Author:
Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN: 9789977573359
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
On the Activities of the Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education Center
Author:
Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN: 9789977573359
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN: 9789977573359
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Shifting States in Global Markets
Author: Alfred P. Montero
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271046518
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Shifting States in Global Markets contributes to the debates over the political economy of globalization by focusing attention on the increasingly important role of subnational governments in implementing economic policies. Challenging the view that the effects of decentralization are positive or negative uniformly and can be explained by reference to the influence of national political institutions, Alfred Montero uses his comparisons of industrial policy in Brazil and Spain, and between different regions in these countries, to argue that we need to pay attention to political conditions at the subnational level to account for the variation in economic success between regions. Two crucial conditions are emphasized in Montero's analysis: how much competition there is among political elites within any region, and how much competition there is between regions for scarce fiscal resources. Lower competition among elites leads to subnational governments delegating more autonomy to public agencies to develop ties with private businesses favoring allocative efficiency and innovation; higher competition between regions provides incentives for political leaders to support involvement in economic development efforts by a greater variety of public agencies, whose cooperation and mutual trust over time create the conditions for long-term success in these efforts. This analysis gives us a much more nuanced understanding of how countries are experiencing the challenges of globalization today.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271046518
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Shifting States in Global Markets contributes to the debates over the political economy of globalization by focusing attention on the increasingly important role of subnational governments in implementing economic policies. Challenging the view that the effects of decentralization are positive or negative uniformly and can be explained by reference to the influence of national political institutions, Alfred Montero uses his comparisons of industrial policy in Brazil and Spain, and between different regions in these countries, to argue that we need to pay attention to political conditions at the subnational level to account for the variation in economic success between regions. Two crucial conditions are emphasized in Montero's analysis: how much competition there is among political elites within any region, and how much competition there is between regions for scarce fiscal resources. Lower competition among elites leads to subnational governments delegating more autonomy to public agencies to develop ties with private businesses favoring allocative efficiency and innovation; higher competition between regions provides incentives for political leaders to support involvement in economic development efforts by a greater variety of public agencies, whose cooperation and mutual trust over time create the conditions for long-term success in these efforts. This analysis gives us a much more nuanced understanding of how countries are experiencing the challenges of globalization today.
European Collaboration in Research and Development
Author: Yannis Caloghirou
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1845420500
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The contributions collected in this volume focus explicitly on cooperative R & D in Europe. The first part of the book offers empirical evidence on the extent, scope and direction of this collaboration and explores the motives and problems of the participating firms, as well as the perceived benefits they have enjoyed. The second part deals with the difficult policy issues that diverse national R & D regimes create for successful cooperative research and international convergence. The extensive survey results of European firms allow the authors to compare collaborative research policies in various.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1845420500
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The contributions collected in this volume focus explicitly on cooperative R & D in Europe. The first part of the book offers empirical evidence on the extent, scope and direction of this collaboration and explores the motives and problems of the participating firms, as well as the perceived benefits they have enjoyed. The second part deals with the difficult policy issues that diverse national R & D regimes create for successful cooperative research and international convergence. The extensive survey results of European firms allow the authors to compare collaborative research policies in various.
Picture Planning Perspectives
Author: Hugo de Vos
Publisher: Rozenberg Publishers
ISBN: 9051707584
Category : Geographic information systems
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This book investigates problems of GIS implementation in three Costa Rican ministries. It reveals that embedding technology is part of complex institutional processes where actors and politics shape contexts. By linking an historical analysis of land use
Publisher: Rozenberg Publishers
ISBN: 9051707584
Category : Geographic information systems
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This book investigates problems of GIS implementation in three Costa Rican ministries. It reveals that embedding technology is part of complex institutional processes where actors and politics shape contexts. By linking an historical analysis of land use
Human Rights and Free Trade in Mexico
Author: Ariadna Estévez
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023061261X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This book demonstrates how human rights instruments and values have brought different movements together in the struggle against free trade. Estévez employs a specifically Latin American definition of human rights, thus challenging Eurocentric and Western discourses.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023061261X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This book demonstrates how human rights instruments and values have brought different movements together in the struggle against free trade. Estévez employs a specifically Latin American definition of human rights, thus challenging Eurocentric and Western discourses.
Knowledge, Industry and Environment
Author: Richard Le Heron
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351748750
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This title was first published in 2002. Bringing together a wide range of theoretical and empirical case studies from Canada, New Zealand, South Korea, Turkey, China, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Poland, South Africa, Japan, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom, this book addresses these neglected issues, in particular, contemplating the vitally important nexus between industry, environment and the knowledge economy.Throughout the book, four key themes and issues are explored: institution building strategies; agglomeration as territorial context; sustainable industrial-environmental processes and policy initiatives; globalization, learning and industrial location dynamics. The book concludes with an outline of future research directions within the paradigm.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351748750
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This title was first published in 2002. Bringing together a wide range of theoretical and empirical case studies from Canada, New Zealand, South Korea, Turkey, China, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Poland, South Africa, Japan, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom, this book addresses these neglected issues, in particular, contemplating the vitally important nexus between industry, environment and the knowledge economy.Throughout the book, four key themes and issues are explored: institution building strategies; agglomeration as territorial context; sustainable industrial-environmental processes and policy initiatives; globalization, learning and industrial location dynamics. The book concludes with an outline of future research directions within the paradigm.
Political Change and Environmental Policymaking in Mexico
Author: Jordi Diez
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135520925
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
This book explores environmental policymaking in Mexico as a vehicle to understanding the broader changes in the policy process within a system undergoing a democratic transformation. It constitutes the first major analysis of environmental policymaking in Mexico at the national level, and examines the implementation of forestry policy in Mexico's largest rain forest, the Selva Lacandona of the state of Chiapas.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135520925
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
This book explores environmental policymaking in Mexico as a vehicle to understanding the broader changes in the policy process within a system undergoing a democratic transformation. It constitutes the first major analysis of environmental policymaking in Mexico at the national level, and examines the implementation of forestry policy in Mexico's largest rain forest, the Selva Lacandona of the state of Chiapas.
Author:
Publisher: IICA
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher: IICA
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Turning Science into Business Patenting and Licensing at Public Research Organisations
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264100245
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
This report presents the results of the first international survey on the patenting and licensing activities of public research organisations in OECD countries.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264100245
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
This report presents the results of the first international survey on the patenting and licensing activities of public research organisations in OECD countries.
Making Women Count
Author: Kylie Stephen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351732056
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This title was first published in 2000. Drawn from an international research project, this study provides evidence of efforts to make law and policy-making truly inclusive, and discusses whether success or failure depends on the nature of the procedure, or the legal and social context. The book contains six case studies detailing national practice in promoting equality between the sexes and a series of general chapters which evaluate the effectiveness of individual equality stratgies and the factors which contribute to their success or failure. The contributors analyze the contribution of the European Union in promoting gender equality in Europe, and particular emphasis is placed on gender mainstreaming and how this strategy might be developed.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351732056
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This title was first published in 2000. Drawn from an international research project, this study provides evidence of efforts to make law and policy-making truly inclusive, and discusses whether success or failure depends on the nature of the procedure, or the legal and social context. The book contains six case studies detailing national practice in promoting equality between the sexes and a series of general chapters which evaluate the effectiveness of individual equality stratgies and the factors which contribute to their success or failure. The contributors analyze the contribution of the European Union in promoting gender equality in Europe, and particular emphasis is placed on gender mainstreaming and how this strategy might be developed.