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Mechanisms of Governance of Sustainable Development
Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper we incorporate the interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics (combining Economics, Organization, Law, Sociology, Behavioral and Political Sciences), and suggest a framework for analyzing the mechanisms of governance of sustainable development. The...
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Sustainable development and corporate social responsibility in Sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from industries in Cameroon
Oginni, Oyewole Simon; Omojowo, Adewale Daniel - In: Economies : open access journal 4 (2016) 2, pp. 1-15
corporate social responsibility models, using industries in Cameroon as a case study; it examined economic, social, and … enterprises from the last Censure Survey of Enterprises in Cameroon. The study adopted a systematic analysis through the Adjusted … Residual Test, and the Phi and Cramer’s V tests. Findings revealed that industries in Cameroon prioritize environmental and …
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Abandoned land : a barrier for sustainable development of agriculture of the Republic of Moldova
Leah, Tamara - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 85-90). 2016
According to the General Agricultural Census the agricultural area utilized in agriculture consist 1.941.400 ha. At the same time, abandoned agricultural area was 246.900 ha, of which 60.600 ha, or 24.5%, belonging firms and 186.300 ha, or 75.5% - individual persons. Neglected land is abandoned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011590427
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AN INTEGRATED APPRAISAL OF PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCING INTERVENTIONS IN ETHIOPIAN DAIRY FARMING
Miklyaev, Mikhail; Jenkins, Glenn - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2013
The study evaluates economic and financial returns of the shift from indigenous type of breed to cross-breed dairy cattle for milk production. Ethiopia is characterised by the high cost of cross-breed heifers making the transition for the poor households almost impossible without a support from...
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ASSESSMENTS OF FARM CAPITALIZATION WITH PRODUCTION MEANS – FIELD SURVEY ANALYSIS
Rusali, Mirela - In: Agricultural Economics and Rural Development 9 (2012) 1, pp. 117-122
Capitalization is a determinant of farm economic viability, with sustainable contribution to increasing the competitiveness of the agricultural sector. A computation and analysis model has been built for evaluating the endowment of Romanian agricultural holdings with production means, estimating...
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INTERFUNCTIONALITY OF NATURAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS IN THE ROMANIAN RURAL COMMUNITY – CASE STUDY: CLOPOTIVA VILLAGE
Chitea, Lorena - In: Agricultural Economics and Rural Development 9 (2012) 1, pp. 123-133
The systemic conceptual pattern of the investigated rural community – Clopotiva village – is the result of a functional rural system structured by three main components: the physical (natural) subsystem, the social subsystem and the economic subsystem. As regards the existing relationships...
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Challenges for sustainable development of agricultural holdings
Wrzaszcz, Wioletta; Zegar, Józef St. - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 16 (2016) 3, pp. 377-402
Agricultural holdings have a very important role for the sustainable socio-economic development. Contemporary, the farms` activity is mainly determined by the market mechanism. Market imposes rules on agricultural holdings` functioning, on both the type and the scale of agricultural activities,...
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Rural crime in developing countries: Theoretical framework, empirical findings, research needs
Grote, Ulrike; Neubacher, Frank - 2016
Anecdotal evidence and selected information from the International Crime Victims Survey suggest that crime is higher in developing countries than in developed countries and that there are regionally big differences. Explanations and solutions to the persistence and prevalence of rural crime in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521320
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Challenges for sustainable development of agricultural holdings
Wrzaszcz, Wioletta; Zegar, Józef Stanisław - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 16 (2016) 3, pp. 377-402
Agricultural holdings have a very important role for the sustainable socio-economic development. Contemporary, the farms` activity is mainly determined by the market mechanism. Market imposes rules on agricultural holdings` functioning, on both the type and the scale of agricultural activities,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011565567
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Rural crime in developing countries : theoretical framework, empirical findings, research needs
Grote, Ulrike; Neubacher, Frank - 2016
Anecdotal evidence and selected information from the International Crime Victims Survey suggest that crime is higher in developing countries than in developed countries and that there are regionally big differences. Explanations and solutions to the persistence and prevalence of rural crime in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446662