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Agriculture: toward the year 2000 : major results of the FAO-Report

Loesch, Heinrich von - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 14 (1979) 6, pp. 293-297

When the World Food Conference of 1974 demanded the eradication of world hunger within the brief time span of ten years, experts and laymen alike were surprised. The target seemed too ambitious, and it can be safely expected that it will not be achieved. A study has now been submitted by FAO to...

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American diets and Third World food

Viksnins, George J. - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 11 (1976) 4, pp. 120-122

One major concern of the Third World, with its emotional and moralistic overtones, is the production and distribution of food. Unfortunately, however, the world food situation is very complex and any over-simplification is counter-productive. This article confronts the myths with the facts...

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Possible consequences of nutritional improvements for the economic development

Hemmer, Hans-Rimbert - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 14 (1979) 4, pp. 185-189

Studies of the relationship of nutrition and economic development have hitherto largely focused on the question how the … state of nutrition has changed in consequence of economic developments. The analysis concentrated on the "passive role of … nutrition". In the following article the question is reversed: what possibilities exist for influencing the development process …

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Food and development policies

Ortlieb, Heinz-Dietrich - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 1 (1966) 9, pp. 5

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Food for the world : Gloomy prospects

Fasbender, Karl - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 10 (1975) 1, pp. 26-28

In view of the urgency and size of the problem how to feed the world’s population, the framework given to the recent World Food Conference did not seem to be over-extended. The poor results, however, give again rise to the general question whether international mammoth meetings like the one in...

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Aspects of regional rural development

Fasbender, Karl - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 28 (1993) 2, pp. 87-94

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Aspects of regional rural development

Fasbender, Karl - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 28 (1993) 2, pp. 87-94

The priority previously given to urban areas by development programmes was replaced in the 1980s by efforts to implement deliberately targeted rural development. These often relatively complex projects showed less sustainable success than had been expected, however. What are the requirements for...

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Regional rural development : the need for deregulation

Fasbender, Karl - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 20 (1985) 2, pp. 82-86

Government intervention in developing countries has often been biased towards the support of urban industries and the urban population. The resulting distortions in exchange rates and in the prices of the factors of production have had serious detrimental effects on rural areas. A gradual...

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Strategy of integrated development : some remarks on the development of rural areas in developing countries

Fasbender, Karl - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 17 (1982) 6, pp. 291-295

The emphasis of development policies has for many years been placed on primarily growth-oriented development strategies. Although the latter have indeed induced an astounding increase in real GNP levels in Third World countries, they have not been able to decisively reduce existing social...

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Development strategy for rural areas

Urff, Winfried von - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 9 (1974) 3, pp. 79-83

In September 1973, the President of the World Bank, Robert S. McNamara, made a challenging address to the Governors of the Central Banks of the member states of the international Monetary Fund. The main subject in his speech was the problem of poverty particularly in rural areas of developing...

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