Globalization and the developing countries : emerging strategies for rural development and poverty alleviation /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI Publishing, in association with the International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2002.
• Subjects: Agriculture > Case studies. > Economic aspects > Developing countries; Rural development > Case studies. > Developing countries; Agricultural development projects > Case studies. > Developing countries; Research.; Laws and Regulations.; Agricultural Economics.; Policy and Planning.; International Trade.; Income and Poverty.; Rural Development, (New March 2000); Agricultural policy.; Agricultural research.; Agricultural sector.; Agricultural trade.; Economic impact.; Globalization.; Intellectual property rights.; International trade.; Regulations.; Reviews.; Rural development.; Structural adjustment.; Trade liberalization.; Trade policy.; Developing countries > Case studies. > Social policy; Developing countries > Case studies. > Economic policy; Electronic books.
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This book reviews the impact of globalization by examining, for example, how changes in global trading rules and regulations, the removal of trade barriers, and the elimination of many country-specific and commodity-specific agreements affect the economies of developing countries. In particular, it...

Table of Contents:

• The Pros and Cons of Globalization for Developing Countries / David Bigman
• Trade Liberalization and China's Food Economy in the 21st Century / Jikun Huang
• Globalization and Public Agricultural Research in India / P.V. Srinivasan and Shikha Jha
• Globalization and Economic Reforms in Ghana / Cletus K. Dordunoo and Godwin Y. Dogbey
• The Impact of Recent Policy Changes on the Agricultural Sector and Public Agricultural Research in Kenya / Hezron O. Nyangito and Joseph T. Karugia
• The Impact of Trade Liberalization and Domestic Policy Reforms on the Agricultural Sector in Cameroon / Aloysius Ajab Amin, Emmanuel Douya, and Alexander Mbeaoh
• The Implications of Global Standards for National Agricultural Research / Lawrence Busch
• Intellectual Property Rights and the Commercialization of Public Agricultural Research in Developing Countries / David Bigman
• The Development of the Seed Industry Under Globalization / Michael L. Morris
• Managing Intellectual Property and Proprietary Technology in Agricultural Research / Joel I. Cohen, Cesar Falconi, Victoria Henson-Apollonio, John Komen, and Silvia Salazar
• Diversifying Agricultural Production and Exports in Africa / David Bigman
• The Opportunities and Challenges of Globalization for Agricultural Research in the Caucasus / Larry Zuidema
• Globalization, Internal Policy Reforms, and Public Agricultural Research in Nigeria / Foluso Okunmadewa and Joseph K. Olayemi
• The Reorganization of Public Agricultural Research in the Caribbean under the Pressures of Globalization and Privatization / Compton L. Paul
• The Impact of Globalization on the Agricultural Sector and Public Agricultural Research in Latin America and the Caribbean / Jorge Ardila Vásquez.