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Informed Selection of Future ClimatesPart of Journal Special Issue Climate Change and the Zambezi River Valley
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Climate and Industrial Policy in an Asymmetric WorldClimate change is a phenomenon leading to randomly distributed disasters around the globe. Due to massive economic and technical asymmetry between the advanced North and the developing South efficient climate and industrial policy is particular...
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Climate Change and Economic Growth Prospects for MalawiMalawi confronts a growth and development imperative that it must meet in a context characterised by rising temperatures and deep uncertainty about trends in precipitation. This article evaluates the potential implications of climate change for...
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Climate Change Impacts on Moroccan Agriculture and the Whole EconomyThe paper provides estimates of economic impacts of climate change, compares these with historical impacts of drought spells, and estimates the extent to which the current Moroccan agricultural development and investment strategy, the Plan Maroc Vert...
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Climate Change and Economic DevelopmentThe roots of development economics lie in the study of large-scale phenomena such as economic transformation. Climate change, as a global phenomenon, is drawing the attention of the profession back towards studies of transformational processes...
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An Integrated Analysis of Economywide Effects of Climate ChangeThe effects of climate change in Turkey are expected to be significant. The aim of this paper is to quantify the effects of climate change on the overall economy by using an integrated framework incorporating a computable general equilibrium model...
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Climate Change and Economic Development in AfricaRecent studies indicate that climate change will negatively impact Africa's growth and development prospects, particularly in the absence of adaptation and mitigation. Losses of up to 4% of Africa's gross domestic product (GDP) are projected, and...
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Implications of Climate Change for Ghana’s EconomyLong-run economic development in Ghana is potentially vulnerable to anthropogenic climate change given the country’s dependence on rainfed agriculture, hydropower, and unpaved rural roads. We use a computable general equilibrium model, informed by...
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The Effect of Climate Change on Economic GrowthThis paper is a contribution to the empirics of climate change and its effect on sustainable economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using data on two climate variables, temperature and precipitation, and employing panel cointegration techniques, we...
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Climate Change and Economic Growth Prospects for MalawiMalawi confronts a development imperative in a context of rising temperatures and deep uncertainty about precipitation trends. We evaluate the implications of climate change for overall growth and development prospects to 2050. We focus on three...
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Adapting to Climate ChangeMozambique, like many African countries, is already highly susceptible to climate variability and extreme weather events. Climate change threatens to heighten this vulnerability. In order to evaluate potential impacts and adaptation options for...
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The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Road Infrastructure in GhanaPart of Journal Special Issue Economics of climate change impacts on developing countries
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Implications of Climate Change for Ghana’s EconomyPart of Journal Special Issue Economics of climate change impacts on developing countries
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Modeling Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and Agriculture Demand in the Volta Basin and other Basin Systems in GhanaPart of Journal Special Issue Economics of climate change impacts on developing countries
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Climate Variability and Household Adaptation Strategies in Southern EthiopiaPart of Journal Special Issue Economics of climate change impacts on developing countries
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The Economic Costs of Climate ChangePart of Journal Special Issue Economics of climate change impacts on developing countries
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