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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “thomas w hertel”
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  • Poverty and the WTO

    Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda

    by Palgrave Macmillan UK ...
    Series series Trade and Development
    Poverty reduction is deemed to be a centerpiece of the Doha Development Agenda currently being negotiated under the auspices of the WTO. Yet there is considerable debate about the poverty impacts of such an agreement. Some are convinced it will increase poverty, while others are equally convinced that it will lead to poverty reduction. This book brings the best scientific methods to bear on this ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Global Change and the Challenges of Sustainably Feeding a Growing Planet

    by Thomas W. Hertel, Uris Lantz C. Baldos ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book explores the fundamental determinants of long term changes in agricultural land use and the associated implications for environmental and food security. The book is designed around the idea that each chapter focuses on one driver, or underlying determinant, of land use change at global scale. It starts with key factors which have been influential in the past, such as growth population, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Poverty And The Wto: Impacts Of The Doha Development Agenda

    by L. Alan Winters Thomas W. Hertel ...
    Poverty reduction is deemed to be a centerpiece of the Doha Development Agenda currently being negotiated under the auspices of the WTO. Yet there is considerable debate about the poverty impacts of such an agreement. Some are convinced it will increase poverty, while others are equally convinced that it will lead to poverty reduction. This book brings the best scientific methods to bear on this ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Economic Analysis of Land Use in Global Climate Change Policy

    Edited by Thomas W. Hertel, Steven K. Rose, Richard S. J. Tol ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics
    Land has long been overlooked in economics. That is now changing. A substantial part of the solution to the climate crisis may lie in growing crops for fuel and using trees for storing carbon. This book investigates the potential of these options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, estimates the costs to the economy, and analyses the trade-offs with growing food. The first part presents new ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Lowell Hardin

    Mentor Extraordinaire

    Edited by Larry L. Murdock, Thomas W. Hertel, Gebisa Ejeta ...
    Lowell Stewart Hardin (1917–2015), an Indiana farm boy who became an enormously influential international agriculturalist, made the world a better place for the poor and the hungry on this earth. For seventeen years he led the Ford Foundation’s agricultural development efforts, contributing to the Green Revolution. He helped to found and guide international agriculture research centers in Africa, ... Read more

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  • SIMPLE-G

    A Gridded Economic Approach to Sustainability Analysis of the Earth’s Land and Water Resources

    Edited by Iman Haqiqi, Thomas W. Hertel ...
    This is an open access book.Crafted for both the economist and the curious mind, this book introduces a novel approach to blending economic and biophysical sciences to enable multi-scale analysis of a range of sustainability challenges confronting the world’s land and water resources at both local and global scales. It focuses specifically on the interface between the environment and food systems, ... Read more

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    by Kenneth Mr. Bercuson ...
    Series Book 119 - Occasional Papers
    Since attaining independence in 1965 Singapore has experienced exceptionally rapid growth, low inflation, and a healthy balance of payments. This paper reviews Singapore's economic development from a long-term perspective and examines some of the factors that have contributed to the sustained rapid growth ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • No Shortcuts

    Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age

    by Jane F. McAlevey ...
    The crisis of the progressive movement is so evident that nothing less than a fundamental rethinking of its basic assumptions is required. Today's progressives now work for professional organizations more comfortable with the inside game in Washington DC (and capitols throughout the West), where they are outmatched and outspent by corporate interests. Labor unions now focus on the narrowest ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

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  • The Economics of Water

    Rules and Institutions

    by Georg Meran, Markus Siehlow, Christian von Hirschhausen ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This open access textbook provides a concise introduction to economic approaches and mathematical methods for the study of water allocation and distribution problems. Written in an accessible and straightforward style, it discusses and analyzes central issues in integrated water resource management, water tariffs, water markets, and transboundary water management. By illustrating the interplay ... Read more

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  • World Economy After The Global Crisis, The: A New Economic Order For The 21st Century

    by Barry Eichengreen, Bokyeong Park ...
    Series Book 19 - World Scientific Studies In International Economics

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  • Waiting for ""SUPERMAN""

    How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools

    by Participant ...
    Each book includes a 15 gift card from DonorsChoose.org to give to a classroom in need.The American public school system is in crisis, failing millions of students, producing as many drop-outs as graduates, and threatening our economic future. By 2020, the United States will have 123 million high-skill jobs to fill -- and fewer than 50 million Americans qualified to fill them. Educators, parents, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Climate Change and Food Systems: Global Assessments and Implications for Food Security and Trade

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This book collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels over the past two decades. The evidence presented describes how global warming will impact where and how food is produced and discusses the significant consequences for food security, health and nutrition, water scarcity and ... Read more

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