Welfare measurement in imperfect markets

a growth theoretical approach

This book cleverly integrates the research on welfare measurement and social accounting in imperfect market economies. In their previously acclaimed volume, Welfare Measurement, Sustainability and Green National Accounting, the authors focused on the external effects associated with environmental damage and analysed their role in the ...

Unsocial Europe

social protection or flexploitation?

This book presents a critical analysis of trends in European welfare systems and labour market policies, how and why they are changing and how they affect the daily lives of those facing unemployment or precarious work. As a contribution to debates about `globalisation' and the ...

A handbook of comparative social policy

The current context of social policy is one in which many of the old certainties of the past have been eroded. The predominantly inward-looking, domestic preoccupation of social policy has made way for a more integrated, international and outward approach to analysis which looks beyond ...

Structural economics

The interface of national accounting and economic analysis is something of a neglected area within economics. This important new book explains how national accounts can be used for economic modelling via input- output analysis - the main tool in the field. Structural Economics provides an accounting ...

The global competitiveness report 2004-2005

The World Economic Forum continues its tradition of excellence with the 25th edition of the annual Global Competitiveness Report featuring the latest national statistics and results of the Executive Opinion Survey, which captures the perception of over 8,700 business leaders. The report provides the ...

Balance económico regional

(autonomías y provincias), años 1995 a 2003

Contenido: PRESENTACIÓN I. COMENTARIO PREVIO II. METODOLOGÍA III. ANÁLISIS DE LOS RESULTADOS NACIONALES IV. ANÁLISIS REGIONAL Y PROVINCIAL V. CONVERGENCIA REGIONAL Y PROVINCIAL CON LA UNIÓN EUROPEA (EUR-15) ÍNDICE DE ESTADÍSTICOS ÍNDICE DE MAPAS TABLAS ESTADÍSTICAS GENERALES. POBLACIÓN Y EMPLEO TABLAS DE LA 1 A ...

The world's wine markets

globalizacion at work

This is a useful work which provides a comprehensive overwiew of the world's wine markets. Its particular strengths are its golobal coverage, its focus on both production and consuption, and the large number of charts and tables with which the volume is replete. With ...

Organic farming

policies and prospects

Food retailers in Europe, including supermarkets, have responded to rapidly rising demand for organic produce. The organic sector has moved from a marginal production fad to a serious subject of policy concern for politicians and public servants involved in European agricultural policy. Drawing on a ...

Land and forest economics

This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the important issues of land use and forest economics. The authors employ economic tools to study the allocation of land among alternative activities such as agriculture, grazing and forestry which impact upon the landscape. Contents: Preface 1. Introduction ...

Agricultura y territorio en el Mercosur

En este libro se estudia. desde una perspectiva geográfica, la agricultura del Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR), bloque económico- comercial formado por Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay que responde a la lógica de las tendencias internacionales más recientes: la mundialización de la economía y la ...

The Common Fisheries Policy in the European Union

a study in integrative and distributive bargaining

This book links theoretical studies to empirical evidence and constitutes a comprehensive appreciation of bargaining by comparing integrative and distributive bargaining in the context of the European fisheries policy. Contents: Introduction: Analyzing Negotiations in the European Union 1. The Settlement of the Common Fisheries Policy ...

Food policy old and new

This book demonstrates the need for a new food policy to address the challenges for the global food system posed by globalisation, urbanisation, technical change and industrialisation. A collection of papers demonstrating the need for a new food policy. Looks at the challenges for the ...

Las cooperativas agrarias

instrumento de desarrollo local

Las cooperativas agrarias son estructuras asociativas dotadas de una amplia base social, y que se caracterizan por ser importantes agentes generadores de actividad capaces de contribuir decisivamente al desarrollo sostenible de numerosas zonas rurales, tanto desde la perspectiva económica como social y medioambiental. Su génesis ...

Intellectual property,biogenetic resources and traditional knowledge

Biogenetic resources # the critical biological and chemical materials that underpin so much of medicine, both modern and traditional, agriculture, and wider economic activity in so many fields # are at the centre of heated debate regarding their use, development, and ownership, and the issues of ethics ...

A bond scheme for common agricultural policy reform

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is at an impasse. While it is said that existing policies are not tenable, all recent reform plans have been condemned as unacceptable. However, a #bond scheme#, as part of reform that pays more attention to society#s aspirations for ...

Comercialización de productos agrarios

Indice: Comercialización. Agentes y canales de comer cialización. Industrias agrarias. Sistemas modernosde distribución. Formas de compra- venta. Cooperativas de agricultores. Mercados en zonas de consumo. Mer cados de futuros y opciones. Marketing

The privatization of the oceans

Rich with detail and provocatively argued, this study of the development of property rights in the world's fisheries tells the story of one industry's evolution and provides a useful illustration of the forces that shape economic institutions. The emergence of exclusive individual rights ...

China's Rural Market Development in the Reform Era

The rural market in China is not only the venue where 60 per cent of the country's 1.3 billion inhabitants buy their daily necessities and sell agricultural products, but also a key area of conflict between government control and liberalization policies. Previous research ...

Agribusiness and society

corporate responses to environmentalism, market opportunities and public regulation

"Agribusiness & society" examines how far agribusiness corporations are responding to the opportunities and pressures resulting from emerging environmental awareness.How are they changing their R & D and business practices to develop new environmentally oriented products,services and methods of prodcution?And what can they cahnge of their own volition,and where is external direction a necessary condition of environmentally friendly innovation? These questions are explored through investigations of particualr biotech and agribusiness companies-including Monsanto,Ciba Geigy,Dole,and Chiquita-and their behaviour in locations as diverse as California,Europe,Australia,Brazil,and Central America.The authors explore how some have responded to environmental pressures by exploiting new consumer-created markets;some changed their production practices in a sustainable way;while others have complied with(or resisted) state environmental regulation,notably labelling systems and certification. Each study examines how institutional,cultural,economic,political and technological contexts shape the strategies of big business.Topics include " green ...

Diet for a dead planet

how the food industry is killing us

Mad Cow disease, bird flu epidemics, tainted meat scandals, and Mercury-laced fish - we are evidently surrounded by unsafe food. In this riveting and timely investigation, award-winning journalist Christopher D. Cook takes us beyond Fast Food Nation to explain why our entire food system - from farm ...