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Territorial Governance : Local Development, Rural Areas and Agrofood Systems
Torre, André - 2011
1 Introduction -- 2 Changing Trends in Rural Self-Employment in Europe and Turkey -- 3 A New Form of Small Industrial Business in Rural Area: To Exceeding the Local Roots? -- 4 The Modalities of Territorial Embeddedness of French Cooperative Groups -- 5 Strategies for Sustainable Regional...
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Rural Labour Mobility in Times of Structural Transformation : Dynamics and Perspectives from Asian Economies
Reddy, D. Narasimha (ed.); Sarap, Kailash (ed.) - 2017
essays that focus on both India and China, the book addresses these challenges with an explicit focus on safeguarding the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397659
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Sustainable Development in Rural China : Field Survey and Sino-Japan Comparative Analysis
Qin, Bingtao - 2015
The book provides a study of sustainable development in rural China. Because of its huge population and vast land area …, this is an important issue not only for China but for the whole world. The research presented is both multi aspect and … China. Survey reports and data provide readers with a more profound and vivid understanding of rural China and comparative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012402050
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China’s Rural Industrialization Policy : Growing Under Orders Since 1949
Cheng, Shi - 2006
This book is a comprehensive and positive study of the special pattern of China's industrialization and economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054002
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China’s Rural–Urban Inequality in the Countryside
Gao, Yan; Fennell, Shailaja - 2018
) in Qinggang County, part of Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China. Presenting painstaking fieldwork in a single … perspective of rural China. . …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013270839
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The Impact of Fibre Connectivity on SMEs : Benefits and Business Opportunities
Phippen, Andy - 2017
Drawing on research conducted over the last 3 years in Cornwall, UK, this new book explores the impact of the EU/BT funded introduction of fibre broadband on rural SMEs. Including a qualitative methodology and in depth focus groups with over 200 companies, The Impact of Fibre Connectivity on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396333
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Modeling and Simulation in Engineering, Economics and Management : International Conference, MS 2016, Teruel, Spain, July 4-5, 2016, Proceedings
León, Raúl (ed.); Muñoz-Torres, María Jesús (ed.);  … - 2016
This book contains the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Modeling and Simulation in Engineering, Economics and Management, MS 2016, held in Teruel, Spain, in July 2016. The event was co-organized by the AMSE Association and the University of Zaragoza through the GESES...
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Household vulnerability and conditional cash transfers : consumption smoothing effects of PROGRESA-Oportunidades in rural Mexico, 2003−2007
Uchiyama, Naoko - 2017
This book empirically analyzes the vulnerability of poor households in rural areas of Mexico and the effects of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program called PROGRESA-Oportunidades by adopting the two most recent sets of rural household panel data for 2003−2007. The period covered by this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397937
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Natural Disasters and Individual Behaviour in Developing Countries : Risk, Trust and the Demand for Microinsurance
Fiala, Oliver - 2017
This study investigates the complex link between natural disasters, individual behaviour - in the form of an individual’s risk-taking propensity and level of trust - and the demand for microinsurance. Developing countries are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of natural hazards and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397954
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Arsenic Mitigation in Rural Bangladesh : A Policy-Mix for Supplying Safe Water in Badly Affected Areas of Meherpur District
Akmam, Wardatul - 2017
Based on micro-level empirical research, this book uniquely addresses the problem of arsenic contamination in ground water in Bangladesh in a comprehensive way. At the outset, the book puts forward the opinions of experts regarding the cause of arsenic contamination in ground water in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398046