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Aug 2005
Cultivating a New Rural Economy
Author: Jim Kleinschmit, Mark Muller
Publisher: Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
This paper identifies the opportunities associated with the emerging bio-based sector which requires both individual entrepreneurship and supportive state and federal policies in Minnesota (US). More on «Cultivating a New Rural Economy»

Jan 2005
Roundtable on Urban Aboriginal Governance
Author: Calvin Hanselmann, Peter Dinsdale, Patrick Brazeau
Publisher: Institute on Governance (IOG)
This paper summarizes the fifth session of IOG’s TANAGA (Towards a New Aboriginal Governance Agenda) roundtable series, which focused on urban Aboriginal governance. More on «Roundtable on Urban Aboriginal Governance»

Aug 2004
A Change of Direction?
Author: Paul Rogers
Publisher: Oxford Research Group (ORG)
This paper examines the US policy in Iraq, with a particular focus on the political situation in the Iraqi city of Najaf. More on «A Change of Direction?»

Jul 2004
Disembedding the City
Author: Dennis Rodgers
Publisher: LSE Department of International Development (ID)
This article explores the particular way in which spatial segregation has emerged in Managua, the capital city of Nicaragua. More on «Disembedding the City»

May 2004
Peasant Associations in Theory and Practice
Author: Nora McKeon, Michael Watts, Wendy Wolford
Publisher: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
This paper discusses the ways in which liberalization and global market dependence affect poverty, hunger and "entitlements" – the political, social and economic resources that condition an individual's access to food and basic needs. More on «Peasant Associations in Theory and Practice»

Jan 2004
Andes 2020: A New Strategy for the Challenges of Colombia and the Region
Author: Daniel W Christman, John G Heimann, Julia E Sweig
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
This report offers recommendations to recalibrate US policy towards the Andean region, with a particular focus on Colombia. More on «Andes 2020: A New Strategy for the Challenges of Colombia and the Region»
2004
Why the Garden Club Couldn’t Save Youngstown: Civic Infrastructure and Mobilization in Economic Crises
Author: Sean Safford
Publisher: Industrial Performance Center (IPC)
This paper investigates how the structure of civic relationships shapes trajectories of economic change through an examination of two well-matched Rust Belt cities: Allentown, Pennsylvania and Youngstown, Ohio. More on «Why the Garden Club Couldn’t Save Youngstown: Civic Infrastructure and Mobilization in Economic Crises»

15 Jun 2003
Historia Actual Online, Número 1
Author: Daniel Álvarez Espinosa, Eduard Masjuan Bracons, Israel Sanmartín Barros, Juan Diego Pérez Cebada, Elia Manuela Mera Chará, Alfonso Galindo Lucas, Mabel Nélida Giménez, María Elena Ginóbili, Gabriel González De La Torre Benítez
Publisher: Asociación de Historia Actual (AHA)
Este número de revista incluye una interpretación socioeconómica del Holocausto y un ejemplo ibérico en América Latina (1900-1914) sobre la emigración y el neomalthusianismo. More on «Historia Actual Online, Número 1»

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