Rural areas and people have lagged seriously in growth and development in India. There is an urgent need to bring transparency and accountability in policy making for rural development. This paper offers a framework for tracking the processes linking development strategy to achievement of...

Water is a very crucial natural resource in the world and because of its selective availability among different countries; it will be the most precious commodity in the future. In the Mediterranean basin one can find a mosaic of countries rich in water and others poor. However, the common issue...

Leafy spurge is an invasive noxious weed, which by definition means it is inordinately difficult to control. The objective of this report is to present the results of focus group meetings and personal interviews with ranchers, local decision makers, and public land managers to discover...

This article deals with the importance of corporate citizenship for the attractiveness of a modern, competitive location of business activities. Empirical evidence supports the hypothesis that within internationally active business firms, departments with high value-added and departments with...

This paper attempts to respond to some of the questions that has confronted to us with: How can we improve communications between researchers and policymakers? What can be done to increase the utilization of research results? And how can research meet short term needs without compromising its...