Using original research from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, this book reviews the recent restructuring of the global agri-food industry and the dramatic rise of global retail chains in developing and transition countries. It focuses on the private standards and requirements imposed by...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Table -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 1: A Brief Historical Overview of Networking -- Chapter 2: Current Networking Architecture -- Chapter 3: History of Software-Defined Networking -- Chapter 4: An Overview of Software Defined Networking -- Chapter...

Includes research papers that examines various issues including the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs), management accounting change in the context of public sector reforms, corporate reporting disclosures,...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary: The Elusive Promise of Productivity -- 1. Sources of Growth in Agriculture -- Improving Agricultural Productivity: Traversing the Last Mile toward Reducing Extreme Poverty -- Poverty Reduction,...

Cover -- The DNA of Physician-Leadership: Creating Dynamic Executives -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction and Overview -- Section 1: Foundations of Physician-Leadership -- Chapter 1: Migrating to Physician-Leadership: An Introduction -- The Business of Health Care: From Bedside to...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Overview -- World Bank Group Management Response -- Management Action Record -- Chairperson's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness -- 1 Introduction and Portfolio Review -- Motivation -- Theoretical Foundations --...

This volume explores the impact of Transnational Corporations (TNCs) on the environment of the Global South during this period of neoliberal globalization. It develops themes around transnational extractive activity; the impact of transnational capital on indigenous populations, and the role...

This new report is the first in a series to be published annually by the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour. It brings together research on child labour and social protection, identifying policies that are designed to achieve multiple social goals. It discusses the...

JIRA 5.x Development Cookbook is part of Packt's Cookbook series. A Packt Cookbook contains step-by-step recipes for solutions to the most important problems you face when working with a topic.Inside this Cookbook you will find:A straightforward and easy-to-follow format.A selection of the most...

The vast majority of rental housing around the world is unsubsidized and in private hands. Everywhere there are great needs for safe, decent, and affordable housing at the lowest income levels. A few countries-mostly developed ones-have a sizable social rental sector, yet even here the demand...