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Increasing the Participation of Women Entrepreneurs in the Solomon Islands Aid Economy
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
The World Bank undertook this study to explore the scope for, and potential impacts of, increasing the local economic impact of aid through increased local spending by donors. More...
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The Cook Islands Initial National Communication Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
The preparation of the Cook Islands Initial National Communication was funded by the Global Environment Fund Climate Change Enabling Activity through the Pacific Islands Climate Change...
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Energizing the Millennium Development Goals: A Guide to Energy's Role in Reducing Poverty
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
In September 2000, at the United Nations Millennium Summit,world leaders agreed to a set of time-bound and measurable goals and targets for combating poverty, hunger, illiteracy, gender...
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Clean Development Mechanism PDD Guidebook: Navigating the Pitfalls
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
The Capacity Development for CDM (CD4CDM) Project decided to capitalize on the lessons learned by this validation process and has collaborated with Det Norske Veritas (DNV), an accredited...
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Baseline Methodologies for Clean Development Mechanism Projects: A Guidebook
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
This guidebook is produced by the UNEP Risø Center (URC), Denmark, as a part of the project titled Capacity Development for the CDM (CD4CDM), which is being implemented by URC for United...
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Energy Security and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
This document presents the latest data on our current and prospective use of energy while also exploring the innovations in technology, finance and governance that can set the region on a...
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Facilitating Disaster Relief Operations and Sustainable Reconstruction: The Enabling Role of Renewable Energy Technologies
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
The impetus for developing this guide came from the enormity of the Asian Tsunami disaster in 2004-2005 right on Australia's doorstep, and the inability of the renewable energy community...
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Millennium Development Goals: Fiji National Report
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
This Report, provides the status of Fiji’s implementation as regards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).The MDG Report has been prepared in the context of the Strategic Development...
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Solomon Island National Development Strategy 2011 to 2020: Final Draft
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
The formulation of the national development strategy (NDS) is one of the key expected outputs of the Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination as we strive for endurance and...
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Republic of Kiribati National development strategies 2004-2007: Enhancing Growth and Ensuring Equitable Distribution
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
National Development strategies(NDS) is a strategic plan for sustained growth in the income and welfare of the people of Kiribati. It sets in a planning framework the aim that the...
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Status of and potential for utilizing coconut oil (CNO) in power Generation and Industrial Use in Pacific Island countries
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
The main objective of this work is to assess the potential of coconut oil (CNO) as a substitute for diesel in CI engines in the Pacific island countries of Papua New Guinea, Fiji and...
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Investigating the Potential of biodiesel production in Fiji: Facilitating Sustainable Production in the fiji region
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
Biodiesel an alternative renewable energy resource produced from alcohol and vegetable oil. Its production and quality control has been explored extensively using the available local raw...
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Barriers to CDM Projects in Pacific Island Countries: A Focus on Fiji
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
With a focus on Fiji, this article assesses the benefits of and explores the barriers to using the Clean Development mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol in Pacific island countries....
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Preparatory Survey Report on the project for Improvement of Domestic Shipping Services in the Federated States of Micronesia
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
The fleet of the domestic shipping services in the FSM, belonging to the National and State Governments, had been total six vessels at most, and had been serving as the lifeline for...
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Electricity Pricing: Theory and Case Studies
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
The rapidly increasing costof electricity power in recent years has brought about a growing awareness of the importance of pricing policies inmaximizing the net economic benefits of...
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Review of Bankable Investment Opportunities in Fiji
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
This report is part of work commissioned by the UNDP to help FIJI meet its Fiji Renewable Energy Power Project (FREPP) goals. This work is intended to contribute to the revitalization of...
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Gender and Energy for Sustainable development: A Toolkit and Resource guide
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
In 2005 the international community will gather to examine progress on gender and development issues in the ten years following the 1995 Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women. This...
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Taxes vs Permits: Options for Price-Based Climate Change Regulation
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
This paper provides an overview of key issues involved in the choice among marketbased instruments for climate change policy. Specifically, it examines the potential net benefits from...
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Scaling Up Renewable Energy in Low Income Countries
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
More than half of households in Honduras use cook stoves that are highly inefficient, unhealthy and unsafe, impacting the health and well-being of users and families as well as the...
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Wave Powered Desalination by Reverse Osmosis- A Feasibility Study
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
The purpose of this thesis is to study the feasibility of wave powered desalination: what areas would be potential for wave powered desalination and how much the produced water would...