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Developing Agricultural Trade : New Roles for Government in Poor Countries
Hubbard, Michael; Smith, Marisol; Ellis, Frank; Onumah, … - 2003
Food security is of vital importance to all nations, but particularly so in developing countries. Governments worldwide are seeking to liberalize agricultural trade, and to change their role from one of controlling trade and prices. Instead these governments seek new roles in encouraging market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054403
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Income Distribution, Market Imperfections and Capital Accumulation in a Developing Economy
Dasgupta, Asim K. - 2018
. Further, it develops a model that is then used to analyse the specific problem of capital accumulation in agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397773
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Emerging from an Entrenched Colonial Economy : New Zealand Primary Production, Britain and the EEC, 1945 - 1975
Hall, David - 2017
This book is a study of New Zealand shaking off its quasi-colonial dependence on Britain. Has New Zealand moved beyond its colonial heritage? Is it now time to remove the Union Jack from the national flag and change to a Republic? Hall analyses the three decades after World War II when changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398340
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Ernährung, Nahrungsmittelmärkte und Landwirtschaft : ökonomische Fragestellungen vor dem Hintergrund der Globalisierung
Jäggi, Christian J. - 2018
darstellt, werden Fragen der Nahrungsmittelproduktion, der Landwirtschaft, des Nahrungsmittelhandels und der Biodiversität meist … Kontrolle. Das Buch thematisiert ökonomische Fragen zur Nahrungsmittelproduktion, zur Landwirtschaft, zum Handel mit … Nahrungsmitteln und zur Biodiversität. Dabei werden Alternativen zur traditionellen Landwirtschaft, zur Massentierhaltung, zum Verlust …
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Food Safety, Market Organization, Trade and Development
Hammoudi, Abdelhakim (ed.); Grazia, Cristina (ed.);  … - 2015
This book provides an economic perspective on the effects of food safety standards on international trade. Focusing on food safety regulation at an international level and private food safety standards, the authors use contemporary methodologies to analyze supply chain structures and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012402111
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Finance for Food : Towards New Agricultural and Rural Finance
Köhn, Doris - 2014
The Big Picture: Global Trends Affecting Agricultural Finance -- Institutional and Process Innovations in Serving Rural Clients -- Dealing With Risks in Agricultural Finance -- Using Modern Technology for High-Quality Services in Rural Areas
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350560
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Developing Country Perspectives on Public Service Delivery
Gurtoo, Anjula (ed.); Williams, Colin (ed.) - 2015
The book examines the status of public service in developing countries, in the sectors of health, infrastructure, labour and marginalized populations, rural economy, and public administration. The last decade has witnessed significant government focus on service delivery in developing nations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012402109
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Derivatives and Development : A Political Economy of Global Finance, Farming, and Poverty
Bush, Sasha Breger - 2012
Breger Bush argues that derivatives markets work in the development context as engines of inequality and instability, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for the poor.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106329
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Inflation Dynamics in South Africa : The Role of Thresholds, Exchange Rate Pass-through and Inflation Expectations on Policy Trade-offs
Ndou, Eliphas - 2017
This book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of South African inflation dynamics, using a variety of techniques including counterfactual analysis. The authors elaborate the roles in inflation of thresholds, nonlinearities and asymmetries introduced by economic conditions such as the size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397495
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Complexity in Information Systems Development : Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Information Systems Development
Linger, Henry (ed.); Barry, Chris (ed.); Lang, Michael (ed.) - 2017
This volume is a collection of papers on emerging concepts, approaches and ideas in information systems research. It examines theoretical and methodological issues related to both information systems development in general and the complexity of information systems as socio-technical systems. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397968