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Trade finance as a barrier to SME internationalisation: special reference to African trade with China / Y. van Heerden
Van Heerden, Yvette - 2010
Africa. By overcoming the difficulties in obtaining trade finance, African SMEs will be able to expand into foreign markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009456199
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Trade unions and the informal economy in Zambia: Building strength or loosing ground?
Heidenreich, Georg; Heidenreich, Georg - 2007
The increasing casualisation of labour forces trade unions globally to deal with a growing number of unprotected and unrepresented workers in what is dubbed by the unions, even if critically, as the informal economy. This paper assesses the impact and further potential of a direct and indirect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009485581
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Studies on late Quaternary environmental dynamics (vegetation, biodiversity, climate, soils, fire and human impact) on Mt Kilimanjaro
Schüler, Lisa - 2013
Zur Rekonstruktion der jungquartären Landschaftsentwicklung am Kilimanjaro werden Sedimente aus Paläoböden am Mt Kilimanjaro untersucht, um die lokale und regionale Ökosystem-, Klima-, Feuerdynamik in einem größeren Rahmen zu verstehen. Desweiteren soll die Reaktion der Ökosysteme auf...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353240
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The analysis of policies to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty [FAST version]
Wilson, Edgar James - 2009
A collection of eighteen articles have been purposely chosen to demonstrate the development of the original and significant contributions of my research over the period 1990 to 2008. Despite the relatively large number of articles, which cover a range of related issues, there is a surprisingly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457368
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A Network Perspective on Agricultural Watershed Governance: The Case of the Local Agri-Environmental Schemes in France
Amblard, Laurence - 2011
"Watershed governance typically relies on more or less formal inter-organizational networks whose structure is likely to influence the success of cooperation. An emerging body of literature seeks to analyze the role of networks in natural resource management. This paper aims at contributing to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468409
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Agricultural Commodities, Trade and Sustainable Development
Lines, Thomas - 2005
"Talks on agricultural trade liberalization at the World Trade Organization must take into account the needs of commodity-dependent developing countries, to ensure that agricultural trade and commodity production will deliver outcomes that favour both the environment and poverty reduction....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468469
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Implications of Tariff Rate Quotas Liberalization in the South African Livestock Industry
Oyewumi, Olubukola Ayodeju; Jooste, Andre; van … - 2006
Livestock farming is an important facet of agriculture and livelihood in South Africa. It forms the essence of rural … sector and phasing out of past protection mechanisms South Africa introduced a process of tariff reform. Furthermore, a … model was used to investigate the impact of further liberalization in the livestock industry of South Africa, particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446210
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THE STRATEGIC COMPONENTS OF THE INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY OF UKRAINE
KYFYAK, Viktoria Ivanivna - 2015
The strategic components of the institutional mechanism of the agricultural sector should be: an institution of government regulation; institution of property; institution of employment; institution of entrepreneurship; institution of contracting; institution of pricing; institution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316218
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Leveraging regional growth dynamics in African agriculture
Abdulai, Awudu; Johnson, Michael; Diao, Xinshen - 2006
This study focuses on public investments and policy reforms for leveraging growth spillovers at the Africaregional level. It reviews first the theory and evidence of knowledge and growth spillovers generally andsecond the evidence in the African context. Given the limited and scattered evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445903