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Bioenergy, a promising alternative for developing countries, is already a key resource (in the form of fuelwood, for example) in millions of households around the world. Third World planners are exploring new technologies and uses, including the production of biogas from wastes for household cooking... More

Results of a comprehensive two-year study analyzing the facts and policy alternatives.  Originally published in 1979.... More

From its earliest decisions in the 1790s, the U.S. Supreme Court has used international law to help resolve major legal controversies. This book presents a comprehensive account of the Supreme Court's use of international law from the Court's inception to the present day. Addressing treaties, the di... More

Studying the earth is like putting together a complex jigsaw puzzle that is made up of pieces that are constantly changing shape. As time passes, many of the pieces change so much they don't even resemble their original shape. ... More

Studying the earth is like putting together a complex jigsaw puzzle that is made up of pieces that are constantly changing shape. As time passes, many of the pieces change so much they don't even resemble their original shape. ... More

Inland Waterway Transportation explores how tools of economic analysis can improve the efficiency of both public and private investment in inland waterway transportation. Originally published in 1969, this study investigates how waterway transportation has been affected by public operating policy, c... More

In The Regional Roots of Russia's Political Regime, William M. Reisinger and Bryon J. Moraski examine Russian politics at the subnational level in order to discover why democracy failed to take root and how Putin's authoritarian regime materialized. Since the national regime needed dominant victorie... More

This collection of essays represents responses by over eighty scholars to an unusual request: give your high level assessment of the field of economic design, as broadly construed. Where do we come from? Where do we go from here? The book editors invited short, informal reflections expressing deeply... More