Macroeconomic events and policies strongly influence agricultural sector outcomes. Chapters synthesized here delineate both feed-forward and feedback linkages between agriculture and the macroeconomy, examining how relationships change as countries develop and undergo structural transformation....

Weltweite Rezession und niedrige Rohstoffpreise haben nicht nur den Bergbau, das wirtschaftliche Rückgrat Namibias, schwer getroffen. Der erhoffte Ansturm internationaler Investoren blieb fast völlig aus, und die Landwirtschaft beginnt sich erst allmählich von den Dürrefolgen des vergangenen...

The economic gap between the EU and three candidate countries - Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey - is significant. Living standards, as measured by GDP per capita at PPP, are less than one third of the level prevailing in the former EU-15 u0096 and about half of the average level in the new member...