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Liberalized and Neglected? Food Marketing Policies in Eastern Africa

Series: World Development Studies
( Print: September 1998 )

Analysis of structural adjustment and its impact on the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa has made considerable progress over the last few years. Debate has shown that liberalization alone is not...

Analysis of structural adjustment and its impact on the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa has made considerable progress over the last few years. Debate has shown that liberalization alone is not...


Ordos Plateau of China, The

An Endangered Environment

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: January 2000 )

The Ordos Plateau of China is an account of the regional human-environmental history of the Ordos Plateau, a dryland region inhabited by Chinese farmers and Mongolian shepherds. It surveys...

The Ordos Plateau of China is an account of the regional human-environmental history of the Ordos Plateau, a dryland region inhabited by Chinese farmers and Mongolian shepherds. It surveys...


Aspects of Transition

Series: World Development Studies
( Print: September 2000 )

This publication presents essays addressing the core problem of the form, pace and character of the relationship that is evolving between the general world trading system and the countries of Eastern...

This publication presents essays addressing the core problem of the form, pace and character of the relationship that is evolving between the general world trading system and the countries of Eastern...


Evolutionary Dynamics of China's Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises in the 1990s, The

Series: World Development Studies
( Print: October 2000 )

This volume presents a review of the dynamic changes going on in the Chinese economic system. In particular it analyzes the amazing rapid growth of the township and village enterprise (TVE) sector...

This volume presents a review of the dynamic changes going on in the Chinese economic system. In particular it analyzes the amazing rapid growth of the township and village enterprise (TVE) sector...


Forest Transitions and Carbon Fluxes

Global Scenarios and Policies

Series: World Development Studies
( Print: October 2000 )

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...


Regions at Risk

Comparisons of Threatened Environments

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: February 1996 )

Nine critical environmental regions are examined through formal definitions and a detailed look into the concepts of environmental criticality and endangerment. This innovative study provides an up-to...

Nine critical environmental regions are examined through formal definitions and a detailed look into the concepts of environmental criticality and endangerment. This innovative study provides an up-to...


Amazonia

Resiliency and Dynamism of the Land and its People

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: December 1997 )

The Amazon basin, site of the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, is experiencing rapid ecological and socio-economic changes. This book examines the driving forces behind these changes...

The Amazon basin, site of the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, is experiencing rapid ecological and socio-economic changes. This book examines the driving forces behind these changes...


Small Islands, Big Issues

Crucial Issues in the Sustainable Development of Small Developing Islands

Series: World Development Studies
( Print: March 1997 )

This publication comprises six case studies which were prepared for the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States. The case studies deal with the following...

This publication comprises six case studies which were prepared for the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States. The case studies deal with the following...


Emerging Labour Markets

Series: World Development Studies
( Print: March 1997 )

The study explains the background of the changes taking place in the former socialist countries and looks at the problems, causes and consequences of unemployment. The overview on the successor states...

The study explains the background of the changes taking place in the former socialist countries and looks at the problems, causes and consequences of unemployment. The overview on the successor states...


Food Security in Africa

Series: World Development Studies
( Print: March 1997 )

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...


Economic Reforms, Women's Employment, and Social Policies

Series: World Development Studies
( Print: March 1997 )

The volume, while focusing on the consequences of reforms, also deals with the structural changes which are taking place as a result of export orientation in the economies and their dual impact on...

The volume, while focusing on the consequences of reforms, also deals with the structural changes which are taking place as a result of export orientation in the economies and their dual impact on...


Limits of the Global Village, The

Globalization, Nations and the State

Series: World Development Studies
( Print: March 1997 )

This study, which deals with some of the general aspects of globalization focuses on the globalization process from a Latin American perspective. It shows that Latin America belongs to the hemisphere...

This study, which deals with some of the general aspects of globalization focuses on the globalization process from a Latin American perspective. It shows that Latin America belongs to the hemisphere...


Trade, Trade Policy and Industrialization Reconsidered

Series: World Development Studies
( Print: March 1997 )

This study is the report of an important project on the interrelations between trade, industrialization and development. The project was initiated in order to look at the subject in the new era of the...

This study is the report of an important project on the interrelations between trade, industrialization and development. The project was initiated in order to look at the subject in the new era of the...


Changing Patterns of Employment and Unemployment in Africa

Series: World Development Studies
( Print: March 1997 )

The research project, in the framework of which this study has been written, focuses on the Sub-Saharan African countries and looks at the different aspects of the unemployment problem. Among the key...

The research project, in the framework of which this study has been written, focuses on the Sub-Saharan African countries and looks at the different aspects of the unemployment problem. Among the key...


Political Economy of the Peace Process in a Changing Middle East, The

Series: World Development Studies
( Print: March 1997 )

In the Middle East, the interaction between economic and political factors, issues and processes have always been strong. The fact that this region became a fundamentally important source of oil...

In the Middle East, the interaction between economic and political factors, issues and processes have always been strong. The fact that this region became a fundamentally important source of oil...


Elusive Miracle, The

Latin America in the 1990's

Series: World Development Studies
( Print: March 1997 )

Countries enjoying more liberty at home, more material well-being, more solidarity from abroad - these are the `good times' for most of Latin America. But democracy is not sufficiently distinguished...

Countries enjoying more liberty at home, more material well-being, more solidarity from abroad - these are the `good times' for most of Latin America. But democracy is not sufficiently distinguished...


Regionalization in Southern Africa

Series: World Development Studies
( Print: May 1997 )

This state-of-the-art publication offers great insight into the economic, security and environmental regionalization in southern Africa. In utilizing the concept of 'new regionalization'- a change...

This state-of-the-art publication offers great insight into the economic, security and environmental regionalization in southern Africa. In utilizing the concept of 'new regionalization'- a change...


Regionalization in East Asia-Pacific

An Exclusive Process

Series: World Development Studies
( Print: August 1997 )

East Asian regionalism is often described as de facto regionalism, whereas regionalization is supposed to take place de jure in Europe and North America. This publication presents a study on...

East Asian regionalism is often described as de facto regionalism, whereas regionalization is supposed to take place de jure in Europe and North America. This publication presents a study on...


In Place of the Forest

Environmental and Socio-Economic Transformation in Borneo and the Eastern Malay Peninsula

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: January 1998 )

This book describes the course of the modern transformation of Borneo and the eastern side of the Malay Peninsula, an area considered to be 'environmentally critical' because of the massive...

This book describes the course of the modern transformation of Borneo and the eastern side of the Malay Peninsula, an area considered to be 'environmentally critical' because of the massive...