age ~49
from Onalaska, WA
 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                 
                 
                Author
Christopher B. Barrett
ISBN #
0851994350
 
                Author
Christopher B. Barrett
ISBN #
0851995845
 
                Global food price spikes in 2008 and again in 2011 coincided with a surge of political unrest in low- and middle-income countries. Angry consumers took to the streets in scores of nations. In some places, food riots turned violent, pressuring governments and in a few cases contributed to their overt...
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
512
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN #
0199679363
EAN Code
9780199679362
ISBN #
6
 
                This book analyzes the impact food aid programmes have had over the past fifty years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects. Issues such as political expediency, the impact of international trade and exchange rates are put under the microscope to provide the reader with a great...
Author
Christopher B. Barrett, Daniel G. Maxwell
Binding
Paperback
Pages
314
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN #
0415701252
EAN Code
9780415701259
ISBN #
5
 
                A unique analysis of the moral and social dimensions of microeconomic behaviour in developing countries, this book calls into question standard notions of rationality and many of the assumptions of neo-classical economics, and shows how these are inappropriate in communities with widespread disparit...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
432
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN #
0415700884
EAN Code
9780415700887
ISBN #
4
 
                Prior work has shown that there is a significant amount of turnover amongst the African poor as households exit and enter poverty. Some of this mobility can be attributed to regular movement back and forth in response to exogenous variability in climate, prices, health, etc. ('churning'). Other cros...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
216
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN #
0415463890
EAN Code
9780415463898
ISBN #
3
 
                Researchers in developing countries often find that the particular country in which they work presents a range of unforeseen challenges. Indeed, their ability to carry out effective scholarship is often highly dependent on these factors. The great differences between working in countries as varied a...
Author
Christopher B. Barrett, Jeffrey Cason
Binding
Paperback
Pages
184
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN #
0415778344
EAN Code
9780415778343
ISBN #
2
 
                The need to increase food production, enhance economic growth and reduce poverty in an environmentally sustainable context is an issue of growing importance. This book addresses the linkages and tradeoffs involved in solving such key challenges.
Author
David R Lee, Christopher B Barrett
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
450
Publisher
CABI
ISBN #
0851994350
EAN Code
9780851994352
ISBN #
9
 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                    