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  • How Trade Liberalization Affects a Sugar Dependent Community in Jamaica

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    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Located within the plantation economy model of the “New World Group” of The University of the West Indies, this book explores how the changes in the European Union’s sugar regime impacted a sugar-dependent community in Jamaica. It details how the end of centuries of preferential treatment of Jamaican sugar in the British/European market in 2005 worsened the social and environmental realities of ... Leer más

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  • Food Security in the Caribbean

    Historical Perspectives, Current Challenges, and Sustainable Solutions

    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Food security is a pressing concern in the Caribbean. Caribbean countries produce and export crops including sugar, bananas, and coffee, but this archipelago of states relies heavily on imported food when it comes to nourishing the Caribbean population. As much as 80% of the food consumed is imported. This is because the region does not have a robust domestic food crop or livestock sector. Much of ... Leer más

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  • Africa First!

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  • Trends and Impacts of Foreign Investment in Developing Country Agriculture: Evidence from Case Studies

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  • World Development

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    This essential text addresses the growing need for a dedicated coursebook for students and teachers of world development. As the source of the most respected international magazine on world development issues, the publishers have created a highly credible and accessible text to illuminate this increasingly important subject.Thematic chapters cover globalization, population, the millennium ... Leer más

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  • Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2018: Addressing the Threat from Climate Variability and Extremes for Food Security and Nutrition

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