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Agriculture, trade, and the environment : the impact of liberalization on sustainable development

Antle, John M. (ed.); Lekakis, J. N. (ed.); … - 1998

This timely book focuses on the liberalization of agricultural policy and questions whether it is compatible with the goal of achieving economic and environmental sustainability in the European Union. It presents an invaluable contribution to the growing literature on the sustainability and...

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Limits to free trade : non-tariff barriers in the European Union, Japan and United States

Hanson, David - 2010

This book explores the growing list of non-tariff trade barriers raised by the US, EU and Japan and assesses the … -- 7. Background to trade policy in Japan -- 8. Issues concerning Japanese trade practices -- 9. A comparative perspective …

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Global entrepreneurship and development index 2012

Ács, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2011

The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index both captures the context features of entrepreneurship and fills a … authors have created an index that offers a measure of the quality of the business formation process in 79 of the most …1. The global entrepreneurship and development index -- 2. Entrepreneurship and economic development -- 3. Methodology …

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The global urban competitiveness report-- 2010

Ni, Pengfei; Kresl, Peter Karl - 2010

1. The conceptual framework and index system -- 2. Analytical methods -- 3. Econometric findings -- 4. The city …

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Global entrepreneurship and development index 2011

Ács, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2011

The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index both captures the context features of entrepreneurship and fills a … authors have created an index that offers a measure of the quality of the business formation process in 71 of the most …1. The global entrepreneurship and development index -- 2. Entrepreneurship and economic development -- 3. Methodology …

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Global entrepreneurship and development index 2013

Ács, Zoltán J. - 2013

Acclaim for the 2011 edition: The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index ... focuses on high-growth companies …. The index concludes that development and enterprise are correlated. The Economist The Global Entrepreneurship and … Development Index both captures the context features of entrepreneurship and fills a gap in the measurement of development …

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Environmental protection in China : land-use management

Bennett, Jeff (contributor); Zhang, Lei (contributor); … - 2008

Faced with intensified environmental degradation and decreased agricultural land productivity, the Chinese government has sought policy interventions to reverse both of these negative trends. Among the policy instruments is the Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program (CCFGP) that...

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Nature and agriculture in the European union : new perspectives on policies that shape the European countryside

Brouwer, Floor (contributor); … - 2002

Nature and agriculture both shape the European countryside and one of the main challenges for the years to come will be to strengthen their interaction for the future development of rural areas. In this valuable and highly topical book, the authors demonstrate how economics and ecology can play...

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Agricultural policy reform and the WTO : where are we heading?

Anania, Giovanni (ed.); Bohman, Mary E. (ed.); … - 2004

Agricultural Policy Reform and the WTO provides insights into the effects of the Uruguay Round WTO agreement on agricultural policy and global markets, and considers what is at stake in the Doha Development Agenda Round. The contributors to the book deal with a broad range of topics, including...

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Environmental co-operation and institutional change : theories and policies for European agriculture

Hagedorn, Konrad (ed.) - 2002

Although the history of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is dominated by a process of centralisation, growing pressures to integrate agri-environmental problems into the CAP have revealed the need to embrace decentralised approaches in an efficient federal structure. Indeed, in recent years...

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