Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview -- Part I: Agriculture and Food Security -- Chapter 2. Recent Development Patterns and Challenges of Brazilian Agriculture -- Chapter 3. The Role of Agriculture in China’s Development: Performance, Determinants of Successes and Future Challenges -- Chapter...

This book analyses poverty in India as being intimately connected with the advent of caste, untouchability, colonialism, indentured servitude and slavery, and their relation to modern practices. It recommends a slew of bold domestic and international policies to eliminate poverty.

Introduction to Taxation -- Part I: Selected History of Indian Taxation: Taxation in Ancient India -- Taxation Under the Mughals.-Taxation in Early British Period.-Taxation in Pre-independence Period—The Salt Tax -- Part II: Theory of Taxation: Principles of Taxation -- Market Behaviour of...

The global economic crisis of 2008–9 followed by the euro area sovereign debt crisis of 2011–12 has revealed the need for global rebalancing. Economies with current account surpluses need to increase domestic demand, while deficit countries need to reduce their deficits by boosting exports...