Trusting Trade and the Private Sector for Food Security in Southeast Asia challenges policymakers who oversee the rice sector in Southeast Asia and reexamines deep-rooted preceptsabout their responsibilities. The authors argue that fixating on national self-sufficiency hasbeen costly and...

It is interesting to note that after two years of recession in East Asia, almost all the countries in this region are rising again. In the wake of that sudden onslaught on the economies of East Asia, many new questions have come to the fore (and are waiting for the right answers), such as: How...

Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Overview; Urbanization, Economic Growth, Energy, and Emissions Trends; Figure O.1 Urbanization Rate; Figures; Figure O.2 Changes in Annual Energy Consumption per Capita, 1990 and 2009; Understanding the Cities: Energy Use and GHG Emissions; Tables;...

Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Theoretical Underpinnings and Concepts -- Introduction -- Cluster Theory for Developing Countries: Bringing Enterprise Dynamics Back In -- Local Strategic Leaders in Developing...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction Gareth Austin -- 2 Environmental Impacts of Colonial Dynamics, 1400-1800: The First Global Age and the Anthropocene Amélia Polónia and Jorge M. Pacheco -- 3 Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa,...

The Golden Triangle -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Into the Thick of It -- 1. The Golden Triangle and Burma -- 2. The Wa -- 3. The Opium Trade -- 4. Heroin Production and Trafficking -- 5. The Methamphetamine Business -- 6. Drug Use -- 7. Drug Control -- 8. The Business and...

This volume chronicles RAND's involvement in researching insurgency and counterinsurgency in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand during the Vietnam War era and assesses the effect that this research had on U.S. officials and policies. Elliott draws on interviews with former RAND staff and the many...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Terms and Spelling -- Note on Currencies and Measurements -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- I: Introduction and Theory -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Institutions and Social Reform -- II: The Politics of Equitable Development...