Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon
Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon

Author: Sérgio Margulis

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published:

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9780821356913

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Annotation This title studies the role of cattle ranching its dynamic and profitability in the expansion of deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia. It provides a social evaluation of deforestation in this region and presents and compares a number of different scenarios and proposed recommendations.

The Regulation of International Trade, Volume 3
The Regulation of International Trade, Volume 3

Author: Petros C. Mavroidis

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2020-11-24

Total Pages: 753

ISBN-13: 0262360616

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A comprehensive analysis of GATS that considers its historical context, the national preferences that shaped it, and a path to a GATS 2.0. The previous two volumes in The Regulation of International Trade analyzed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the first successful agreement to generate multilateral trade liberalization, and the World Trade Organization (WTO), for which the GATT laid the groundwork. In this third volume, Petros Mavroidis turns to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), a WTO treaty that took effect in 1995, and offers a comprehensive analysis that considers the historical context of the GATS, the national preferences that shaped it, and a path to a GATS 2.0.

The Knowledge Economy in India
The Knowledge Economy in India

Author: F. Richter

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2002-11-14

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 0230512984

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India has realised, later than many other nations, that in order to prosper in the new world economy it will need to successfully manage its knowledge assets. This book investigates the rise of entrepreneurship and knowledge management. It looks at the high tech sector, how it is at present and it's prospects for growth. It then goes onto analyse the effect that the knowledge economy will have on labour, business strategy and corporate restructuring and highlights the challenges that India will face, not least whether it can offer enough employment potential for 1 billion people.

The Global Innovation Index 2015
The Global Innovation Index 2015

Author: Cornell University

Publisher: WIPO

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 2952221081

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The Global Innovation Index ranks the innovation performance of 141 countries and economies around the world, based on 79 indicators. This edition explores the impact of innovation-oriented policies on economic growth and development. High-income and developing countries alike are seeking innovation-driven growth through different strategies. Some countries are successfully improving their innovation capacity, while others still struggle.