Suchergebnisse

Socio-economic and environmental transformation of Amazonia: introduction / Pitou van Dijck -- Sustainable development in the Amazon: territorial disparities and integration strategies / Ruud Buitelaar, Sergio González Catalán and Luis Riffo Pérez -- Human activity and the future of Ecuador's Amazon Region: economic diversification, infrastructure and employment / Rob Vos -- Spatial implications of new road infrastructure for the use of land and resources in Suriname: land use scanner / Martin van der Beek, Ronnie Lassche and Mathilde Molendijk -- Troublesome assessment: controversies over the Manaus-Porto Velho hub and its impact assessment / Marinella Wallis -- Strategic impact assessments, stakeholders' participation and government policies / Bert van Barneveld -- SEAs and the challenge of sustainable development: improving effectiveness and strengthening the international linkage: conclusion / Pitou van Dijck

The External Economic Dimensions of the European Union focuses on the broad range of recent initiatives taken by the EU to reinforce its common external economic policy in a rapidly changing environment. The prospects of the EU are increasingly interrelated with the dynamics of the world economy. In the multipolar post-Cold War economy, the EU faces many uncertainties and new challenges. The transatlantic link still dominates the EU's external relations but the cohesion of the Euro-American relatioship has been tested severely. Moreover, the transition of Central and Eastern Europe and the rise of new growth poles in Asia and Latin America have not only creates new opportunities for trade and investment but intensified international competition at the same time. The volume is organised in two parts. Part I focuses on the competitiveness of the EU and its position in the world economy as well as on specific aspects of its external economic policies including the restructuring of the Common Agricultural Policy and the enlargement of the EU membership. Part II is exclusively devoted to the regional dimension of the external policy of the EU and focuses on the rapidly evolving relationship with the other Triad powers, the USA and Japan, the neighbouring countries and the emerging markets. The book brings together a range of distinguished authors who analyse the wide range of initiatives from the perspective of economics, political science and law. It is a timely and essential work that will reward the attention of policymakers and interested academics throughout the world

Against the background of the agenda of the trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization and its slow progress, this book outlines the positions of the main players. Its central focus is to analyze the main effects of these positions, and to find a way to complete the Doha Round, so a meaningful contribution to its main objective is made