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

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 economes of developing countries. In particular, it s...

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Main Author: Bigman, David (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : CABICABI Publishing inassociation with the International Service for National Agricultural Research , c2002
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Online Access:https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2002/20023148611.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Pros and cons of globalization for developing countries
  • 2. Trade liberalization and China's food economy in the 21st century
  • 3. Globalization and public agricultural research in India
  • 4. Globalization and economic reforms in Ghana
  • 5. Impct of recent policy changes on the agricultural sector and public agricultural research in Kenya
  • 6. Impact of trade liberalization and domestic policy reforms on the agricultural sector in Cameroon
  • 7. Implications of global standards for national agricultural research
  • 8. Intellectual property rights and commercialization of public agricultural research in developing countries
  • 9. Development of the seed industry under globalization
  • 10. Managing intellectual property and proprietary technology in agricultural research
  • 11. Diversifying agricultural production and exports in Africa
  • 12. Opportunities and challenges of globalization for agricultural research in the Caucasus
  • 13. Globalization, internal policy reforms, and public agricultural research in Nigeria
  • 14. Reorganization of public agricultural research in the Caribbean under the pressures of globalization and privatization
  • 15. Impact of globalization on the agricultural sector and public agricultural research in Latin America and the Caribbean