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The Economics of Climate Change and Science of Global Warming Debate:African Perspectives
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
climate change on humans and the environment will include increasing stresses on and even collapses of ecosystems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259199
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Rural Water Use and the Environment: The Role of Market Mechanisms
Commission, Productivity - Productivity Commission, Government of Australia
The Productivity Commission released its final research report into ‘Rural Water Use and the Environment: The Role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008487673
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The politics of rural development in Europe
Nemes, Gusztav - 2005
This paper explores the evolution of rural policies in EU, making some comparisons with CEE rurality. In the first chapter I explore some theoretical concepts on how policies are transferred from one country to another, what a policy paradigm means and how it might change over time with special...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494317
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Get Green or Get Out : Decoupling Environmental from Economic Objectives in Agricultural Regulation
Chen, James Ming - 2014
, statutes putatively designed to protect the environment are often more honestly described as programs for boosting commodity …, opponents decry the law as a threat to the environment and only secondarily, if at all, as an economic menace. Finally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014055790
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Fundamental Assumptions of the Agrarian Reform and its Actual Validity
Balcazar, Alvaro - 2004
This article discusses the belief that redistribution of land tenure is a fundamental condition for social and economic development. It reviews the effectiveness of prior public programs of land redistribution and reviews the following four assumptions: 1. The traditional factors of production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014075246
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The politics of rural development in Europe
Nemes, Gusztav - Közgazdaság-tudományi Intézet, Közgazdaság- és … - 2005
This paper explores the evolution of rural policies in EU, making some comparisons with CEE rurality. In the first chapter I explore some theoretical concepts on how policies are transferred from one country to another, what a policy paradigm means and how it might change over time with special...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005404533
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The politics of rural development in Europe
Nemes, Gusztáv - 2005
This paper explores the evolution of rural policies in EU, making some comparisons with CEE rurality. In the first chapter I explore some theoretical concepts on how policies are transferred from one country to another, what a policy paradigm means and how it might change over time with special...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011560687
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Population Growth and Forest Sustainability in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian - 2011
Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390780
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The Role of Human Development on Deforestation in Africa: A Modelling-Based Approach
Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian - 2012
The rate of deforestation in Africa is of paramount concern not only to the future of Africa, but also to the world. This study uses country-level data to model changes in forest area over an 18 year period (1990-2007) in 35 African countries and investigates the role played by important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390818
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Trade and environment: What can we learn from trade policy reviews?
Lim, Aik Hoe; Mathur, Sajal; Suk, Gowoon - 2020
on Trade and Environment (CTE) mandated the WTO Secretariat to compile and collate all environment-related measures … notified to WTO. The database also includes environment-related entries found in Trade Policy Reviews (TPRs). This information … time, we can better understand how the relationship between trade and environment is evolving in Members' trade policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012201829