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Beyond food production : the role of agriculture in poverty reduction

Bresciani, Fabrizio (contributor); … - 2007

The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the poor can take advantage of growth require further research. Beyond Food Production takes on this challenge, investigating four important channels: rural labor markets, farm...

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Environment and agriculture in a developing economy : problems and prospects for Bangladesh

Alauddin, Mohammad; Hossain, Mosharaff - 2001

This book comprehensively examines the performance of Bangladeshi agriculture in light of the most recent thinking on …. Environment and Agriculture in a Developing Economy will therefore be of particular interest to developmental and environmental …

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Economic development and agricultural productivity

Bhaduri, Amit (ed.); Skarstein, Rune (ed.) - 1997

This important book challenges conventional development theory by addressing not only technological but also socio-economic factors influencing low agricultural productivity in the developing world. Agricultural productivity has long been regarded as a fundamental factor in influencing economic...

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Global environmental change and agriculture : assessing the impacts

Frisvold, George B. (ed.); Kuhn, Betsey Ann Epstein (ed.) - 1999

Global Environmental Change and Agriculture offers a comprehensive perspective on the causes, consequences and possible … global climate change on agriculture and the need to sustain agricultural growth for economic development. The book begins by … within the developing world, where agriculture remains a major economic activity. Authors take on an economy-wide perspective …

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The dynamics of knowledge externalities : localized technological change in Italy

Antonelli, Cristiano - 2011

This book elaborates a new dependent and localized growth theory based upon knowledge externalities by making two important contributions. Firstly, it elaborates the hypothesis that total factor productivity growth stems from pecuniary knowledge externalities that consist in the access to...

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Industrial agglomeration and new technologies : a global perspective

Tsuji, Masatsugu (contributor); … - 2007

industrial disparity from the viewpoint of industrial agglomeration / Koichiro Kimura -- Agglomeration in Italy -- Italian …This book, a collaborative effort by researchers from Japan, Italy and the USA, seeks to explore the reasons for … China, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the USA and Vietnam. Significantly, the book provides an interesting split between …

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The economics of technology and employment : theory and empirical evidence

Vivarelli, Marco - 1995

The impact of technical change on employment is investigated in this important new book which offers a critical appraisal of how far current economic analysis and theory can deal with this key policy issue. The Economics of Technology and Employment addresses the impact of technical change on...

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Rural poverty, risk and development

Fafchamps, Marcel - 2003

This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author's work in the area, it summarises the contributions of recent theoretical and empirical work to our understanding of how risk affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In...

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Biotechnology, agriculture, and the developing world : the distributional implications of technological change

Swanson, Timothy M. (contributor) - 2002

How will the industrial changes implicit within new biotechnologies affect modern agriculture? This book investigates …

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Econometric models of the euro-area central banks

Fagan, Gabriel (contributor); Morgan, Julian (contributor) - 2005

Greece -- 11. Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland's model -- 12. The Bank of Italy's quarterly model …

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