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Policy Reforms and Agriculture Development in Central Asia

This volume addresses the process and policy reforms these countries face and how the reforms may impact agricultural development ...

Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia

This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth to ...

Poverty and Equity

This text addresses the understanding and alleviation of poverty, inequality, and inequity using a unique and broad mix of ...

Poverty and Inequality in the Era of Structural Reforms: The Case of Bolivia

Fueled by the ongoing debate about the distributive effects of the Washington Consensus, the dynamics of poverty and inequality ...

Poverty, Inequality and Development

Traditionally, there have been two strands in the analysis of poverty, inequality and development – a micro strand that ...

Product Standards, Exports and Employment

This book makes an analytical study of implications of the new set of non-tariff barriers that are forthcoming on the exports ...

Real World Justice

The importance of this global justice approach reaches well beyond philosophy. It enables ordinary citizens to understand ...

Robotics, AI, and Humanity Science, Ethics, and Policy

This book examines recent advances in how artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics have elicited widespread debate over ...

Science for Agriculture and Rural Development in Low-income Countries

special emphasis was given to lessons for future thinking about the contribution of agriculture to: 1) poverty alleviation ...

Shaping an Inclusive Energy Transition Editors (view affiliations) Margot P. C. WeijnenZofia LukszoSamira Farahani

This book makes a case for a socially inclusive energy transition and illustrates how engineering and public policy professionals ...

Solar Desalination for the 21st Century

st The solar desalination workshop for the 21 century was sponsored by NATO program Security Through Science. In a great ...

Success of University Spin-Offs

Drawing on a database of 107 university spin-offs whose founders participated in structured face-to-face interviews, Manoj ...

Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights

This book analyses the interplay of sustainable development and human rights from different perspectives including fight ...

Sustainable Energy Access for Communities : Rethinking the Energy Agenda for Cities

This open access book examines the transition to sustainable energy systems in emerging cities. Experts from around the world ...

Sustainable Land Use in Mountainous Regions of Southeast Asia

Mountainous regions are vitally important ecosystems. They are an important storage of fresh water and energy, a rich source ...

Technologies for Development

This open access book presents 18 case studies that explore current scientific and technological efforts to address global ...

The Grand Challenge for the Future

The most urgently needed vaccines are those against poverty-related diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and HIV. However, ...

The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment

This volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. It comprises important scientific ...

The Role of Smallholder Farms in Food and Nutrition Security

This book discusses the current role of smallholders in connection with food security and poverty reduction in developing ...

The Social Life of Economic Inequalities in Contemporary Latin America

This edited volume examines how economic processes have worked upon social lives and social realities in Latin America during ...

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