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Cooperatives, economic democratization and rural development

Bijman, Jos (contributor); Muradian, Roldan (contributor); … - 2016

Agricultural cooperatives and producer organizations are institutional innovations which have the potential to reduce poverty and improve food security. This book presents a raft of international case studies, from developing and transition countries, to analyse the internal and external...

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Workforce development networks in rural areas : building the high road

Green, Gary P. - 2007

1. Introduction -- 2. Rural labor markets, networks and workforce development -- 3. Employer training : individual investments in collective goods -- 4. Community colleges in rural America : new roles and challenges -- 5. Workforce development networks : the visible hand at work -- 6. Shoot the...

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Rural poverty, risk and development

Fafchamps, Marcel - 2003

This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author's work in the area, it summarises the contributions of recent theoretical and empirical work to our understanding of how risk affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In...

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Sustainable farm forestry in the tropics : social and economic analysis and policy

Harrison, Stephen Robert (ed.); Herbohn, J. L. (ed.) - 2001

There has been an increased awareness of the need to establish and maintain small-scale forestry in tropical countries. This is due to concerns over continued deforestation, as well as the long-term environmental and economic resources these plantations can contribute if managed successfully....

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Climate change and agriculture : an economic analysis of global impacts, adaptation and distributional effects

Mendelsohn, Robert O.; Dinar, Ariel - 2009

Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and … how agriculture can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22 countries across four continents, including … climate change on agriculture -- 4. The Ricardian method -- 5. Modeling adaptation to climate change -- 6. Structural …

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China in the global economy

Lloyd, Peter J. (contributor); Zhang, Xiaoguang (contributor) - 2000

pt. 1. The macroeconomy -- pt. 2. State-owned enterprises -- pt. 3. International trade -- pt. 4. Agriculture -- pt. 5 …

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International handbook on the economics of integration : Volume 3: Factor mobility, agriculture, environment and quantitative studies

Jovanović, Miroslav N. (contributor) - 2011

pt. 1. Factor mobility -- pt. 2. Agriculture and enviroment -- pt. 3. Quantification of effects of integration …

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Transforming poor economies : effective development strategies for agriculture and industry

Ōtsuka, Keijirō - 2024

"Transforming Poor Economies expertly proposes effective strategies for the development of agriculture and industry … agriculture and industry have developed to eradicate poverty and hunger. Otsuka demonstrates that ultimately success is driven by …

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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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Economic analysis for EU accession negotiations : agri-food issues in the EU's eastward expansion

Gaisford, James D.; Kerr, William A.; Perdikis, Nicholas - 2003

, using examples from the most complex sector for both candidate countries and the EU itself - agriculture. The authors … provide a complete set of market configurations with which to analyse harmonisation with the Common Agriculture Policy in both … consultancy firms trading in the EU. Scholars and researchers of European studies, international trade and agriculture will also …

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