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Rural Transition in Azerbaijan

By: Zvi Lerman,David Sedik

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Rural Transition in Azerbaijan

By: Zvi Lerman,David Sedik

The book demonstrates that reform policies_including privatization of land and the shift from collective to individual farming_have a significant impact on agricultural growth, rural incomes, and poverty alleviation. The analysis spans more than 40 years of agricultural and rural development in Azerbaijan, based on country-level statistical data and original farm and household surveys.

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0739143182

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Food Security in the Russian Federation

By: David J. Sedik,Sergeĭ Sotnikov,Doris Wiesmann,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Food Security in the Russian Federation

By: David J. Sedik,Sergeĭ Sotnikov,Doris Wiesmann,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The Russian Federation experienced a fall in GDP per capita of nearly 50 per cent during the 1990s, and following the sudden fall in value of the rouble in 1998, international concerns grew over to the rising level of food insecurity and poverty in the country. This report has been produced as part of a FAO technical assistance project, and examines the state of food security in the Russian Federation and the prospects for addressing these challenges in the future. Issues discussed include: the changes in agricultural production during the 1990s, the main indicators of food availability and access to food by the population, public nutrition and diet, and the outlook for improvements in the future.

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Food & Agriculture Org.

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9251050414

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9789251050415

The Changing Face of Rural Space

Agriculture and Rural Development in the Western Balkans

By: Julian Lampietti,David G. Lugg,Philip Van der Celen,Amelia Branczik

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The Changing Face of Rural Space

Agriculture and Rural Development in the Western Balkans

By: Julian Lampietti,David G. Lugg,Philip Van der Celen,Amelia Branczik

Although at different stages of development, the countries of the Western Balkansâ€”Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbiaâ€”face similar challenges in transforming and modernizing their agricultural food production (agri-food) sectors. Their rural sectors have lagged behind the rest of the economy in growth and poverty reduction, their agri-food sectors are undercapitalized and highly fragmented, and their agro-processing capacities limited. Agricultural trade deficits are widening, climate change is posing increasing risks to farm incomes, and low-cost imports and changing consumer preferences are further eroding competitiveness. Added to this scenario are the challenges and opportunities of adopting the EU 'acquis communautaire' relating to agriculture. Based on recent World Bank reports prepared in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the European Commission Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development, 'The Changing Face of Rural Space: Agriculture and Rural Development in the Western Balkans' identifies what is constraining agricultural competitiveness in these countries, examines public expenditures in agriculture, and diagnoses key challenges for agricultural policy makers. The book expands on previous findings to provide a strategic policy framework for transforming and modernizing the agri-food sector and, in the context of regionâ€™s ongoing process of integration with the European Union, creating a dynamic rural space in the Western Balkans. The book offers Western Balkan governments and international donors a shared vision of the goals and directions their agriculture and rural development policies and programs might take.

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World Bank Publications

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0821379313

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9780821379318

Farming Systems and Poverty

Improving Farmers' Livelihoods in a Changing World

By: John A. Dixon,David P. Gibbon,Aidan Gulliver,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Farming Systems and Poverty

Improving Farmers' Livelihoods in a Changing World

By: John A. Dixon,David P. Gibbon,Aidan Gulliver,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.

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Food & Agriculture Org.

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9251046271

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9789251046272

Funding the Future: Tax Revenue Mobilization in the Pacific Island Countries

By: Mouhamadou Sy,Mr. Andrew Beaumont,Enakshi Das,Mr. Georg Eysselein,Mr. David Kloeden,Katrina R Williams

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Funding the Future: Tax Revenue Mobilization in the Pacific Island Countries

By: Mouhamadou Sy,Mr. Andrew Beaumont,Enakshi Das,Mr. Georg Eysselein,Mr. David Kloeden,Katrina R Williams

Pacific Island Countries (PICs) face daunting spending needs related to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and adapting to the effects of climate change. Boosting tax revenues will need to be an essential pillar in creating the fiscal space to meet SDG and climate-adaptation spending needs. This paper assesses the additional tax revenue that PICs could potentially collect and discusses policy options to achieve such gains. The main objectives of the paper are to (1) review the critical medium-term development spending requirements and available financing options, (2) document the main stylized facts about tax revenues in the PICs and estimate the additional tax revenue that countries could raise, (3) highlight the main bottlenecks preventing the PICs from further increasing their tax revenue collection with an emphasis on weaknesses in VAT systems, (4) draw lessons from successful emerging and developing countries that have managed to substantially and durably increased their tax revenues, and (5) propose tax policy and revenue administration reform priorities for Pacific Island Countries to boost tax revenues. The paper’s main findings are (1) The current revenue mix is skewed toward non-tax revenues, (2) PICs could collect an additional 3 percent of tax revenue in the short to medium term, (3) Many bottlenecks are preventing the PICs from boosting their tax revenue collection, and (4) The potential offered by efficient VAT systems is not fully exploited. To increase tax revenue in the Pacific Islands, the paper proposes the following reforms: (1) unwinding recent fiscal relief measures, (2) strengthening or introducing a VAT system; (3) rationalizing tax exemptions, (4) closing loopholes in the tax system, (5) reforming tax administration, and (6) introducing a medium-term revenue strategy.

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International Monetary Fund

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9798400219023

Agricultural Producer Support Estimates for Developing Countries

Measurement Issues and Evidence from India, Indonesia, China, and Vietnam

By: Orden, David,Cheng, Fuzhi,Nguyen, Hoa,Grote, Ulrike,Thomas, Marcelle,Mullen, Kathleen,Sun, Dongsheng

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Agricultural Producer Support Estimates for Developing Countries

Measurement Issues and Evidence from India, Indonesia, China, and Vietnam

By: Orden, David,Cheng, Fuzhi,Nguyen, Hoa,Grote, Ulrike,Thomas, Marcelle,Mullen, Kathleen,Sun, Dongsheng

By examining and comparing agricultural policies in India, Indonesia, China, and Vietnam, this study helps fill a significant gap in development research. The report provides an assessment of conceptual and measurement issues related to the effects of trade and domestic-support policies and policy reforms on the incentives of agricultural producers and presents empirical estimates of the degree of protection or disprotection in the four countries. From India's countercyclical policy outcomes and Indonesia's high levels of agricultural protection, to the trend toward modest support of agriculture in China and Vietnam, the report's results demonstrate both how changes in agricultural policy can improve farmers' incentives as economic growth occurs and how difficult it is to reform entrenched policy interventions. Through such findings, the report contributes to policy discussions on creating propoor policies related to agricultural support and trade, both at the domestic level and in international negotiations.

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Intl Food Policy Res Inst

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089629160X

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9780896291607

Industry, State, and Society in Stalin's Russia, 1926–1934

By: David R. Shearer

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Industry, State, and Society in Stalin's Russia, 1926–1934

By: David R. Shearer

In his reexamination of the origins of the Stalinist state during the formative period of rapid industrialization in the late 1920s and early 1930s, David R. Shearer argues that a centralized state-controlled economic system was the consciously conceived political creation of Stalinist leaders rather than the inevitable by-product of socialist industrialization. Focusing on the different economic and bureaucratic cultures within the industrial system, Shearer reconstructs the debates in 1928 and 1929 over administrative, financial, and commercial reform. He uses information from recently opened archives to show that attempts by the state's trading organizations to create a commercial economy enjoyed wide support, offering a model that combined planning and rapid industrialization with social democracy and economic prosperity. In an effort to crush the syndicate movement and establish tight political control over the economy, Stalinist leaders intervened with a program of radical reforms. Shearer demonstrates that professional engineers, planners and industrial administrators in many cases actively supported the creation of a powerful industrial state unhampered by domestic social and economic constraints. The paradoxical result, Shearer shows, was a loss of control. The overly centralized system that emerged during the first Five-Year Plan was rendered incoherent by periodic economic crises and the continuing influence of partially suppressed social and market forces.

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Cornell University Press

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1501729861

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9781501729867

The Economics of Biofuel Policies

Impacts on Price Volatility in Grain and Oilseed Markets

By: Harry de Gorter,D. Drabik,David R. Just

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The Economics of Biofuel Policies

Impacts on Price Volatility in Grain and Oilseed Markets

By: Harry de Gorter,D. Drabik,David R. Just

The global food crises of 2008 and 2010 and the increased price volatility revolve around biofuels policies and their interaction with each other, farm policies and between countries. While a certain degree of research has been conducted on biofuel efficacy and logistics, there is currently no book on the market devoted to the economics of biofuel policies. The Economics of Biofuel Policies focuses on the role of biofuel policies in creating turmoil in the world grains and oilseed markets since 2006. This new volume is the first to put together theory and empirical evidence of how biofuel policies created a link between crop (food grains and oilseeds) and biofuel (ethanol and biodiesel) prices. This combined with biofuel policies role in affecting the link between biofuels and energy (gasoline, diesel and crude oil) prices will form the basis to show how alternative US, EU, and Brazilian biofuel policies have immense impacts on the level and volatility of food grain and oilseed prices.

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Springer

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1137414855

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9781137414854

State Responses to Crimes of Genocide

What Went Wrong and How to Change It

By: Ewelina U. Ochab,David Alton

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State Responses to Crimes of Genocide

What Went Wrong and How to Change It

By: Ewelina U. Ochab,David Alton

At the time of drafting the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention), the drafters were hopeful that the document will be the response needed to ensure that the world would never again witness such atrocities as committed by the Nazi regime. While, arguably, there has been no such great loss of human lives as during WWII, genocidal incidents have and still take place. After WWII, we have witnessed the genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur, to name only a few. The responses to these atrocities have always been inadequate. Every time the world leaders would come together to renew their promise of ‘Never Again’. However, the promise has never materialised. In 2014, Daesh unleashed genocide against religious minorities in Syria and Iraq. Before the world managed to shake off from the atrocities, in 2016, the Burmese military launched a genocidal campaign against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. This was followed by reports of ever-growing atrocities against Christian minorities in Nigeria. Without waiting too long, in 2018, China proceeded with its genocidal campaign against the Uyghur Muslims. In 2020, the Tigrayans became the victims of ethnic targeting. Five cases of mass atrocities that, in the space of just five years, all easily meet the legal definition of genocide. Again, the response that followed each case has been inadequate and unable to make a difference to the targeted communities. This legacy does not give much hope for the future. The question that this books hopes to address is what needs to change to ensure that we are better equipped to address genocide and prevent the crime in the future.

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Springer Nature

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3030991628

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9783030991623

The World Atlas of Language Structures

By: Martin Haspelmath,Matthew S. Dryer,David Gil,Bernard Comrie

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The World Atlas of Language Structures

By: Martin Haspelmath,Matthew S. Dryer,David Gil,Bernard Comrie

The World Atlas of Language Structures is a book and CD combination displaying the structural properties of the world's languages. 142 world maps and numerous regional maps - all in colour - display the geographical distribution of features of pronunciation and grammar, such as number of vowels, tone systems, gender, plurals, tense, word order, and body part terminology. Each world map shows an average of 400 languages and is accompanied by a fully referenced description of the structural feature in question. The CD provides an interactive electronic version of the database which allows the reader to zoom in on or customize the maps, to display bibliographical sources, and to establish correlations between features. The book and the CD together provide an indispensable source of information for linguists and others seeking to understand human languages. The Atlas will be especially valuable for linguistic typologists, grammatical theorists, historical and comparative linguists, and for those studying a region such as Africa, Southeast Asia, North America, Australia, and Europe. It will also interest anthropologists and geographers. More than fifty authors from many different countries have collaborated to produce a work that sets new standards in comparative linguistics. No institution involved in language research can afford to be without it.

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OUP Oxford

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0191531243

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9780191531248

Emergency Medicine

Just the Facts, Second Edition

By: O. John Ma,David M. Cline,Judith E. Tintinalli,Gabor D. Kelen,J. Stephan Stapczynski

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Emergency Medicine

Just the Facts, Second Edition

By: O. John Ma,David M. Cline,Judith E. Tintinalli,Gabor D. Kelen,J. Stephan Stapczynski

The best study guide for emergency medicine board exams! This rapid, comprehensive review of emergency medicine succinctly covers all the information needed for emergency medicine board exam success or as a clinical refresher. Featuring a bulleted format, this valuable guide includes only the most important facts as well as test-taking tips and strategies. Referenced to the new edition Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine, 6/e. ENDORSED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071442189

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9780071442183

Rural Transition in Azerbaijan

By: Zvi Lerman,David Sedik

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By: Zvi Lerman,David Sedik

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Food Security in the Russian Federation

By: David J. Sedik,Sergeĭ Sotnikov,Doris Wiesmann,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Food Security in the Russian Federation

By: David J. Sedik,Sergeĭ Sotnikov,Doris Wiesmann,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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“David, Did You Know?”

By: David Keesey

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“David, Did You Know?”

By: David Keesey

“David, Did You Know?” by David Edward Keesey David Edward Keesey acknowledged God’s presence early in his life, having received Jesus Christ in his life as his Lord and Savior at the age of twelve. At a later age, he learned of the significance of the Power of the Holy Spirit, His guidance, and His direction when surrendering David’s will to His. Join David on his spiritual journey in “David, Did You Know?”

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Dorrance Publishing

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1480920339

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Where Are the Davids?

Dare to Become the Leader That God Created You to Be

By: David Ayer

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Where Are the Davids?

Dare to Become the Leader That God Created You to Be

By: David Ayer

Deep in our souls we all want our lives to count—but do you know why? Because God made you. He crafted you with purpose. Inside your DNA is not just the code for your hair color, height, athletic ability, intelligence, or any other such things. Those are just the things that we can see and measure. No, in your very makeup are the seeds of greatness that God intended for you to cultivate and grow to bring his light into this dark world. In Where Are the Davids? author David Ayer challenges you to become more than just a casual liver of life, observing the ordinary and experiencing the average—because that is not what God intended. Where Are the Davids? is the key to unlocking the door of destiny in your life. This book is the culmination of years of study and over twenty years of ministry experience. Understanding King David’s life as the spiritual model revealing how God raises His warriors from obscurity to reign, this book will show you how to become the champion that He created you to be. Do you want to change the world? Do you want to escape the ordinary and achieve the greatness that God has intended for your life? Then let the original giant-killer, David, show you how. For more information go to: davidayer.me

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1973647583

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Rural Transition in Azerbaijan

Rural Transition in Azerbaijan

Food Security in the Russian Federation

Food Security in the Russian Federation

The Changing Face of Rural Space

The Changing Face of Rural Space

Farming Systems and Poverty

Farming Systems and Poverty

Funding the Future: Tax Revenue Mobilization in the Pacific Island Countries

Funding the Future: Tax Revenue Mobilization in the Pacific Island Countries

Agricultural Producer Support Estimates for Developing Countries

Agricultural Producer Support Estimates for Developing Countries

Industry, State, and Society in Stalin's Russia, 1926–1934

Industry, State, and Society in Stalin's Russia, 1926–1934

The Economics of Biofuel Policies

The Economics of Biofuel Policies

State Responses to Crimes of Genocide

State Responses to Crimes of Genocide

The World Atlas of Language Structures

The World Atlas of Language Structures

Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine

Rural Transition in Azerbaijan

Rural Transition in Azerbaijan

Food Security in the Russian Federation

Food Security in the Russian Federation

“David, Did You Know?”

“David, Did You Know?”

Where Are the Davids?

Where Are the Davids?

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