Economics of specific sectors

This book is designed for those scholars, students, policy-makers - or just curious readers- who are looking for heterodox thinking on the issue of environmental economics and policy.

Climate change is without question the single most important issue the world faces over the next hundred years.

Climate change is without question the single most important issue the world faces over the next hundred years.

Food security is one of the twenty-first century's key global challenges, and lessons learned from India have particular significance worldwide.

Food security is one of the twenty-first century's key global challenges, and lessons learned from India have particular significance worldwide.

Putting a price tag on the environment is controversial.

Putting a price tag on the environment is controversial.

Madagascar is one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet, the result of 160 million years of isolation from the African mainland.

Madagascar is one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet, the result of 160 million years of isolation from the African mainland.

Real Markets: Social and Political Issues of Food Policy Reform contains papers presented at a Seminar on Food Pricing and Marketing Reforms, sponsored by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) and held in Geneva during November 1989.

This Book explains and investigates how medicines are controlled in Europe, especially the EU.

This Book explains and investigates how medicines are controlled in Europe, especially the EU.

Real Markets: Social and Political Issues of Food Policy Reform contains papers presented at a Seminar on Food Pricing and Marketing Reforms, sponsored by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) and held in Geneva during November 1989.

Over 5 decades of economic and technical assistance to the countries of Africa and the Middle East have failed to improve the life prospects for over 1.

Over 5 decades of economic and technical assistance to the countries of Africa and the Middle East have failed to improve the life prospects for over 1.

This book deals with the current crises from a somewhat different the usual perspectives.

This book deals with the current crises from a somewhat different the usual perspectives.

The rise of Web 2.

The rise of Web 2.

The past three decades have seen enormous changes in the organisation of health care.

The past three decades have seen enormous changes in the organisation of health care.

This volume brings together papers inspired by the work of Duncan Foley, an extraordinarily productive economist who has made seminal contributions to a wide variety of areas.

This volume brings together papers inspired by the work of Duncan Foley, an extraordinarily productive economist who has made seminal contributions to a wide variety of areas.

This powerful book shows us that we are in deep denial about the magnitude of the global environmental challenges and resource constraints facing the world.

This powerful book shows us that we are in deep denial about the magnitude of the global environmental challenges and resource constraints facing the world.

As productivity expands to cater for population increase and shifting diets, many individuals remain hungry, whilst others suffer obesity, and significant amounts of food are wasted.

As productivity expands to cater for population increase and shifting diets, many individuals remain hungry, whilst others suffer obesity, and significant amounts of food are wasted.

It is vitally important for businesses to have a holistic understanding of the many issues surrounding and shaping sustainability, from competitors to government and political factors, to economics and ecological science.

It is vitally important for businesses to have a holistic understanding of the many issues surrounding and shaping sustainability, from competitors to government and political factors, to economics and ecological science.

How should we conduct economics in an era of climate change, natural resource depletion and population increase?

How should we conduct economics in an era of climate change, natural resource depletion and population increase?

It is increasingly recognized that the economic value of forests is not merely the production of timber.

It is increasingly recognized that the economic value of forests is not merely the production of timber.

First published in 1964, this is a study of the extreme inequalities in the ownership of property, in economies across the globe.

First published in 1964, this is a study of the extreme inequalities in the ownership of property, in economies across the globe.

The UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment initiative has led to around a third of the world's financial assets being managed with a commitment to invest in a way that considers environmental, social or governance (ESG) criteria.

The UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment initiative has led to around a third of the world's financial assets being managed with a commitment to invest in a way that considers environmental, social or governance (ESG) criteria.

The first edition of Applied Health Economics did an expert job of showing how the availability of large scale data sets and the rapid advancement of advanced econometric techniques can help health economists and health professionals make sense of information better than ever before.

The first edition of Applied Health Economics did an expert job of showing how the availability of large scale data sets and the rapid advancement of advanced econometric techniques can help health economists and health professionals make sense of information better than ever before.

The existence of environmental dilemmas and political conflicts leads us to appreciate the need for individuals and groups to behave strategically in order to achieve their goals and maintain their wellbeing.

The existence of environmental dilemmas and political conflicts leads us to appreciate the need for individuals and groups to behave strategically in order to achieve their goals and maintain their wellbeing.

There has been a dramatic spread of health markets in much of Asia and Africa over the past couple of decades.

There has been a dramatic spread of health markets in much of Asia and Africa over the past couple of decades.

This is Volume X in a series of eleven on Economics and Society.

This is Volume X in a series of eleven on Economics and Society.

In the hands of the corporate sector, marketing has turned us into spoilt, consumption-obsessed children who are simultaneously wrecking our bodies, psyches and planet.

In the hands of the corporate sector, marketing has turned us into spoilt, consumption-obsessed children who are simultaneously wrecking our bodies, psyches and planet.

'Two policy proposals are particularly notable and owe nothing to the long-standing controversies between left and right.

'Two policy proposals are particularly notable and owe nothing to the long-standing controversies between left and right.

Published in 1989, Blueprint for a Green Economy presented, for the first time, practical policy measures for 'greening' modern economies and putting them on a path to sustainable development.