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International handbook of urban systems : studies of urbanization and migration in advanced and developing countries
Geyer, H. S. (contributor) - 2002
This authoritative Handbook provides a comprehensive account of migration and economic development throughout the world …, in both developed and developing countries. Some of the world's most experienced researchers in this field look at how … all the major regions of the world over the past half century …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852112
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Water management in the 21st century : the allocation imperative
Lee, Terence R. - 1999
The challenge to manage the allocation of water efficiently and equably will become a dominant theme of the new millennium. At a time when the cost of obtaining fresh water is rising throughout the globe, Terence Lee analyses the means for establishing and operating effective water markets. He...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473832
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Integration and globalization : challenges for developed and developing countries
Marques, Helena (ed.); Soukiazis, Elias (ed.);  … - 2009
The main challenges the European Single Market is facing in the 21st century result from the enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe, the EMU, and the globalization of trade and investment that has aided the rise of competitive emerging markets. This state-of-the-art book provides fresh...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474052
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The economics of an ageing population : macroeconomic issues
Onofri, Paolo (contributor) - 2004
examples of Italy and Japan, two countries which have the fastest ageing populations in Europe and the world respectively … systems -- pt. 3. The impact on the demographic transition on the world economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850801
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The economics of food security
Jha, Raghbendra (contributor); Gaiha, Raghav (contributor) - 2016
Professor Jha and Professor Gaiha address important issues of food security in their wide-ranging selection of the most influential published contributions in this area of study. Their comprehensive, original research review discusses each article and places it within the context of twelve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419907
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Economic integration and development : has regionalism delivered for developing countries?
Kreinin, Mordechai Elihau - 2002
1. Introduction and summary -- 2. The theory of preferential trading arrangements : an overview -- 3. Measuring the effects of economic integration -- 4. Effect of EC-92 and NAFTA on developing-country trade flows -- 5. Effects of EC-92 and NAFTA on DFI in Asia -- 6. ASEAN economic cooperation :...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420102
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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 both developed and developing economies. It provides...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850683
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Climate law and developing countries : legal and policy challenges for the world economy
Richardson, Benjamin J. (contributor) - 2009
pt. I. Climate justice -- pt. II. Expanding the scope of the climate change legal regimes -- pt. III. The clean development mechanism and mitigation strategies -- pt. IV. Climate policy bridging the north and south
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850875
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International handbook of urban policy : Volume 3: Issues in the developing world
Geyer, Hermanus S. (contributor) - 2011
This important Handbook reveals that most urban growth takes place in the less developed world and much of it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851285
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Institutions, globalisation and empowerment
Sideras, Jörn (contributor);  … - 2006
This book argues that the capacity of a country to develop, and the levels of economic and social development achieved, depend more on the institutional parameters within which the development policies are implemented than on the policies themselves. It contends that forces of globalisation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851432