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Risks and opportunities from key importers pushing for sustainability: the case of Indonesian palm oil
Growing concerns in the major importing countries on the socio-environmental sustainability of oil palm farming may affect the import demand of palm...
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The Impact of Foreign Trade in the Graduation Process of Asian Least-Developed Countries (LDCs)
The importance of development studies comes from the need to assess and solve economic problems. Graduation from LDC status represents an important...
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An Overview of Industrial Catch-Up Strategies
Much contemporary writing has been devoted to explaining the explosive growth and industrial development in East Asian economies. Basically, four...
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Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund in Historical Context: Evidence from Nigeria
This chapter adopts a historical analysis with a focus on Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme in Nigeria since 1977. The basic argument is that lack...
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Strategies of Differentiation and Sustainable Tourism: The Case of the Gulf Countries
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are the most competitive touristic destinations in the Middle East and North Africa, mostly due to their...
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Spatial Economics and Environmental Policies
This chapter reviews the two-way interaction between the spatial distribution of economic activity and environmental outcomes, with an emphasis on...
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Collective Action in Ecuadorian Amazonia
The Amazon region is an extraordinary place to study local and international power relations, social and environmental dispossession, conflicts of...
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Development Prospect of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Greenhouse gas emissions from the global aviation industry are still rising rapidly, which is based on the emissions from developed economies and...
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Igbo Community in the Old Sokoto Province During the Colonial Era, 1903–1960
This study x-rays the activities of IgboIgbo Community in the Old Sokoto Province from 1903 to 1960. The year 1903 was the year that the colonization...
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Change Detection and Land Suitability Analysis for Extension of Potential Forest Areas in Indonesia Using Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS
The objective of this research was to detect changes in forest areas and, subsequently, the potential forest area that can be extended in the South...
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Anthropogenic Disturbances on Climate Change, Global Warming, Ecosystem and COVID 19 Pandemic
With the rapid increase of human population throughout the world, many environmental problems such as climate change, global warming, pollution, loss...
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Humans as Part of Nature’s Oikonomy
In this chapter, Stahel shows that we humans are not separate but part of Nature. Thereby, human oikonomy has to be seen not in opposition but as an...
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The Future of Agriculture
Peter Berck started his career as a resource economist applying dynamic systems to study forest management. Over the years, his attention shifted...
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Biofuels: Potential Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
Today’s world faces two challenges: energy shortage and environmental pollution. Fossil fuels for power generation and transportation have caused...
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Colonial Contributions to French Freedom
The final months of 1941 were moments of great change on both the military and economic front for French external resistance. The United States...
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Localising decent work for poverty reduction in Africa: a case study of the decent work pilot project in Ghana
Since the adoption of Local Agenda 21, local governments have been enjoined to become active players in major development agendas, including the...
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Biophysical Approaches to Food System Analysis in Latin America
One of the main lines of research of the Barcelona School of Ecological Economics is representing the economic process from its biophysical side. In...
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Precious Metals: The Bull Market that Faded (as of yet)
This chapter intends to analyze why the gold bull market that began in March 2020 after the COVID-19 crash apparently ended abruptly in August of the...
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Banking regulation got you down? The rise of fintech and cryptointermediation in Africa
Lack of access to financial services is a problem for many; worldwide, one in four adults does not have a checking or savings account. Financial...
