Jingji Xue
Jingji Xue

Author: Paul B. Trescott

Publisher: Chinese University Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9789629962425

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Based on solid research, "Jingji Xue" presents how Economics, as a thought as well as an intellectual discipline, had been introduced to China. It identifies the Chinese who studied Economics in the West and evaluates their roles in teaching, research, and publication in China. Particularly, it describes and examines the activities of Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Sun Yat-sen, and Yan Fu et al in transmitting and interpreting Western Economics. The evolution of Economics programme in leading universities in China is also discussed

Investment and Input Requirements for Accelerating Food Production in Low-income Countries by 1990
Investment and Input Requirements for Accelerating Food Production in Low-income Countries by 1990

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Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780896290112

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Research report on investment requirements for accelerating food production to meet food requirements of thirty-six low income, food deficient developing countries - discusses trends since 1975 and projections to 1990 as well as food policy implications, analyses the inputs required (e.g. Irrigation, fertilizers, research, etc.), and considers technological change and choice of technology. Bibliography pp. 170 to 178, graphs, references and statistical tables.

Beyond Borders
Beyond Borders

Author: Royal D. Colle

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2024-05-15

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 1501777017

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Beyond Borders highlights and celebrates Cornell University's many historical achievements in international activities going back to its founding. This collection of fifty-eight short chapters reflects the diversity, accomplishments, and impact of remarkable engagements on campus and abroad. These vignettes, many written by authors who played pivotal roles in Cornell's international history, take readers around the world to China and the Philippines with agricultural researchers, to Peru with anthropologists, to Qatar and India with medical practitioners, to Eastern Europe with economists and civil engineers, to Zambia and Sierra Leone with students and Peace Corps volunteers, and to many more places. Readers also will learn about Cornell's many international dimensions on campus, including the international studies and language programs and the library and museum collections. Beyond Borders captures how—by educating generations of global citizens, producing innovative research and knowledge, building institutional capacities, and forging mutually beneficial relationships—Cornell University has influenced positive change in the world. Beyond Borders was supported by CAPE (Cornell Academics and Professors Emeriti).