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Policies for Sustainable Development: The Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture
Zeller, Manfred; Ufer, Susanne; Nielsen, Thea; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
northern Thailand and northern Vietnam have witnessed a substantial transformation over the last two decades, turning as they … have from largely subsistence-oriented to market-oriented agriculture. This development began in Thailand earlier than in … Vietnam, but during the 2000s, smallholder agriculture in Vietnam also commercialized at a rapid rate, leading to an increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706381
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Soil Conservation on Sloping Land: Technical Options and Adoption Constraints
Hilger, Thomas; Keil, Alwin; Lippe, Melvin; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
case studies from northern Thailand and northern Vietnam. Depending on site conditions, a soil erosion reduction of 30 … local farmers’ practices. In north-east Thailand, maize grain yields increased from 1.5 and 3.2 Mg ha−1, to 3.8 and 5.5 Mg … ha−1 under minimum tillage und relay cropping. The study in north-western Vietnam revealed that although the majority of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011073250
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Going with Coase beyond Coase : the dynamic approach to the internalization of external effects
Keppler, Jan Horst - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
The article develops R.H.Coase's insight that the level of transaction costs in the market determines the amount of externalities, thus providing arguments against government intervention. Contrary to Coase, however, we argue that the level of transaction costs cannot be considered as given, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706878
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Social and environmental responsability : an expanded view of green management
O'Connor, Ellen; Pezet, Anne - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706975
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Green management reluctant practices : the aluminium of cameron case
Loison, Marie-Claire; Pezet, Anne - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707094
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Reflexive Governance for Global Public Goods
Brousseau, Eric; Siebenhuner, Bernd; Dedeurwaerdere, Tom - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
Global public goods (GPGs)--the economic term for a broad range of goods and services that benefit everyone, including stable climate, public health, and economic security--pose notable governance challenges. At the national level, public goods are often provided by government, but at the global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708545
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Financing incentives for the protection of biodiversity
Mountford, Helen; Keppler, Jan Horst - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 1999
The conservation or sustainable use of biological diversity presents special challenges for policy-makers because of its complex nature and the difficulties associated with identifying the underlying causes that lead to biodiversity loss. As such, it is often necessary that a range of incentive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708759
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Global environmental commons : analytical and political challenges in building governance mechanisms
Brousseau, Eric; Dedeurwaerdere, Tom; Jouvet, Pierre-André - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
governance solutions through analyzing systems of rules, and levels of organization, in the governance and management of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011072016
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Intensive Commercial Agriculture in Fragile Uplands of Vietnam: How to Harness its Poverty Reduction Potential while Ensuring Environmental Sustainability?
Keil, Alwin; Saint-Macary, Camille; Zeller, Manfred - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
case of commercial maize production for animal feed purposes in a marginal upland area of Vietnam. We identify determinants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010861374
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Landslides in Mountainous Regions of Northern Vietnam: Causes, Protection Strategies and the Assessment of Economic Losses
Ahlheim, Michael; Fror, Oliver; Heinke, Antonia; Keil, Alwin - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
mountainous area in Northern Vietnam as viewed from the perspective of the population concerned. We also scrutinize the ideas of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010861391