Achieving sustainable communities in a global economy : alternative private Strategies and public policies
by
Achieving Sustainable Communities in a Global Economy, (fall, 2002 : Cornell University, Boston, Mass.)
Title
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Achieving sustainable communities in a global economy : alternative private Strategies and public policies
Author
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Achieving Sustainable Communities in a Global Economy, (fall, 2002 : Cornell University, Boston, Mass.)
ISBN
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9789812388094
Conference Author
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Achieving Sustainable Communities in a Global Economy, (fall, 2002 : Cornell University, Boston, Mass.)
Publication Information
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Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific Publishing, c2004.
Physical Description
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xiv, 239 p. ; 24 cm.
General Note
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Proceedings of the major papers presented at the symposium "Achieving Sustainable Communities in a Global Economy" held at Cornell University, fall, 2002.
Contents
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Engaging the global enterprise to promote economic development / Linking globalization, economic growth and poverty : impacts of agribusiness strategies on sub-Saharan Africa / Making markets work for the poor / Global markets and rural poverty : do the rural poor gain or lose from globalization? / Market, government and development : structural adjustment programs in a global economy / Financial market integration and the fate of small and micro business lending in emerging economies / Essential forms of capital for achieving sustainable community development / Innovative community strategies in sustainable agriculture and natural resource management landcare in South Africa / "Show me the money" : asymmetric globalization and relative deprivation in sub-Saharan Africa / Globalization, agriculture development and rural community livelihoods
Abstract
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Explores alternative strategies in agricultural and rural development to address the impacts of globalization processes on smallholder agriculturalists and marginalized rural people. The book's goal is to identify and asses the key processes by which globalization is affecting the smallholder agricultural and rural sectors, and to identify and propose both micro- and macro-level policies and other strategies to deal with the problems that arise. -- Excerpt from preface.
Subject Term
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Economic development -- Developing countries.
Rural development -- Developing countries.
Marginality, Social -- Developing countries.
Globalization -- Developing countries.
Added Author
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Christy, Ralph D.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015774652 | 338.927 C556A 2004 | 1 |