Knowledge of the spatial distribution of agricultural abandonment following the collapse of the Soviet Union is highly uncertain. To help improve this situation, we have developed a new map of arable and abandoned land for 2010 at a 10 arc-second resolution. We have fused together existing land...

This paper investigates the effect of Co-operative Incentive Scheme (CIS) on beneficiary firms' job creation capacity and presents empirical evidence generated from operation of the CIS aimed at supporting co-operative enterprises in South Africa. The paired-sample t-tests were applied in...

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 U.S. remained only as a global political power Caspian States, special importance due to its Geopolitical position in Eurasia and its energy reserves Powerful countries like the US, Russia and China realized that sustainable energy resources can...