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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Arab Spring – Implications for the Russian Federation

open access: yesInternational Studies: Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal, 2018
The Arab Spring led to a major transformation of political systems of the region’s most countries; an increase in the significance of radical Islam in the political life; a degradation of the security environment.
Andrzej Stopczyński
doaj   +1 more source

Book review: optimism about the Arab Spring has gone too far [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Violence and political instability remain across Tunisia, Egypt, and the Arab region as old regimes continue to be challenged by protesters seeking justice and fresh elections. In After the Arab Spring, John R.
Partridge, Matthew
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Cost‐Benefit Analysis of the European Union Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in Fertilizer Trade

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), launching 2026, will charge EU importers for embedded carbon emissions, aiming to reduce emissions but raising import costs. Shifts in demand following implementation may reduce carbon emissions, but importers will bear the cost of increased prices.
Natalie Crisci   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political and Socio-Economic Roots of Uprisings in the Arab World

open access: yesSpace and Culture, India, 2020
The purpose of the research is to determine the political and socio-economic roots of the Arab spring and define its consequences. The article demonstrates similar and distinct features of revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries.
Gaziza Kurpebayeva
doaj   +1 more source

Local Versus International Crises, Foreign Subsidiaries and Bank Stability: Evidence from the MENA Region

open access: yes, 2016
We investigate the impact of global and local crises on bank stability and examine the effect of owning bank subsidiaries in other countries. We consider banks from MENA countries which experienced both types of crises during our sample period.
Alraheb, Tammuz, Tarazi, Amine
core   +2 more sources

Assessing the influence of the Responsibility to Protect on the UN Security Council during the Arab Spring [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This article challenges those perspectives which assert first, that the Security Council’s engagement with the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) during the Arab Spring evidences a generally positive trend, and second, that the response to the Arab Spring ...
Aidan Hehir   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Price Transmission and Leadership in the Global Poultry Market: Results From Parametric and Nonparametric Approaches

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil and the United States account for more than 40% of global poultry exports, with China and South Korea among their major destination markets. This study examines price transmission and market linkages between Brazil and the United States using monthly poultry export price data from January 1990 to December 2024. It also assesses which of
Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Arab Spring and the Prolonged National Integration in Yemen; a Critical Discussion

open access: yesİstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
This study examines how the Arab Spring affects the national integration in Yemen. Despite the Arab Spring’s bringing forth tangible democratic transitions through inclusive democratic elections in Tunisia and Egypt, it created a social and political ...
Ehteshamul Haque   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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