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Sustainable Agriculture in Brazil
Jill L. Caviglia
This book explores the relationship between the land use choices of small-scale farmers and the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Although sustainable agriculture was introduced to the Amazon area about 10 years ago, it has... -
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Reconciling Trade and the Environment
Veena Jha, Anil Markandya, René Vossenaar
The link between trade and the environment has focused on two broad issues: how changing trade regimes have affected the environment and how stricter environmental regulations have affected trade. The answers are of particular importance... -
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Pathways to Economic Development
Richard Grabowski
This innovative book integrates ideas from sociology, economics and political science to analyse economic development. In doing so, it sheds new light on the process of successful development in East and Southeast Asia and, at the same ... -
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Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
Edited by Andrew K. Dragun, Clem Tisdell
Globalisation of the world economy portends a wide range of benefits to citizens of all countries. However, this ground-breaking book finds that the impacts of trade liberalisation and globalisation appear to have a negative impact on a... -
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Economic Growth and Change
Edited by John Adams , Francesco Pigliaru
The pursuit of economic growth is at the top of every nation’s policy agenda at the end of the 20th century. This authoritative and comprehensive book goes beyond the narrowly-based convergence model of economic growth by considering gl...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Development Policies in Natural Resource Economies
Edited by Jörg Mayer, Brian Chambers, Ayisha Farooq
This important book examines the factors that influence economic growth and sustainable development in countries with a significant natural resource sector. It addresses the key issue of how to make the primary sector sufficiently produc...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The Political Economy of Taiwan’s Development into the 21st Century
Edited by Gustav Ranis, Sheng-Cheng Hu, Yun-Peng Chu
Over the past four decades, Taiwan has achieved remarkable economic growth. In this important book, a distinguished group of contributors employs a comparative perspective to explore the reasons behind and the lessons to be learned from...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![The Political Economy of Comparative Development into the 21st Century]()
The Political Economy of Comparative Development into the 21st Century
Edited by Gustav Ranis, Sheng-Cheng Hu, Yun-Peng Chu
This important book uses the most recent advancements in growth theory and case studies to examine the status of economic and political development at the turn of the 20th century. -
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The Economics of the Family and Family Policy
Francisco Cabrillo
This comprehensive and authoritative book offers a global approach to the modern economics of the family, family law and family policy. Beginning with the division of labour in the family, this book deals with the economics of marriage...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Sustaining Development
Daniel W. Bromley
Sustaining Development brings together, in one accessible volume, a selection of Daniel W. Bromley’s path-breaking theoretical and empirical papers on economic development and environmental problems in the developing world. -
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Global Environmental Change and Agriculture
Edited by George Frisvold, Betsey Kuhn
Global Environmental Change and Agriculture offers a comprehensive perspective on the causes, consequences and possible policy solutions for climatic change as we move into the twenty-first century. It assesses the impact of potential fu... -
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Labour Standards and International Competitiveness
André Raynauld, Jean-Pierre Vidal
This innovative book assesses the impact of labour standards on the competitiveness of firms through a comparison of developing and industrialized countries.
