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  • Undernourishment

    Undernourished People (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Undernourished People means: people whose food intake is chronically insufficient to meet their minimum energy requirements.

  • Statistics

    Hierarchical Display of Statistics Economics > Economic analysisSocial Questions > Social affairs > Leisure > Tourism > Tourism policy > Tourism statisticsSocial Questions > Demography and population > Demography > MortalityEnergy > Energy policy > Energy policy > Energy […]

  • International Law General resources

    International Law – General resources General Key Resources on the Internet for International Law Research(Lyonette Louis-Jacques) A Concise Guide by a Leading Authority:Selected Major Sites; International Organizations ; Selected Other Sites; Books and Library Catalogues; Journals and Periodical Indexes; Major Newsgroups; International News Services; Directories; Research Guides International Law In Brief (ASIL) Recent Developments in…

  • Water

    Literature Review on China: Water Issues In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Scott Moore offers the following summary about the topic of China: Water Issues: China's water scarcity is attracting increasing popular attention, while at the same time policy […]

  • Motor Fuel

    Hierarchical Display of Motor fuel Energy > Oil industry > Petrochemicals > Petroleum productEnergy > Energy policy > Energy industry > Energy-generating productTransport > Organisation of transport > Means of transport > Vehicle > Motor vehicleFinance > Taxation > Tax on […]

  • Monopoly

    Summary of Monopoly The condition in which a given product or service can be obtained only from a single supplier that is free to use its market position to exact excessive prices for the product or service it controls. The Sherman Act of 1890 makes monopolies and attempts to monopolize […]

  • Monopoly

    Summary of Monopoly The condition in which a given product or service can be obtained only from a single supplier that is free to use its market position to exact excessive prices for the product or service it controls. The Sherman Act of 1890 makes monopolies and attempts to monopolize […]

  • Fuel Tax

    Hierarchical Display of Fuel tax Finance > Taxation > Tax on consumptionEnergy > Oil industry > Petrochemicals > Petroleum product > Motor fuelTransport > Transport policy > Transport price Fuel tax Concept of Fuel tax See the dictionary definition of Fuel tax. Characteristics of Fuel […]

  • Sustainable Development

    Definition and Origins Sustainability and sustainable development were initially defined and promulgated in a report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, "Our Common Future" (1987). This report said (page 43) that sustainable development "is development that […]

  • List of Environment Treaties with Regional or Restricted Field of Application Section 2

    List of Environment Treaties with Regional or Restricted Field of Application Section 2 Notes: for a list of Environment Treaties with a global Field of Application, see here. There is a first part of this list of Environment Treaties with Restricted Field of Application here. Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great…

  • List of Environment Treaties with Restricted Field of Application

    List of Environment Treaties with Regional or Restricted Field of Application Notes: for a list of Environment Treaties with a global Field of Application, see here. There is a second part of this list of Environment Treaties with Restricted Field of Application here. Agreement between Chad, Egypt, Libya and Sudan concerning the monitoring and exchange…

  • List of Multilateral Environment Treaties by Place of Adoption

      List of Multilateral Environment Treaties by Place of Adoption Aarhus : Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters Aarhus : Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants Aarhus : Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air…

  • List of Multilateral Environmental Treaties

    List of Multilateral Environmental Treaties Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer Paris Agreement Amendment to article 124 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015 International Energy Charter Agreement on Declaration of Principles between The Arab Republic of Egypt,…

  • Carbon Tax

    Carbon Taxes The release of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is a clear example of a negative externality that imposes significant costs on a global scale. In the language of economic theory, the market for carbon-based fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas takes into account only […]

  • Carbon Tax

    Carbon Taxes The release of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is a clear example of a negative externality that imposes significant costs on a global scale. In the language of economic theory, the market for carbon-based fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas takes into account only […]