Water resources management reform in developing countries has tended to overlook community-based water laws, which govern self-help water development and management by large proportions, if not the majority, of citizens: rural, small-scale water users, including poor women and men. In an attempt to ...

This chapter reflects the discourse on organic production in Denmark today and discusses the relationship between the market and proactive policy through a study of public procurement, focusing on school meals. The research shows that major actors in the organic sector agree that further growth of...

This chapter provides some notions and information that could help stimulate a more widespread awareness of social science knowledge as a public good. It starts from the point of view of economics and then moves to some other components of the social sciences. The characteristics of public social...

This chapter examines the reasons for government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the community to be involved with the development of indicators that can aid in promoting sustainability and sustainable tourism. It also considers how monitoring can assist government, NGOs and communities...

This chapter presents an overview of: public and private sector agricultural research; private funding of research by farmers; public-private collaboration in conducting research and development; and public research reform in an era of privatization.

This chapter begins by defining protected areas and explaining their importance to tourism development in Australia. The benefits and costs of ecotourism in protected areas are examined, with attention directed to recent public and private sector initiatives in protected areas. The chapter...

This chapter outlines the major issues involved in the integration of biodiversity conservation into sustainable tourism policy at the local, national, regional, and global levels. The stakeholders involved in this relationship are identified. It is concluded that: public policy and the...

This book synthesizes contemporary experiences with changing public and private sector roles in funding and executing agricultural research, with emphasis on developing countries. The book consists of 15 chapters organized into four distinct parts. Part I provides a brief overview of the current...

This chapter first examines the evolution of the agricultural research system in Uruguay, focusing on the creation, structure and human resources of the National Agricultural Research Institute (INIA). It then describes the farmer-government cofinancing of INIA research.

This chapter provides an economic rationale for public-private cooperation (PPC) in research in terms of potential benefits, risks and costs. Conditions conducive to PPC and obstacles to successful PPC are outlined. The chapter then reviews experiences of PPC in the Netherlands with special...