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Famine, Finance, and Adjustment to Environmental Shock: Microcredit and the Great Famine in Ireland
Goodspeed, Tyler - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The Great Famine of Ireland from 1845-51 ranks as one of the most lethal of all time, claiming approximately one eighth of the country’s population. Utilizing Famine Relief Commission reports to develop a micro-level dataset of blight severity, I find that in the short run, districts more...
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An inexhaustive criticism of the standard economic theory from an Austrian perspective related to growth and development
Voda, Ana Iolanda; Chiriac, Catalin - In: Review of Applied Socio-Economic Research 3 (2012) 1, pp. 195-202
The main purpose of this paper is to underline the downfalls of neoclassical growth theory. The narrow and artificial framework given by the neoclassical economists have no correspondent in real life. With a 'refreshed breath' the Austrian School of Economics tried to explain the dynamic and...
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Medio ambiente, ecología y desarrollo en Colombia
Bohórquez, Camilo Antonio Bohórquez - In: REVISTA EQUIDAD Y DESARROLLO (2007)
donot recognize characteristics which are inherentto sustainable human development, and thereforeit creates serious urban … and rural environmentalproblems. In comparison, there are some generaloutlines to create a development proposal based …
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Potential development contribution of fisheries reform : evidence from Pakistan
Kaczan, David J.; Patil, Pawan G. - In: The journal of environment & development : a review of … 29 (2020) 3, pp. 275-305
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Contribution of fisheries and aquaculture to food security and poverty reduction : assessing the current evidence
Béné, Christophe; Arthur, Robert; Norbury, Hannah; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 79 (2016), pp. 177-196
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The role of fisheries for poverty reduction and food security : evidence from household-level data
Martuscelli, Antonio - In: Review of development economics : an essential resource … 26 (2022) 2, pp. 1056-1082
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Feeding Southeast Asia: Mekong River Fisheries and Regional Food Security
Peterson, Brooke; Middleton, Carl - eSocialSciences - 2010
fisheries, and argues for recognition of the existing contribution that the fisheries make to regional development. With a focus …
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Biodiversité marine et accès aux ressources. Pêche et autres biens et services écologiques sous pression extrême
Revéret, Jean-Pierre; Dancette, Raphaëlle - In: Revue Tiers-Monde n° 202 (2010) 2, pp. 75-92
protected areas ? even if they are still at their early stages of research and development. …
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Entrepreneurship and the Reallocation of African Farmers
Naudé, Wim - 2015
African agriculture's importance for sustainable development is well appreciated. Indeed, recent years have seen a … physical resources across occupations and space, and without which agriculture and industrial development, and hence structural … agriculture and focus on the literature on entrepreneurship in Africa's structural transformation. I present a conceptual model to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401794
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Political dimensions of climate change adaption: Conceptual reflections and African examples = Dimensions politiques de l'adaptation au changement climatique
Eguavoen, Irit; Schulz, Karsten; de Wit, Sara; Weisser, … - 2013
This paper supports the argument that social science research should focus on adaptation to climate change as a social and political process, by analyzing the politics and interests of actors in climate change adaptation arenas, and by acknowledging the active role of those people who are...
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