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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Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. :
Edward Elgar Pub.,
2001.
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| Online Access: | https://www.elgaronline.com/view/1840646020.xml |
Table of Contents:
- 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.