New development paradigms come and go, seemingly with increasing rapidity, yet poverty remains the scourge of the developing nations. As we enter the new millennium, we fear that still more development fads and fancies will emerge, to be taken up and then dropped by the development community....

This report provides guidance to the Desert Knowledge CRC Board and Management of issues in setting up an Australian Desert Brand that could be used to promote products and services from desert regions of Australia. Results are based on a review of the literature and 14 case studies of regional...

The Australian desert economy is a $90 billion dollar economy. However currently,there is a reliance on a few industry sectors in delivering its output. About 60% of thegross revenue of the desert comes from only three sectors - mining, manufacturing andagriculture. This can pose a risk in light...

It is widely accepted that trust is the critical determinant of a good buyer-seller relationship. Using trust as the dependent variable, various measures of the farmers' satisfaction with the exchange, power-dependence and the relationship specific investments preferred trading partners provided...

Capacity building in the asia pacific : an introduction / Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen and John Burgess -- Enhancing women's capacities in agricultural research and development in Asia and Africa / Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen, Thelma R. Paris, Joyce Luis and Farveh Farivar -- Women's work motivation and the...