Environmental economics and policy making in developing countries current issues /

The authors provide a comprehensive analysis of topics varying from the general problems of growth and conservation to specific applications such as; pollution costs, environmental taxation, deforestation and climate change. This volume also offers policymakers a comprehensive view of the challenges...

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Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Other Authors: Seroa da Motta, Ronaldo.
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2001.
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Online Access:https://www.elgaronline.com/view/1840646020.xml
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505 0 |a 1. Economic growth, the environment and welfare : are they compatible? -- 2. The impact of perverse subsidies on international trade and the environment -- 3. Valuing statistical lives -- 4. The valuation of health impacts in developing countries -- 5. Economic instruments for waste management in Brazil -- 6. Deforestation, land degradation and rural poverty in Latin America : examining the evidence -- 7. Public policies and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon -- 8. Technology, climate change, productivity and land use in Brazilian agriculture -- 9. Economic incentives and forest concessions in Brazil. 
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