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Do Just Energy Transition Partnerships collide or converge with substantive investment law standards? Case studies from Indonesia and Vietnam

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) are novel financing mechanisms that encourage coal‐dependent emerging economies to transition away from fossil fuels. JETPs aim to facilitate coal phaseout and transitions to renewable energy through private and public financing.
Francine Hug
wiley   +1 more source

“I Paid A Bribe”—Lessons and Insights From Crowdsourced Corruption Reporting in India

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Preventing and reducing corruption has proven to be an enormous challenge. An important step in this process is to produce and use good metrics to identify where anti‐corruption resources would be most beneficial. Most measures of corruption, however, rely on surveys of perceptions or bribery incidence.
Ina Kubbe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can the Poor Participate in Payments for Environmental Services?: Lessons from the Silvopastoral Project in Nicaragua [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper uses data from a Payments for Environmental Services (PES) project being implemented in Nicaragua to examine the extent to which poorer households that are eligible to participate are in fact able to do so, an issue over which there has been ...
Arcenas, Agustin   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Social welfare effects of annuitization in small open economies

open access: yesThe Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a theory of when annuitization improves or reduces social welfare. The analysis is based on a small open economy with exogenous prices, populated by overlapping generations of non‐altruistic agents. Annuities provide longevity risk insurance and above‐market returns, but also reduce accidental bequests that transfer ...
Tim D. Maurer
wiley   +1 more source

Importation of Obsidian at Cerro Palenque, Honduras: Results of an Analysis by EDXRF

open access: yes, 2004
The results of source analysis by EDXRF of obsidian artifacts from the Mesoamerican site of Cerro Palenque in Honduras are reported and changes over time discussed. Sources of obsidian include Ixtepeque, El Chayal, Jalapa, San Martin Jilotepeque, and San
Hendon, Julia A.
core  

The Role of Tax‐Benefit Systems in Reducing the Gender Income Gap in Latin America

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper aims to assess the extent to which cash transfers, direct taxes, and social insurance contributions help to reduce gender income inequalities in seven Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay.
María Cecilia Deza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climatic, Socioecological and Environmental Determinants of Aedes spp. Dynamics at the Community Interface: A Systematic Review With Reflections From a One Health Perspective

open access: yesTropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, including but not limited to Aedes aegypti, are major vectors of arboviruses such as dengue, Zika and other related diseases. Their global expansion is driven by climate change, globalisation, urbanisation and human mobility.
Ana Izabel Passarella Teixeira   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiological study of risk factors from nursery and growing-finishing pig farms associated with rate ratio of pleuritis at slaughterhouse in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. [PDF]

open access: yesVet Res Commun
Zaghlout NC   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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