| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
951084
|
| Doc. No
|
:
|
b705454
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
Achieving sustainable communities in a global economy : : alternative private strategies and public policies /\ edited by Ralph D. Christy.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
Singapore :: World Scientific,, ©2004.
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
1 online resource (xiv, 239 pages) :: illustrations
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
1281877085
|
|
|
:
|
: 9781281877086
|
|
|
:
|
: 9789812388094
|
|
|
:
|
: 9789812565679
|
|
|
:
|
: 9812388095
|
|
|
:
|
: 9812565671
|
|
|
:
|
9789812790064
|
|
|
:
|
9812388095
|
|
|
:
|
9812790063
|
| Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references.
|
| Contents
|
:
|
Part One: The New Role of the Private Sector in Economic Development -- Engaging the global enterprise to promote economic development / Everett M. Ehrlich, Elliot Schwartz -- Linking globalization, economic growth and poverty : Impacts of agribusiness strategies on sub-Saharan Africa / Dave Weatherspoon, Joyce Cacho, Ralph Christy -- Part Two: Can Markets Matter for the Poor? -- Making markets work for the poor / Eleni Gabre-Madhin, Nithya Nagarajan -- Global markets and rural poverty : Do the rural poor gain or lose from globalization? / Clive Y. Thomas, Carlton G. Davis -- Markets, government and development : Structural adjustment programs in a global economy / Edward Mabaya, Ralph D. Christy -- Financial market integration and the fate of small and micro business lending in emerging economies / Mark Wenner -- Part Three: Achieving Sustainable Communities -- Essential forms of capital for achieving sustainable community development / Daniel V. Rainey [and others] -- Innovative community strategies in sustainable agriculture and natural resource management : Landcare in South Africa / Monique L. Salomon -- "Show me the money" : Asymmetric globalization and relative deprivation in sub-Saharan Africa / Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue, Amani McHugh, Jalamang Orcutt -- Globalization, agricultural development and rural community livelihoods / Philip McMichael.
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
This important book explores alternative strategies in agriculturaland rural development to address the impacts of globalizationprocesses on smallholder agriculturalists and marginalized ruralpeople. Its goal is twofold: (1) to identify and assess the keyprocesses by which globalization is affecting the smallholderagricultural and rural sectors; and (2) to identify and propose bothmicro- and macro-level policies and other strategies to deal with theproblems that arise. This volume presents writings of leading scholars and practitionersworking in the private and public sectors. Their work focuse.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Agricultural development projects.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Agriculture-- Economic aspects.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Sustainable development.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Agricultural development projects.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Agriculture-- Economic aspects.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- Agribusiness.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Sustainable development.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Agriculture-- Sustainable Agriculture.
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
338.13
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
HD1415.A234 2004eb
|
| Added Entry
|
:
|
Christy, Ralph D.
|