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How to Feed the World
Eise, Jessica (ed.); Foster, Kenneth Alan (ed.) - 2018
By 2050, we will have ten billion mouths to feed in a world profoundly altered by environmental change. How can we meet … this challenge? In How to Feed the World, a diverse group of experts from Purdue University break down this crucial … the World unites contributors from different perspectives and academic disciplines, ranging from agronomy and hydrology to …
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Geopolitical Risk, Sustainability and “Cross-Border Spillovers” in Emerging Markets, Volume II : Constitutional Political Economy, Pandemics-Governance And Labor-Oriented Bail-outs...
Nwogugu, Michael I. C. - 2021 - 1st ed. 2021.
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter-2. Sustainable Growth, Financial Stability and the Failure/Un-Constitutionality of the Dodd-Frank Act (USA) (and Similar Statutes in Other Countries) -- Chapter-3. Economic Psychology, Geopolitical Risk and the Un-Constitutionality of Credit Rating Agencies,...
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Convergence Clubs in Labor Productivity and its Proximate Sources : Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
Mendez, Carlos - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
1 Introduction -- 2 The Data: Productivity and Capital Differences across Countries and over Time -- 3 Two Complementary Frameworks to Study Convergence Clubs -- 4 Convergence Clubs in Labor Productivity -- 5 Convergence Clubs in Physical and Human Capital -- 6 Convergence Clubs in Total Factor...
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International Capital Flows and the Lucas Paradox : Patterns, Determinants, and Debates
Akhtaruzzaman, Muhammad - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
Chapter 1: Review of the Neoclassical Theory of Capital Flows and Related Empirical -- Chapter 2: The Lucas Paradox: Alternative Estimates of Marginal Product of Capital -- Chapter 3: Estimating the Determinants of Capital Inflows Using Cross-Sectional Data -- Chapter 4: Panel and Non-Linear...
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Sustainable Agricultural Development : An Economic Perspective
Antle, John M.; Ray, Srabashi - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
1. Introduction -- 2. Economic Development, Sustainable Development and Agriculture -- 3. Sustainability of Agricultural Systems -- 4. Challenges of Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Countries -- 5. Challenges of Sustainable Agricultural Development in High-Income Countries -- 6. Pathways to...
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Food in a Planetary Emergency
Marinova, Dora; Bogueva, Diana - 2022
Part I: Global Perspectives -- Chapter 1. Sustainability and a Planetary Diet -- Chapter 2. Climate and Food -- Chapter 3. Food and Environmental Emergency -- Chapter 4. Reducing Food Waste and Packaging -- Part II: Industry and Marketing Perspectives -- Chapter 5. Circular Agriculture --...
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Poverty, Food Consumption, and Economic Development
Jayasinghe, Maneka - 2022
Introduction -- Consumption economies of scale and Engel equivalence scales -- Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of Sri Lankan households -- Link between income and economies of scale -- Economies of scale in home-grown food consumption -- Implications of access to electricity on...
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The role of smallholder farms in food and nutrition security
Gómez y Paloma, Sergio (ed.); Riesgo, Laura (ed.);  … - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020
This open access book discusses the current role of smallholders in connection with food security and poverty reduction in developing countries. It addresses the opportunities they enjoy, and the constraints they face, by analysing the availability, access to and utilization of production...
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Adaptive Efficiency During the Great Recession : An Analysis of the Institutional and Organizational Determinants of Crisis Resilience
Fritzsch, Robert - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
Robert Fritzsch provides an institutional economic analysis of the Great Recession. The author shows that institutions matter as determinants of crisis resilience - however in a different way than predicted by the prominent theories of Olson (1982) and North, Wallis, Weingast (2009), as the...
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Extended Working Life Policies : International Gender and Health Perspectives
Ní Léime, Áine (ed.); Ogg, Jim (ed.);  … - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
Part I. Introductory Section -- Chapter 1. Empirical and Policy Landscape; Jim Ogg and Martina Rasticova -- Chapter 2. Theoretical Perspectives; Clary Krekula, Sarah Vickerstaff -- Chapter 3. Data Sources and Issues; Michaela Gstrein and Tindara Addaboo -- Part II. Country Reports -- Chapter 4....
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