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In this textbook, governance aspects are presented and explained in a comprehensible way at different levels: After a look at the roots of the governance discussion in economics and political science, political and economic negotiation and problem-solving processes are discussed on the macro level "Orders of Governance" and institutional and normative framework conditions are considered; on the meso level "Cooperation", forms of steering and control as well as cooperation and coordination of social economy enterprises are dealt with; and on the micro level "Interactions", governance is dealt with from the perspective of the actors and their interactions. The content Sources of the governance discussion (economics and political science) Macro level: "Orders of Governance" (First Order: Local and regional problem-solving and political processes. Second Order: Institutional aspects. Third Order: Principles of Good Governance) Meso level: "Cooperation" (Internally: Corporate Governance. Externally: Networks and cooperation in the social space) Micro level: "Interaction" (Interactions in governance processes.Governance methods) The target groups Students, teachers, specialists and managers in social work and the social economy. The author Dr Ludger Kolhoff is Professor of Social Management at the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences - University of Applied Sciences Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel.

Sociology --- Social policy --- Microeconomics --- sociologie --- welzijnsbeleid --- sociaal beleid --- micro-economie --- Economics --- Microeconomics. --- Political aspects. --- Sociological aspects.

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This book analyzes the recent development paths pursued by progressive governments in Argentina and Brazil, namely deindustrialization and reprimarization, and the social and environmental consequences thereof. Two major issues which extend beyond Latin America are: the expansion of genetically modified crops and agrotoxics and the concern for global food security and sovereignty; second, how reprimarization, associated with mining, oil, soy and cattle, has been key in leading to the risk of desertification in the Argentine pampas and also causing deforestation in the Amazon Rain forest, described as the lungs of the planet, and thus has major implications for climate change for the planet as a whole. A key part of understanding the trajectories in both Argentina and Brazil has been the role played by international institutions, especially the IMF and WTO, and also the ever-growing hegemony of transnational corporations in the global economy and significantly limiting the possibilities of genuine development for local populations. This book also engages with a number of theoretical issues: development and dependency in the periphery: neoliberal globalization, accumulation by dispossession, ecological and environmental debates and the role of extractivism and rent. This book is aimed for both academics, activists and those politically motivated to analyze, understand and push for social change from a critical perspective, and also those interested in a radical analysis of paths of development, dependency and socioenvironmental issues in Latin America today. Paul Cooney is a political economist, who received his Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research in 1990. He has recently taught at the UFPA in the Brazilian Amazon, at the UNGS in Argentina, and is currently a professor at the Catholic University of Quito, Ecuador. In addition to this book, his current research topics are neoliberal globalization in Latin America, and their socio-environmental impacts, and ecological economics. He is currently a member of the URPE Steering Committee and serves on the editorial boards of the following journals: Research in Political Economy, Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, and Revista Ensayos de Economía.

Politics --- Microeconomics --- Economics --- World history --- economie --- politiek --- micro-economie --- economische geschiedenis --- Economic history. --- Economic development --- Environmental aspects. --- South America --- Economic integration.

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The book focuses on how microfinance institutions can be the alternative way to supply funds to combat different phases of global economic recessions. Also, it emphasizes upon their capabilities in reducing poverty and inequality as the countries of the world today aim to attain the goal of sustainable development. The book further deals with the challenges that the micro financial institutions may face while sustain in the competitive and vast changing global business environment. Finally, the book analyses the effectiveness of micro financial services for the emergence of micro, small and medium enterprises with new technology and innovations which, in turn, can be instrumental in ensuring new relocation of global supply chains. Ramesh Chandra Das is currently Professor of Economics at Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India. He has contributed several research papers to national and international journals with high impacts along with completions of three minor research projects sponsored by the University Grants Commission, India.

Politics --- Microeconomics --- Economic order --- Finance --- Economic conditions. Economic development --- Economics --- financieel management --- economie --- politiek --- micro-economie --- economische ontwikkelingen --- Economic development. --- Microfinance.

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This book employs different parametric and non-parametric panel data models which have been used in history of developed panel data efficiency measurement literature. It assesses the differences of models based on characteristics and efficiency scores measurement using a systematic sensitivity analysis of the results. On the whole twelve parametric and four nonparametric models were studied. Parametric models are classified in four groups in terms of the assumptions made on the temporal behavior of inefficiency. A common issue among all the parametric models is that inefficiency is individual producer-specific. This is consistent with the notion of measuring the efficiency of decision-making units. Non-parametric models are divided into partial and full frontier models. A main contribution of this volume is that it helps to understand differences between parametric and non-parametric models. On empirical part of the volume, technical efficiency of two agricultural strategic crops (cotton and sugar beet) in different provinces of the Iran are analyzed. Using different models, the most efficient and inefficient provinces in cotton and sugar beet production of Iran are recognized.

Microeconomics --- Economic growth --- Economics --- Agronomy --- economie --- landbouwbeleid --- micro-economie --- economische groei --- Middle East --- Iran --- North Africa --- Middle East—Economic conditions. --- Microeconomics. --- Agricultural economics. --- Economic growth. --- Middle Eastern and North African Economics. --- Agricultural Economics. --- Economic Growth.

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This book examines the inclusive development experiences and impacts of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). It discusses the theoretical assumptions underlying the inclusive development of employment guarantee scheme (EGS), and draws conclusions based on robust data and real-world experiences with the MGNREGS - which has attracted global attention as India's most ambitious, rights-based development initiative and most expansive work-based social security measure, the world's largest public works programme, and people-centric approach to development. The book argues that the Scheme holds vast potential, and, in fact, has made significant contribution to the promotion of livelihoods of the poorest of the poor, but that the weak institutions of local-self-governance, entrusted for implementation of the Scheme, are incapable of exploiting them to the full. It ends with a concrete policy suggestion: the inclusive development experiences gathered with the EGS and presented here could offer a source of policy change in many developing Afro-Asian countries whose situations are similar to India's, provided the local conditions in the respective country are taken into consideration when designing the EGS. Its significance as a social security measure has increased in post-Covid loss of jobs and livelihoods of the poor.

Social policy --- Microeconomics --- Economic order --- Labour economics --- Economic policy and planning (general) --- Economic conditions. Economic development --- Development aid. Development cooperation --- ontwikkelingsbeleid --- economie --- ontwikkelingssamenwerking --- arbeid --- welzijnsbeleid --- sociaal beleid --- micro-economie --- economische ontwikkelingen --- ontwikkelingspolitiek --- Manpower policy, Rural. --- Manpower policy, Rural --- Rural poor..