Introduction to economic transformation for poverty reduction in Africa / Almas HESHMATI -- Part a: climate, energy and food security -- Impact of weather variations on cereal productivity and the influence of agro-ecological differences in ethiopian cereal production / Oumer BERISSO Metaksa --...

Introduction -- Fair trade and organic agriculture: a case from south India -- Fair trade, organic, and genetically modified organisms : a case from central India -- Plantation management and workers under certification : a case from Darjeeling, India -- Social movements and commercial...

Capitalism and family farming -- Structural transformation and farming -- Urbanization and agrarian change: a view from the margins -- What you might like to know about regression -- Drivers of agrarian transformation -- Volatility in land distribution -- Relative change in income --...

While it is possible for economies to grow based on abundant land or natural resources, more often structural change?the shift of resources from low-productivity to high-productivity sectors?is the key driver of economic growth. Structural transformation is vital for Africa. The region?s...

This book investigates the impact of both real and financial integration to growth and to welfare, and to enquire whether increases in either or both forms build the linkage between the real and financial economy. It contributes to the following two areas: (1) Research of economic developments...

When the state and business interact effectively they can promote a more efficient allocation of scarce resources, appropriate industrial policy and a more effective and prioritised removal of key obstacles to growth, than when the two sides fail to co-operate or engage in harmful collusion....