Preface -- Introduction : corporate social responsibility : ransom for the corporate soul / Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi and Roopinder Oberoi -- Moving from eco-blind to eco icon : choosing to move beyond ignorance, tokenism, moral panics and folk devils / T. S. Cockburn and K. S. Jahdi -- Social...

Opening remarks / Jörg Eberspächer -- ICT for the poor at large scale : innovative connections to markets and services / Joachim von Braun -- People driven innovation : how to create the demand for ICT solutions in underserved areas / Kazi Islam -- Transfer of services to emerging markets :...

This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of...

Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) will contribute to the improvement of the well being of present and future generations through the promotion of sustainable development. These technologies are now accepted worldwide as an alternative option for the world's future energy supply. Depending...