Karapinar, Baris  | Cambridge University Press

260,850원  | 20210101  | 9780521191067

The food and financial crises of 2008 and 2009 have pushed millions more people into poverty and hunger, while changing the parameters of international trade. Both crises have also challenged the fundamentals of WTO rules regulating agriculture, which had been designed to combat trade distortions due to artificially low-priced food commodities. This 2010 collection of essays examines to what extent the multilateral trading system contributes to food security in today's volatile markets. Br...

World Economic Forum Water Initiative  | Island Press

47,580원  | 20140322  | 9781597267359

The world is on the brink of the greatest crisis it has ever faced: a spiralling lack of fresh water. This book contains commentary from leading decision makers. It suggests how business and politics need to manage the water-food-energy-climate nexus as leaders negotiate the details of the climate regime that will replace the Kyoto Protocols.