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    The agricultural and the democratic transitions. causality and the roundup model

    Kiel Institute of World Economics/Institut für Weltwirtschaft, 2009
    This paper researches the causal relationships between long-run development (income growth) and agriculture and democracy. Empirical studies suggest growth in income causes a large fall in the share of agriculture commonly known as the agricultural transition; growth in income also causes a large increase in democracy known as the democratic transition.
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    Land grab or development opportunity? Agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009
    Over 2008 large-scale acquisitions of farmland in Africa, Latin America, Central Asia and Southeast Asia have increased. This report discusses key trends and drivers in land acquisitions, the contractual arrangements underpinning them and the way these are negotiated. It also analyses the early impacts on land access for rural people in recipient countries with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa.
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    “Land grabbing” by foreign investors in developing countries. Risks and opportunities

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009
    One of the effects of the food price crisis on the world food system is the increasing acquisition of farmland in developing countries by other countries seeking to ensure their food supplies.
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    Regulating biotechnology in China: the politics of biosafety

    2003
    This working paper looks at the politics of biosafety regulation and risk assessment in China’s growing biotech industry with respect to genetically modified (GM) crops.The central question examined in this study asks who has the authority and legitimacy to make decisions about risks of a new technology such as GM crops.To this purpose, the author explores:
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    Singur and the political economy of structural change

    Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, 2007
    This paper explores the controversy that surrounded the West Bengal Government’s land acquisition programme in Singur and situates it within the overall context of economic growth and transformation.
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    From exclusion to ownership? challenges and opportunities in advancing forest tenure reform

    The Rights and Resources Initiative, 2008
    In 2002, Forest Trends reported that in recent decades governments had begun to reduce their legal ownership and control of the world’s forests. This document evaluates whether this forest tenure transition continued in the 2002–2008 period, and assesses the implications of statutory forest tenure change for forest people, governments, and the global community.
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    The challenge of hunger: the 2008 Global Hunger Index

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
    With high food prices threatening the food security of millions of vulnerable households, hunger and malnutrition are back in the headlines. Some regions have made significant headway in combating hunger and malnutrition, but in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the Global Hunger Index (GHI) remains high.
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    The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity. An interim report

    European Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability, 2008
    This document aims to promote a better understanding of the true economic value of ecosystem services and to offer economic tools that take proper account of this value. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) is split in two phases and this interim report summarises the results of Phase I.
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    Climate adaptation in Asia: knowledge gaps and research issues in China. Final report to IDRC and DFID. The full report of the China team.

    Institute For Social And Environmental Transition, 2008
    This is a summary of a report on climate change adaptation research knowledge and capacity gaps in China, commissioned by DFID (UK) and IDRC (Canada) to consider support for a programme of applied research on climate adaptation in Asia.

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