TY - BOOK AU - Cook,Jonathan A (ed) TI - Vulnerable places, vulnerable people: trade liberalization, rural poverty and the environment SN - 9781848443433 U1 - 382.71 PY - 2010/// CY - Cheltenham PB - Edward Elgar KW - Environmental protection KW - Developing countries KW - Free trade KW - Environmental aspects KW - Social aspects KW - Poverty KW - Produce trade KW - Developing countries. Sustainable development KW - Rural poor N1 - The detailed case studies in this book demonstrate that neither interpretation is universally correct, given how much depends on specific policies and institutions that determine 'on-the-ground' outcomes. Drawing on research from six countries around the developing world, the book also presents the unique perspectives of researchers at both the world's largest development organization (The World Bank) and the world's largest conservation organization (World Wildlife Fund) on the debate over trade liberalization and its effects on poverty and the environment. The authors trace international trade rules and events down through national development contexts to investigate on-the-ground outcomes for real people and places ER -