Environmental economics and policy making in developing countries [electronic resource] : current issues / edited by Ronaldo Seroa da Motta.
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TextPublication details: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2001Description: 1 online resource (ix, 202 p.) : illISBN: 9781781951125 (e-book)Subject(s): Environmental economics -- Developing countries | Developing countries -- Economic policyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 333.7/09172/4 LOC classification: HC59.72.E5 | E584 2001Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.
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