-economic factors influencing low agricultural productivity in the developing world. Agricultural productivity has long been regarded as … stagnated and low agricultural productivity in developing countries. This book goes beyond the traditional discussion of low … productivity being primarily determined by technological factors, and addresses the more complex determinants. Special attention is …

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performance -- 5. Better regulation and impact assessment in the European Commission -- 6. The evolution and development of …Better state regulation is a key component of economic reform. This is the first book to comprehensively explore … route to better regulation with varying degrees of success. The book includes contributions from leading experts on …

Contents: 1. Railway regulation: A comparative analysis of a diverging reality / Juan Montero and Matthias Finger -- 2 …. Railway regulation in Germany / Thomas Fetzer -- 3. The ongoing process of liberalization of the railway sector in France … / Stéphane de la Rosa -- 4. Developments in rail regulation in britain / Chris Nash and Andrew Smith -- 5. Railway regulation in …