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Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards : Challenges for Africa
Gibbon, Peter (ed.); Ponte, Stefano (ed.);  … - 2010
Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries - focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour...
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Building a resilient and sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
Shimeles, Abebe (ed.); Verdier-Chouchane, Audrey (ed.);  … - 2018
sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa? This collection of papers offers technical analyses, policy recommendations and an overview of … relevant strategic priorities on Africa’s sustainable transformation process, which is in line with the international … development agenda. Although agriculture remains the main source of income for Africa’s population, the sector is rain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396775
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Experiences of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
Leal Filho, Walter - 2011
mitigation measures, adaptation initiatives can and perhaps should play a key role in enabling communities from across Africa to … better handle the problems related to it. Due to the fact that experiences in climate change adaptation in Africa are poorly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015455
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Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation
Leal Filho, Walter (ed.) - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
This book introduces innovative approaches to pursue climate change adaptation and to support the long-term implementation of climate change policies. Offering new case studies and data, as well as projects and initiatives implemented across the globe, the contributors present new tools,...
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Ökologische Bekleidung : Eine Multiagentensimulation der zukünftigen Marktentwicklung
Rohlfing, Maja - 2010
Nachhaltigkeit, Corporate Social Responsibility, Klimawandel und Umweltschutz sind in den Medien vielfach diskutierte …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014424947
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Agile UX Storytelling : Crafting Stories for Better Software Development
Baker, Rebecca - 2017
Learn how to use stories throughout the agile software development lifecycle. Through lessons and examples, Agile UX Storytelling demonstrates to product owners, customers, scrum masters, software developers, and designers how to craft stories to facilitate communication, identify problems and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396400
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Scenario Thinking : Preparing Your Organization for the Future in an Unpredictable World
Cairns, George; Wright, George - 2018 - 2nd ed. 2018
Develops scenario planning methods in ways that link scenario analysis to improved decision making, engage time-poor senior decision makers, attenuate decision makers’ tendency to deflect responsibility for bleak, negative scenario outcomes, and enhance causal analysis within...
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Scenario Analysis in Risk Management : Theory and Practice in Finance
Hassani, Bertrand K. - 2016
This book focuses on identifying and explaining the key determinants of scenario analysis in the context of operational risk, stress testing and systemic risk, as well as management and planning. Each chapter presents alternative solutions to perform reliable scenario analysis. The author also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397114
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Analysis and Modelling of the French Capacity Mechanism : Impact Assessment of Energy Policy Measures on the Security of Supply
Kraft, Emil - 2017
Emil Kraft analyses the French capacity remuneration mechanism design and develops a capacity market model that draws upon an agent-based simulation. The capacity mechanism was implemented to mitigate the imminent risk to the security of supply and to complement the electricity markets. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397667
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The Future of Development Financing : Challenges, Scenarios and Strategic Choices
Sagasti, Francisco; Bezanson, Keith; Prada, Fernando - 2005
Today's international development financing system seems like a collection of disjointed entities that often work at cross purposes without being able to mobilize enough finance for developing countries in their efforts to reduce poverty and improve living standards. This book brings together...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054030