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Food and Energy
Strategies for Sustainable Development
The authors analyze systems designed to integrate, intensify and increase food and energy production by transforming the by-products of one system into the feedstock of another. Strategies to increase...
The authors analyze systems designed to integrate, intensify and increase food and energy production by transforming the by-products of one system into the feedstock of another. Strategies to increase...
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Food Habits in Later Life
A Cross Cultural Study (CD-ROM)
In 1988, the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) Committee on Nutrition and Ageing coordinated cross-cultural studies on food habits and health in later life. The aim was to describe...
In 1988, the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) Committee on Nutrition and Ageing coordinated cross-cultural studies on food habits and health in later life. The aim was to describe...
Food Marketing Reconsidered
An Assessment of the Liberalization of Food Marketing in Sub-Saharan Africa
Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998
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Food Marketing Reconsidered analyses the impact of liberalization of three markets: food, exchange rate and other financial markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. The publication is part of the Research for...
Food Marketing Reconsidered analyses the impact of liberalization of three markets: food, exchange rate and other financial markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. The publication is part of the Research for...
Food Security in Africa
Series: World Development Studies
( Print: March 1997
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The study is an important policy-oriented contribution to the analysis and the solution of the problems of food security in a macroeconomic dimension. It draws attention to factors related to the...
The study is an important policy-oriented contribution to the analysis and the solution of the problems of food security in a macroeconomic dimension. It draws attention to factors related to the...
Forest Transitions and Carbon Fluxes
Global Scenarios and Policies
Series: World Development Studies
( Print: October 2000
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This publication discusses the scenarios and policies on how the deforestation of natural forests and the expansion of forest plantations influence the global carbon cycle through emissions and...
This publication discusses the scenarios and policies on how the deforestation of natural forests and the expansion of forest plantations influence the global carbon cycle through emissions and...
Fragile Tropics of Latin America, The
Sustainable Management of Changing Environments
The countries of Latin America are confronted with a major dilemma - the desire to exploit the resources of their tropical regions for economic development and on the other hand the realization of the...
The countries of Latin America are confronted with a major dilemma - the desire to exploit the resources of their tropical regions for economic development and on the other hand the realization of the...
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Free and Open Source Software and Technology for Sustainable Development
( Print: October 2012,
PDF: December 2012
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Free and open source software (FOSS) technologies transcend geographical and cultural boundaries to usher in a new paradigm where volunteers collaboratively develop software for the commons. The...
Free and open source software (FOSS) technologies transcend geographical and cultural boundaries to usher in a new paradigm where volunteers collaboratively develop software for the commons. The...
Freshwater Resources in Arid Lands
( Print: November 1997
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Fresh water is a critical resource for all aspects of human existence and development. Demand for fresh water is growing rapidly worldwide and since the beginning of this century its consumption has...
Fresh water is a critical resource for all aspects of human existence and development. Demand for fresh water is growing rapidly worldwide and since the beginning of this century its consumption has...
Friend or Foe? Dominant Party Systems in Southern Africa
Insights from the Developing World
Within southern Africa, there is an observable increase in dominant party systems, in which one political party dominates over a prolonged period of time, within a democratic system with regular...
Within southern Africa, there is an observable increase in dominant party systems, in which one political party dominates over a prolonged period of time, within a democratic system with regular...
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From Civil Strife to Civil Society
Civil and Military Responsibilities in Disrupted States
Series: Foundations of Peace
( Print: September 2003
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In the 1990s the United Nations, the militaries of key member states, and Non-Governmental Organizations became increasingly entangled in the complex affairs of disrupted states. In some situations...
In the 1990s the United Nations, the militaries of key member states, and Non-Governmental Organizations became increasingly entangled in the complex affairs of disrupted states. In some situations...
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From Sovereign Impunity to International Accountability
The Search for Justice in a World of States
From Sovereign Impunity to International Accountability brings together a group of preeminent experts to explore the progress, scope and controversies of international accountability. The book...
From Sovereign Impunity to International Accountability brings together a group of preeminent experts to explore the progress, scope and controversies of international accountability. The book...
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Full Participation
A Comparative Study of Compulsory Voting
Full Participation is the first book-length study of compulsory voting to be published in the English language. About a quarter of all democracies in the contemporary world legally oblige their...
Full Participation is the first book-length study of compulsory voting to be published in the English language. About a quarter of all democracies in the contemporary world legally oblige their...
Future of the United Nations System, The
Potential for the Twenty-first Century
All desiring to be challenged to think creatively about the potential for coping with a growing array of global problems will find this volume to be stimulating reading. Penetrating analyses of past...
All desiring to be challenged to think creatively about the potential for coping with a growing array of global problems will find this volume to be stimulating reading. Penetrating analyses of past...
Gender and Development in the Arab World
Women's Economic Participation - Patterns and Policies
A distinguished cast of contributors look at the systematic and cultural bias in underestimating women's real contribution to national produce and family welfare and explore the consequences of that...
A distinguished cast of contributors look at the systematic and cultural bias in underestimating women's real contribution to national produce and family welfare and explore the consequences of that...
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Gender-based Explosions
The Nexus between Muslim Masculinities, Jihadist Islamism and Terrorism
This publication argues that “gender” is a fundamental battleground on which Al Qaeda, the Taliban and their types have to be defeated. Issues of regressive radicalism, literalism, militancy and...
This publication argues that “gender” is a fundamental battleground on which Al Qaeda, the Taliban and their types have to be defeated. Issues of regressive radicalism, literalism, militancy and...
General Trading Companies
A Comparative and Historical Study
This study, by a group of Japanese business and economic historians, contributes to a better understanding of technological development in Japan generally and more particularly, of the specific...
This study, by a group of Japanese business and economic historians, contributes to a better understanding of technological development in Japan generally and more particularly, of the specific...
Global Economic Cooperation
A Guide to Agreements and Organizations
Written by an international team of specialists, this book is structured around the following themes: the organization of trade and production; monetary and financial co-operation; contracts, payments...
Written by an international team of specialists, this book is structured around the following themes: the organization of trade and production; monetary and financial co-operation; contracts, payments...
Global Environment in the Twenty-first Century, The
Prospects for International Cooperation
Series: United Nations System in the 21st Century, The
( Print: April 2000
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Environmental pollution, the growing population and the range of animal and plant species are all placing a strain on the earth, threatening human health and economic well-being. This publication...
Environmental pollution, the growing population and the range of animal and plant species are all placing a strain on the earth, threatening human health and economic well-being. This publication...
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Global Environmental Risk
( Print: November 2001
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Despite international initiatives such as the Earth Summit in 1992 and ongoing efforts to implement the Kyoto Protocol, human activities continue to take toll on the environment. This book takes stock...
Despite international initiatives such as the Earth Summit in 1992 and ongoing efforts to implement the Kyoto Protocol, human activities continue to take toll on the environment. This book takes stock...
Global Financial Turmoil and Reform
A United Nations Perspective
Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: July 1999
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As Asia's financial and economic crisis which started in 1997, deepened and spread around the world, United Nations economists on five continents shared notes to understand the upheaval and suggest...
As Asia's financial and economic crisis which started in 1997, deepened and spread around the world, United Nations economists on five continents shared notes to understand the upheaval and suggest...