle East ...
Affara, Fatima Mohammed Seleh
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Acta Crystallographica Section C, Volume 81, Issue 7, Page 376-390, July 2025.With an increasing number of refined MicroED structures available to the community, lessons can be learned of their profiles and quality, as well as of best practices.As the electron diffraction technique MicroED gains momentum and is increasingly embraced by researchers in both academia and industry, we have the opportunity to familiarize ourselves ...
Johan Unge +3 more
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4th Inter-American Biennial of Video Art
, 2008 The country with most entries was Colombia, totaling 70 coming from all parts of the country, and surpassing Argentina (in second place with 24), and others that have traditionally dominated the event, at least numerically, such as Mexico and Brazil ...
Inter-American Development Bank
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Decision‐making under flood predictions: A risk perception study of coastal real estate
Risk Analysis, Volume 45, Issue 7, Page 1899-1925, July 2025.Abstract Flood models, while representing our best knowledge of a natural phenomenon, are continually evolving. Their predictions, albeit undeniably important for flood risk management, contain considerable uncertainties related to model structure, parameterization, and input data.
Avidesh Seenath +2 more
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A Bare‐Earth GoogleDEM to Simulate Flooding in New Delhi, India
Water Resources Research, Volume 61, Issue 6, June 2025.Abstract Accurate flood mapping in urban environments remains a critical yet challenging task. The primary challenge lies in the accuracy of widely available topographic data, a key constraint when employing hydrodynamic models for large‐scale inundation mapping.
Yinxue Liu +5 more
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Bangladesh : Financial Accountability for Good Governance
, 2002 This document assesses the quality of financial accountability and transparency in Bangladesh, and makes recommendations for improvement. With respect to public funds, it compares the financial management
World Bank
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