Yemen's Solar Revolution: Developments, Challenges, Opportunities

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Yemen's Solar Revolution: Developments, Challenges, Opportunities. / Ansari, Dawud; Kemfert, Claudia; al-Kuhlani, Hashem.
Berlin: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), 2019. (DIW Politikberatung kompakt; Nr. 142).

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Ansari, D, Kemfert, C & al-Kuhlani, H 2019 'Yemen's Solar Revolution: Developments, Challenges, Opportunities' DIW Politikberatung kompakt, Nr. 142, Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin. <https://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.683070.de/diwkompakt_2019-142.pdf>

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Ansari, D., Kemfert, C., & al-Kuhlani, H. (2019). Yemen's Solar Revolution: Developments, Challenges, Opportunities. (DIW Politikberatung kompakt; Nr. 142). Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW). https://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.683070.de/diwkompakt_2019-142.pdf

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Ansari D, Kemfert C, al-Kuhlani H. Yemen's Solar Revolution: Developments, Challenges, Opportunities. Berlin: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW). 2019 Sep 17. (DIW Politikberatung kompakt; 142).

Bibtex

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