Environmental economics and policy making in developing countries
Environmental economics and policy making in developing countries current issues / [electronic resource] :
edited by Ronaldo Seroa da Motta.
- Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2001.
- 1 online resource (ix, 202 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 they face, and the legacies they leave, in order to convert environmental policy making into an actual programme of welfare improvement.
9781781951125 (e-book)
00065452
Environmental economics--Developing countries.
Developing countries--Economic policy.
Electronic books.
HC59.72.E5 / E584 2001
333.7/09172/4
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 they face, and the legacies they leave, in order to convert environmental policy making into an actual programme of welfare improvement.
9781781951125 (e-book)
00065452
Environmental economics--Developing countries.
Developing countries--Economic policy.
Electronic books.
HC59.72.E5 / E584 2001
333.7/09172/4