Author:
Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
Total Pages: 580
Release:
Genre:
ISBN:

Current Catalog

Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1120
Release:
Genre: Medicine
ISBN:

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Titles, Conflict, and Land Use

Titles, Conflict, and Land Use
Author: Lee J. Alston
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2010-05-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0472024280

The Amazon, the world's largest rain forest, is the last frontier in Brazil. The settlement of large and small farmers, squatters, miners, and loggers in this frontier during the past thirty years has given rise to violent conflicts over land as well as environmental duress. Titles, Conflict, and Land Use examines the institutional development involved in the process of land use and ownership in the Amazon and shows how this phenomenon affects the behavior of the economic actors. It explores the way in which the absence of well-defined property rights in the Amazon has led to both economic and social problems, including lost investment opportunities, high costs in protecting claims, and violence. The relationship between land reform and violence is given special attention. The book offers an important application of the New Institutional Economics by examining a rare instance where institutional change can be empirically observed. This allows the authors to study property rights as they emerge and evolve and to analyze the effects of Amazon development on the economy. In doing so they illustrate well the point that often the evolution of economic institutions will not lead to efficient outcomes. This book will be important not only to economists but also to Latin Americanists, political scientists, anthropologists, and scholars in disciplines concerned with the environment. Lee Alston is Professor of Economics, University of Illinois, and Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Gary Libecap is Professor of Economics and Law, University of Arizona, and Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Bernardo Mueller is Assistant Professor, Universidade de Brasilia.

OECD Reviews of Digital Transformation Going Digital in Brazil

OECD Reviews of Digital Transformation Going Digital in Brazil
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2020-10-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9264938591

Going Digital in Brazil analyses recent developments in Brazil’s digital economy, reviews policies related to digitalisation and makes recommendations to increase policy coherence in this area.

New Financial Horizons

New Financial Horizons
Author: Lorna Gold
Publisher: New City Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1565483545

Author appearances (lectures, retreats, conferences); Space ads in America, Commonweal, Living Church, Living City; Feature in ASpirit of Books@ catalog (120,000); Extensive review campaign; Direct mailings to house list (monthly); E-mail marketing to selected consumer lists

Alerta bibliográfico

Alerta bibliográfico
Author: Companhia de Tecnologia de Saneamento Ambiental (São Paulo, Brazil). Biblioteca
Publisher:
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1993
Genre: Environmental engineering
ISBN:

Coexistence and Confrontation of Agricultural and Food Models

Coexistence and Confrontation of Agricultural and Food Models
Author: Pierre Gasselin
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2023-04-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9402421785

This book analyses situations of coexistence and confrontation of agricultural and food models according to four major dimensions of territorial development: the tension between specialisation and diversification; innovation; adaptation; and food transition. New agricultural and food models are being deployed in territories around the world in response to criticisms of the old forms of agriculture and food production, and in order to meet new challenges. These models embody archetypes of the observed diversity, actors’ projects or new norms. A number of conceptual studies and case studies from France and other countries allow us to understand the interactions between these models (confrontation, complementarity, co-evolution, hybridisation, etc.), taking us well beyond the characterisation of their diversity and the evaluation of their relative performances. The coexistence and confrontation of these models build up their capacity for radical change. The book asks original questions about the analytical framework, its methodological challenges and the expected outcomes for the support of agricultural and food development in rural and urban territories. It is intended for researchers, teachers, students and professionals interested in territorial development. Pierre Gasselin, Sylvie Lardon, Claire Cerdan, Salma Loudiyi and Denis Sautier are the scientific coordinators of this book. They are geographers and economists at CIRAD, INRAE and VetAgro Sup, where they conduct research on the transformation of agriculture, food systems and territories in France and other countries. This book is the result of a collective research process involving 36 authors from Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, France, Japan, Switzerland and Vietnam. Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, author of the Foreword, is Professor Emeritus of Rural Sociology at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands and Associate Professor of Agricultural Sociology at the China Agricultural University in Beijing. He has conducted extensive research on processes of agricultural transition and on dynamics of rural development.