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The modern Agri-Food production system is characterised as highly global in nature, however, supporters of globalisation and the neo-liberal state policies have always justified such action as increasing the investment into the sector, but it has met with scathing criticisms in the Global South...
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Although the term globalization still awaits a globally agreed definition, it is commonly used in different walks of … opposite ‘all for sin and sin for all', reality reckons globalization as a global fact. The term may have been used centuries … economic re-organization of the world is only one, albeit critical, part of the story. The following passage concentrates on …
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Sustainability tends to become in the new millennium the most important characteristic of economic and social development. The possibility to ensure economic development in the context of a reasonable use of raw materials, energy and natural resources in general and to decrease the impact of all...
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, this study analyses the effects of overall globalization and its three sub-dimensions (economic, political, and social … globalization) on the rate of e-waste recycling. The results indicate that overall globalization and its three sub-dimensions have a … contributing to the circular economy. Therefore, supporting all aspects of globalization (economic, political, and social) will …
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There is great variation in views on and treatment of minorities such as gay men across the world. We are the first to … legal rights for gay men, GDP per capita, democracy and economic globalization tend to benefit gays, primarily by shaping …
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income and wealth microdata samples designed to be representative of all countries in the world. Measured by the Gini … reduced world inequality. Income inequality has changed little within countries, so the downward trend remains intact. However …
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This article, a chapter from a three-volume study of the effects of globalization on domestic law, society and … economics, considers implications for domestic administration when ''globalization comes home'' in the form of terrorism risk …
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We assess how rising exports of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) affect the convergence of natural gas prices worldwide. Using standard principal component analysis and cointegrating techniques, we show that the degree of co-movement between global benchmark prices for natural gas has strengthened...
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This paper discusses the rising profile of natural gas in global energy, factors constraining its further development, the gas contracting process, and the absence of a global market, which is analyzed in the context of the economic rent in the gas price and the opaque nature of gas contracts. A...
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We provide the description and illustrative results of the World Gas Model, a multi-period complementarity model for … world wide natural gas production and consumption. We also include a detailed representation of cross-border natural gas …
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