Institutions, both formal and informal, are the rules of the game that shape the opportunities and constraints for individuals or groups active under certain socio-politico-economic settings. Changes of economic institutions are frequent as globalization advances, particularly the reform initiatives under SAP by World Bank and IMF. Bangladesh agriculture is not an exception. Reforms were sweeping and new market-based economic rules of the game replaced the old ones. The study explores the farmers opportunities and challenges shaped by the new institutions while comparing the post-reform...

This book describes four different methods of paleotemperature assessment on selected Paleozoic rock units and determines spatial variations in maximum burial depths of these units and thicknesses of lost overburden. Stratigraphic and tectonic history of the northern Appalachian basin is described in details followed by a critical review of fluid inclusion, clay diagenesis, organic maturation, and stable isotope techniques of paleotemperature measurements in sedimentary rocks.