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Prospects for food production and consumption in developing countries / por Bale, Malcolm D.

The state of food and agriculture 2002

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword v Glossary xvii Explanatory note xx PART I World review Current Agricultural Situation - Facts and Figures 3 (35) Trends in undernourishment 3 (3) Crop and livestock production 6 (5) Food shortages and emergencies 11 (3) World cereal supply situation 14 (3) External assistance to agriculture 17 (3) Food aid flows 20 (3) Commodity price trends 23 (6) Fisheries: production, disposition and trade 29 (4) Production and trade of forest products 33 (5) The Global Economy and Agriculture 38 (13) World economic environment 38 (13) World trade and commodity prices 39 (3) Implications of the Fourth World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference for agriculture 42 (6) Notes 48 (3) PART II Regional review Africa 51 (21) Regional overview 51 (6) General economic performance 51 (3) Agricultural performance 54 (3) Women farmers' productivity in sub-Saharan Africa 57 (8) Introduction 57 (1) The role and importance of women farmers 57 (5) Gender differentials in agricultural productivity and constraints facing women farmers 62 (2) Conclusion and policy implications 64 (1) Tsetse and trypanosomiasis control 65 (7) Introduction 65 (1) The direct impact of trypanosomiasis 65 (1) The indirect impacts of the disease 66 (2) Cost-benefit ratios for tsetse control 68 (1) Conclusion 69 (3) Asia and the Pacific 72 (24) Regional overview 72 (5) General economic performance 72 (1) Agricultural performance 73 (4) China's accession to the World Trade Organization and implications for Chinese agricultural policies 77 (19) The changing role of agriculture in the Chinese economy 78 (2) Agricultural policy in the reform period 80 (4) China's WTO accession commitments and provisions related to agriculture 84 (3) Recent policy shifts and likely changes as a result of accession to the WTO 87 (8) Conclusions 95 (1) Latin America and the Caribbean 96 (26) Regional overview 96 (5) General economic performance 96 (1) Recent agricultural performance 97 (4) Changing patterns in agricultural trade 101 (21) Growing importance of agricultural trade relative to production 101 (2) Declining role of agriculture in total merchandise trade 103 (1) Stable regional share in world agricultural trade 104 (1) Diversified product composition of agricultural trade 104 (6) Geographic diversification of markets 110 (1) Agricultural trade balances and their economic significance 111 (6) The price factor 117 (2) Conclusions 119 (3) Near East and North Africa 122 (19) Regional overview 122 (7) General economic performance 122 (1) Agricultural performance 123 (6) Climate variability, aridity and vulnerability to drought 129 (12) Drought -- a structurally recurrent phenomenon in the region 130 (3) Water and land resource issues 133 (1) Impact of recent droughts on crop and livestock production 134 (1) Impact on population livelihood, household income and rural poverty 134 (2) Impact on the environment 136 (1) Government measures for drought prevention and relief of affected groups 137 (2) From reactive crisis management to proactive risk management in agriculture 139 (2) Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 141 (14) Regional overview 141 (3) Macroeconomic trends and agricultural performance 141 (3) Land and farms in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS in the period of central planning 144 (1) Land and farm reform in Central and Eastern European and CIS countries 145 (10) The establishment of clear and secure rights of land tenure 147 (3) The creation of farms with an efficient ownership and management structure 150 (1) The formation of a class of mid-sized commercial farms 151 (2) Conclusions 153 (2) Developed Market Economies 155 (20) Overview 155 (20) General economic performance 155 (1) Agricultural performance 155 (5) Agricultural policy changes 160 (4) Notes 164 (11) PART III Agriculture and global public goods ten years after the Earth Summit The Role of Agriculture and Land in the Provision of Global Public Goods 175 (14) Introduction 175 (1) Economic concept of local and global public goods 176 (1) Public goods associated with the land-cluster chapters of Agenda 21 177 (1) Progress in the provision of global public goods since Rio-92 178 (4) Financing global public goods 182 (2) The need to increase international financial cooperation for promoting global public goods 184 (4) Conclusions 188 (1) Harvesting Carbon Sequestration Through Land-Use Change: A Way Out of Rural Poverty? …”

Business law por Keenan, Denis

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Guided Tour xii Preface xv Legal Study Skills xvi Case Names, Citations and Law report Abbreviations xix Acknowledgements xxii Table of Cases xxiii Table of Statutes xxxvi Table of Statutory instruments xxxix Table of European and other Legislation xlii PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO LAW The Nature of Law 3 (10) Learning Objectives 3 (1) Classification of Law 3 (3) The Common Law 6 (1) Equity 7 (1) Some Basic Principles of Legal Liability 8 (1) Law of Property 9 (1) Self-Test Questions/Activities 10 (1) Specimen Examination Questions 10 (1) Website References 11 (2) Law Making 13 (34) Learning Objective 13 (1) Causes of Legal Change 13 (1) Legal Change and the Changing World 13 (2) Law Reform 15 (1) The Sources of Legal Change 15 (1) Law-Making Processes 16 (9) European Community Law 25 (14) Human rights 39 (5) Self-test questions/Activities 44 (1) Specimen examination questions 44 (1) Website References 45 (2) Resolving Disputes 47 (28) Learning Objectives 47 (1) Legal Services 47 (1) The Legal Profession 47 (2) Other Legal Personnel 49 (1) Other Sources of Information and Advice 50 (1) Methods of Dispute Settlement: the Courts 51 (1) Criminal Courts 52 (6) Civil Courts 58 (6) Other Important Courts 64 (1) Tribunals 65 (2) Alternative dispute resolution 67 (2) Ombudsmen 69 (1) Regulators 69 (1) Self-test questions/activities 69 (2) Specimen examination questions 71 (1) Website References 71 (4) PART 2: BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS Classification and Survey of Types of Business Organisation 75 (26) Learning Objectives 75 (1) Classification of Business Organisations 75 (3) Natural and Juristic Persons 78 (2) Survey of Types of Business Organisations: Advantages and Disadvantages 80 (1) Commencement of Business 80 (1) Raising Business Finance - Generally 81 (1) Raising Business finance - Securities 82 (1) Charges 82 (2) Guarantees 84 (1) Mortgages 85 (2) Mortgages of Personal property 87 (1) Mortgages of Choses in action 88 (1) Liability of the Proprietors 88 (1) Continuity 89 (1) Publicity and External Control of the undertaking 90 (2) Taxation and National Insurance 92 (4) Planning 96 (2) Self-Test Questions/Activities 98 (1) Specimen Examination Questions 99 (1) Website references 99 (2) Non-Corporate Organisations-Sole Traders and Partnerships 101 (52) Learning Objectives 101 (1) The Sole Trader 101 (1) Formation of the Business 101 (2) Dissolution 103 (1) Debt Recovery 103 (2) Bankruptcy procedure - generally 105 (1) The Petition 106 (1) Schemes of Arrangement Under the Deeds of Arrangement Act 1914 106 (1) The Interim Order and Voluntary Arrangement under the Insolvency Act 1986 107 (1) The Effect of a Bankruptcy order - generally 108 (1) Committee of Creditors 109 (1) The Public Examination 110 (1) The Family Home 110 (1) Proof of Debt 111 (1) Mutual dealings - Set off 111 (1) Carrying on the Business and Disclaimer 111 (1) Transactions at an Undervalue and Preferences 111 (2) Payment of the Creditors - Preferential payments 113 (1) Protection of Employees 113 (1) Trade Creditors 114 (1) Deferred Creditors 114 (1) Discharge of the Bankrupt 114 (1) The Ordinary Partnership 115 (1) Definition and Nature of a Partnership 115 (3) The Sharing of Profits as evidence of Partnership 118 (1) Types of Partners 119 (2) Membership of the Firm 121 (1) The Firm and the Firm name 122 (1) The Relationship Between Partners and Outsiders 123 (1) Partners' Powers 123 (3) Liability of Incoming and Outgoing Partners 126 (2) Relationship of Partners Within the Partnership 128 (5) Dissolution 133 (5) Ordinary Limited Partnerships 138 (1) Limited Liability Partnerships 139 (4) Reform: A Partnership With Legal Personality 143 (2) Model Form of Ordinary (or Unlimited) Partnership Deed 145 (5) Self-Test Questions/Activities 150 (1) Specimen Examination Questions 151 (1) Website References 152 (1) Companies 153 (60) Learning Objectives 153 (1) Types of Registered Companies 153 (1) Public and Private Companies 154 (1) Formation 155 (1) Pre-Incorporation Contracts 156 (2) The Company's Constitution 158 (6) Articles of Association 164 (4) Financing the Company 168 (5) The Issue of Shares and Debentures 173 (1) Procedures for Issuing Shares to the Public 174 (1) Regulation of the Securities Market and of Admission to it 175 (1) Offers of Unlisted Securities 176 (1) The Remedy of Rescission 177 (1) Membership 177 (2) Meetings, Resolutions and Annual Return 179 (4) Protection of Minority Interests 183 (2) Directors and Secretary 185 (8) Powers of Directors 193 (3) Company Insolvency and Corporate Rescue 196 (1) Liquidation 197 (3) Alternatives to Liquidation: Company Rescue Procedures 200 (1) Administration 201 (6) Self-test Questions/Activities 207 (1) Specimen Examination Questions 208 (1) Website References 208 (5) PART 3 BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS Introduction to the Law of Contract 213 (60) Learning Objectives 213 (1) Business Contracting - generally 213 (1) Nature of a Contract 214 (1) Types of Contract 214 (1) Essentials of a Valid Contract 215 (24) Genuineness of Consent 239 (1) Mistake 239 (4) Misrepresentation 243 (3) Rescission 246 (2) Duress and Undue Influence Legality 248 (3) Competition Policy 251 (6) Discharge of Contracts 257 (4) Remedies 261 (6) Limitation of Actions 267 (1) Self-Test Questions/Activities 268 (3) Specimen Examination Questions 271 (1) Website References 272 (1) Types of Business Contract 273 (14) Learning Objectives 273 (1) Contracts for the Supply of Goods 273 (2) Contracts of Bailment 275 (1) Employment Contracts 275 (1) Contracts of Agency 275 (4) Contracts Concerning Land 279 (1) Contracts form Financial Services 279 (1) Standard form Contracts 280 (4) Self-test Questions/Activities 284 (1) Specimen Emamination Questions 284 (1) Website References 285 (2) The Terms of Business Contracts 287 (22) Learning Objectives 287 (1) Certainty of Terms 287 (2) Puffs, Representations and Terms 289 (1) Types of Contractual Terms 290 (1) Express and implied Terms 291 (2) Exemption Clauses-the Law 293 (5) Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 298 (5) Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 303 (2) Reform 305 (1) Fair Trading Act 1973 306 (1) Self-test Questions/Activities 306 (1) Specimen Examination Questions 307 (1) Website References 308 (1) Contracts for the Supply of Goods and Services 309 (30) Learning Objectives 309 (1) Sale of Goods 310 (1) Definition 310 (1) Formation 310 (1) The Implied Terms 310 (6) Transfer of Property in the Goods 316 (3) Sale by a Person Who is not the Owner 319 (3) Reform of the Law Relating to Transfer of Title Contained in SS 21-26 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 322 (1) Performance of the Contract 323 (3) Remedies 326 (3) Supply of Goods and Services 329 (1) Implied Terms in Contracts for the Supply of Goods (Part I) 330 (1) Implied Terms in Contracts for the Supply of Services (Part II) 331 (1) Manufacturer's Liability in Contract 332 (3) Reform and Guarantees 335 (1) Self-test Questions/Activities 335 (2) Specimen Examination Questions 337 (1) Website References 337 (2) Business and the Law of Tort 339 (26) Learning Objectives 339 (1) Tortious Liability 339 (1) Basis of Tortious Liability 339 (1) Proof of Damage 340 (1) Causation 340 (1) Defences 341 (3) Remedies 344 (1) Limitation of Actions 344 (1) Specific Torts Relevant to Business 345 (2) Defective Goods 347 (5) Defective Services - generally 352 (2) Lawyers 354 (1) Accountants and Auditors 354 (2) Valuers and Surveyors 356 (1) Other torts Relevant to Business 357 (2) Rule in Rylands v Fletcher 359 (3) Self-test Questions/Activities 362 (1) Specimen Examination Questions 362 (1) Website References 363 (2) Criminal Liability in Business 365 (26) Learning Objectives 365 (1) Criminal Law and the Supplier of Goods and Services 365 (1) Misdescription of Goods and Services 366 (4) Reform of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 370 (1) Misleading Price Indications 371 (2) Product Safety 373 (3) Safety and Quality of Food 376 (2) Other Criminal Liability for the Supply of Goods and Services 378 (1) Criminal Liability - generally 378 (1) Other Crimes Relevant to Business 379 (5) Stock Exchange Frands 384 (4) Self-Test Questions/Activities 388 (1) Specimen Examination Questions 389 (1) Website References 390 (1) Credit 391 (22) Learning Objectives 391 (1) Types of Credit 392 (7) Consumer Credit Act 1974 399 (12) Agreements Covered by the Act 400 (2) Licensing of Credit and Hire Businesses 402 (1) Seeking Business 403 (1) Signing Credit or Hire Agreements 404 (1) Cancellation 405 (1) Credit Reference Agencies 405 (1) Liability of the Supplier and Creditor 406 (2) Termination and Default 408 (3) Self-test Questions/Activities 411 (1) Specimen Examination Questions 412 (1) Website References 412 (1) Consumer Protection 413 (22) Learning Objectives 413 (1) Who is a Consumer? …”