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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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Economic Cycles in Emerging and Advanced Countries : Synchronization, International Spillovers and the Decoupling Hypothesis

Pesce, Antonio - 2015

This book contributes to the debate on the decoupling of emerging economies from the advanced economies with a new, empirical investigation approach. Taking counterfactual experiments performed using a time-varying panel VAR model, the author argues that over the last thirty years, emerging...

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Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy

Kalkuhl, Matthias (ed.); Braun, Joachim von (ed.); … - 2016

This book provides fresh insights into concepts, methods and new research findings on the causes of excessive food price volatility. It also discusses the implications for food security and policy responses to mitigate excessive volatility. The approaches applied by the contributors range from...

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The WTO and Food Security : Implications for Developing Countries

Sharma, Sachin Kumar - 2016

This book examines the public stockholding policies of selected developing countries from the perspective of WTO rules and assesses whether the provisions of the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) could hamper these countries’ efforts to address the challenges of food security. Further, it...

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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

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National test : system design of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone

Xiao, Lin - 2016

This book discusses the latest developments in the China Pilot Free- Trade Zone strategy. It puts forward and explains the idea that building the Shanghai Pilot Free-Trade Zone (SFTZ) is a national test, as it is a major strategic decision to help China cope with the new situation resulting from...

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Entrepreneurship and Structural Change in Dynamic Territories : Contributions from Developed and Developing Countries

Carvalho, Luísa Cagica (ed.); Rego, Conceição (ed.); … - 2018

Entrepreneurial ecosystems involve a complex synergy of factors, including social and structural changes that are frequently cumulative within territories, promoting the improvement of citizens’ quality of life and higher development levels. Further, dynamic territories are characterized by...

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Western Financial Assistance to the Developing World : Perceptions of the Power Imbalance and its Impact on Fiscal Terms

Spencer, Chuku-Dinka R. - 2016

This unconventional book addresses the imbalance of power between countries that give and receive funds for international financial development, with particular attention to the outcomes and impacts of this imbalance on recipient countries. It provides an in-depth analysis of the perceptions...

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Health Inequality and Development

McGillivray, Mark (ed.); Dutta, Indranil (ed.); … - 2011

This book investigates issues related to health inequality with a particular interest on developing countries. It provides rigorous empirical work on both trends and causal factors behind health inequality, analyzes the implications of health deprivations on poverty traps and suggests practical...

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Growing Income Inequalities : Economic Analyses

Hellier, Joël (ed.); Chusseau, Nathalie (ed.) - 2013

pressing issue for all states in the globalized world economy. Comparing the experiences of more and less developed economies …

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