Chapter 1. The contexts of agricultural policies in the United States of America: Perspectives for the future -- Chapter 2. Frameworks of agricultural policies in Brazil: Interrelationships with the dynamics of sustainable development -- Chapter 3. The main agricultural policy instruments in...

Chapter 1: Economic growth: Sigma and beta convergence processes worldwide -- Chapter 2: Clubs of convergence: Insights from the main groups of countries -- Chapter 3: World trends: Differences and similitudes between absolute and conditional convergence -- Chapter 4: Constant, decreasing, or...