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Foreword |
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Preface |
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1 A Global Perspective on Sustainable Development |
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3 | (10) |
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1.1 Global Sustainability Agendas |
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3 | (2) |
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1.2 Analysis: Global and Regional Development |
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5 | (3) |
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1.3 Discussion: Importance of Accounting for International Trade |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (4) |
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2 Deepening of Global Value Chains |
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13 | (26) |
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13 | (2) |
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2.2 Global Demand for Textiles, ICT Equipment, and Motor Vehicles |
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15 | (12) |
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17 | (2) |
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2.2.2 ICT and Electronics |
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19 | (4) |
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23 | (3) |
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26 | (1) |
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2.3 Drivers of Change in Regional Value Added along GVCs |
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27 | (6) |
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29 | (2) |
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2.3.2 ICT and Electronics |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (1) |
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2.4 Summary: Comparing Value Added, Final Demand, CO2, and Employment |
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33 | (6) |
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3 Money Cannot Compensate for Entropy: Ecologically Unequal Exchange and the Decoupling of Economics from Reality |
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39 | (12) |
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39 | (2) |
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3.2 Ecologically Unequal Exchange as Neocolonialism |
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41 | (1) |
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3.3 Unequal Exchange as the Blind Spot of Economics |
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42 | (4) |
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3.4 Insidious Logic of All-Purpose Money |
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46 | (5) |
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49 | (2) |
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4 Is It the End of World (Trade) as We Know It? Changes in Global Trade Patterns after the Outbreak of COVID-19 |
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51 | (12) |
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Esteban Fernandez Vazquez |
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51 | (1) |
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4.2 How World Trade Has Changed in 2020? |
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52 | (5) |
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4.3 Expected Outcomes from the Literature |
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57 | (3) |
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60 | (3) |
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5 Measuring Impacts in Global Value Chains through Consumption-Based Accounting |
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63 | (16) |
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5.1 Consumption-Based Accounting: Linking Global Value Chains to Consumption |
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64 | (3) |
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5.2 Environmentally Extended MRIO Analysis for Consumption-Based Accounting |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (2) |
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5.4 Fundamentals of Environmentally Extended MRIO Mathematical Modeling |
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70 | (9) |
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6 Europe: A Resource-Dependent Region with Strong Sustainability-Oriented Policies |
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79 | (6) |
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79 | (1) |
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6.2 Summary of the Analysis |
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80 | (5) |
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7 European Union: Protecting the Environment while Securing Jobs and Growth |
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85 | (20) |
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Jose Manuel Rueda-Cantuche |
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85 | (2) |
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7.2 Analysis of Value Added in Trade |
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87 | (4) |
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7.3 Analysis of Trade in Employment |
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91 | (4) |
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7.4 Analysis of Trade in C02 Emissions |
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95 | (7) |
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102 | (3) |
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105 | (18) |
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105 | (4) |
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109 | (7) |
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116 | (7) |
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123 | (8) |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (4) |
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124 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Electricity, Gas, and Water |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (1) |
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9.3 Discussion and Conclusion |
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128 | (3) |
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10 France: International Resources for a Sustainable, Inclusive, and Innovative Future? |
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131 | (10) |
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131 | (2) |
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133 | (3) |
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10.3 Discussion and Conclusion |
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136 | (5) |
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141 | (8) |
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141 | (3) |
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11.2 Analysis and Discussion |
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144 | (3) |
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144 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (14) |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (8) |
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159 | (4) |
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163 | (8) |
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Glenn A. Aguilar-Hernandez |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (3) |
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167 | (1) |
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167 | (4) |
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14 Norway: Rich + Green = Sustainable? |
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171 | (10) |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (4) |
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14.3 Discussion and Conclusion |
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176 | (5) |
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15 Sweden: An Environmental Success Story |
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181 | (10) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (4) |
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15.3 Discussion and Conclusion |
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186 | (5) |
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16 The UK: A Proud Leader, or Dishonest User of Statistics |
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191 | (10) |
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191 | (1) |
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16.2 Analysis and Discussion |
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192 | (4) |
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196 | (5) |
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201 | (12) |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (10) |
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17.2.1 Domestic Economic Growth and Their Impacts on Environment before and after Joining the EU |
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203 | (3) |
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206 | (2) |
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17.2.3 Alternatives to Fossil-Fuel Energy: What about Renewables? |
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208 | (1) |
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17.2.4 Discussion and Conclusion |
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209 | (4) |
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18 Transition of Slovakia toward a Modern Market Economy |
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213 | (8) |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (4) |
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219 | (2) |
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221 | (14) |
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Juan-Manuel Valderas Jaramillo |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (6) |
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229 | (6) |
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20 Africa as Net Exporter of Natural Resources and Pollution |
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235 | (6) |
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235 | (1) |
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20.2 Summary of the Analysis |
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236 | (2) |
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20.3 Setting up the Discussion |
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238 | (3) |
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21 South Africa: The Sideways Drift of a Jobless Coal-and-Carbon Nexus |
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241 | (10) |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (5) |
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242 | (1) |
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243 | (2) |
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21.2.3 Carbon Intensity of Employment |
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245 | (1) |
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21.2.4 Embodied Carbon in Exports |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (2) |
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249 | (2) |
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251 | (10) |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (5) |
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257 | (4) |
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261 | (12) |
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261 | (2) |
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263 | (5) |
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268 | (2) |
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270 | (3) |
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273 | (8) |
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273 | (2) |
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275 | (5) |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (10) |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (5) |
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287 | (4) |
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26 The Americas: On Track toward Sustainable Development? |
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291 | (12) |
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291 | (1) |
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26.2 Summary of the Analyses |
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292 | (4) |
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26.3 Setting up the Discussion |
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296 | (7) |
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27 Ecuador: A Traditional Development Path |
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303 | (18) |
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303 | (2) |
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305 | (10) |
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315 | (3) |
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318 | (3) |
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321 | (16) |
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321 | (3) |
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324 | (9) |
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333 | (4) |
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29 Nicaragua: Central America's Green Lung. But How much Longer? |
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337 | (8) |
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337 | (1) |
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338 | (2) |
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29.3 Discussion and Conclusion |
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340 | (5) |
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345 | (8) |
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Alessandra Maria Giacomin |
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345 | (2) |
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347 | (1) |
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348 | (3) |
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351 | (2) |
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353 | (10) |
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353 | (1) |
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31.2 Analysis and Discussion |
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354 | (6) |
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31.2.1 Trade Liberalization |
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354 | (1) |
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31.2.2 Economic Implications |
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355 | (3) |
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31.2.3 Social Implications |
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358 | (1) |
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31.2.4 Environmental Implications |
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358 | (2) |
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360 | (3) |
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32 Mexico: 20 Years of North American Free-Trade Agreement. Socio-Environmental Trends and Unequal Exchange |
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363 | (20) |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (2) |
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32.2.1 North American Free-Trade Agreement |
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365 | (1) |
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32.3 Expected Socio-Ecological Effects of NAFTA |
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366 | (1) |
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367 | (10) |
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32.4.1 Growth on Emissions and Resource Use since 1990 |
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367 | (2) |
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32.4.2 NAFTA Effect on Employment |
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369 | (1) |
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32.4.3 Pre- and Post-NAFTA Trends in Economic, Social, and Environmental Indicators |
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370 | (2) |
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32.4.4 Land and Water Footprints Particularly Sensitive to Free Trade |
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372 | (1) |
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32.4.5 Evolution of Carbon Emissions: Production, Consumption, and Intensity |
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372 | (2) |
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32.4.6 Has NAFTA Contributed to the Equal Exchange of Natural and Human Capital between USA-CAN and Mexico? |
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374 | (3) |
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377 | (2) |
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378 | (1) |
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379 | (4) |
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33 Argentina: Energy Transition to a Cleaner Economy |
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383 | (14) |
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383 | (2) |
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33.2 Analysis and Discussion |
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385 | (7) |
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392 | (5) |
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397 | (8) |
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397 | (2) |
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34.2 Analysis and Discussion |
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399 | (4) |
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403 | (2) |
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35 United States of America |
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405 | (12) |
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405 | (1) |
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406 | (6) |
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35.2.1 Trends in US Consumption Share |
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406 | (1) |
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407 | (5) |
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412 | (1) |
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36 Asia and Oceania: Mutual Outsourcing Partners |
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417 | (6) |
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417 | (2) |
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36.2 Recommended Reading Points |
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419 | (4) |
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423 | (18) |
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423 | (2) |
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37.2 Historical Analysis of China's CO2 Emissions |
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425 | (4) |
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37.2.1 Economic Growth and CO2 Emissions in China |
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425 | (1) |
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37.2.2 Production-versus Consumption-Based Emissions |
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426 | (2) |
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37.2.3 Carbon Efficiency and Economic Restructuring in China |
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428 | (1) |
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37.3 Sector Variations of China's Emissions |
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429 | (4) |
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37.3.1 Key Sectors in Production-Based Emissions in China |
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429 | (1) |
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37.3.2 Sector Distributions of Consumption-Based Emissions in China |
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430 | (3) |
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37.4 Emissions Embodied in China's International Trade |
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433 | (4) |
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37.4.1 Export-Emissions of China |
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433 | (2) |
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37.4.2 Dependency on Foreign Resource |
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435 | (2) |
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437 | (4) |
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441 | (10) |
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441 | (1) |
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442 | (6) |
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448 | (3) |
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451 | (12) |
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451 | (2) |
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39.2.1 Spillover Effects Due to Global Supply-Chain Disruption |
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453 | (3) |
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39.2.2 Spillover Effects Due to Shortage of Global Tourists |
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456 | (3) |
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39.2.3 Job Losses Due to Covid-19 Pandemic |
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459 | (1) |
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459 | (4) |
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463 | (10) |
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40.2 Implications of Being an "Energy Superpower": Consumption-Based Perspective |
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464 | (6) |
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470 | (3) |
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41 Australia: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly |
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473 | (10) |
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473 | (2) |
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475 | (3) |
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41.3 Discussion and Conclusion |
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478 | (5) |
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483 | (16) |
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483 | (2) |
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485 | (8) |
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486 | (5) |
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491 | (2) |
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494 | (5) |
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43 Middle East: The Dilemma of Oil, Water, and Development |
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499 | (4) |
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43.2 Summary of the Analysis |
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500 | (1) |
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43.3 Setting up the Discussion |
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501 | (2) |
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503 | (8) |
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503 | (2) |
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505 | (2) |
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507 | (1) |
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508 | (3) |
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511 | (6) |
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511 | (1) |
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512 | (3) |
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