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050 4 _aHC59.72.E5
_bE584 2001
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245 0 0 _aEnvironmental economics and policy making in developing countries
_h[electronic resource] :
_bcurrent issues /
_cedited by Ronaldo Seroa da Motta.
260 _aCheltenham ;
_aNorthampton, Mass. :
_bEdward Elgar Pub.,
_c2001.
300 _a1 online resource (ix, 202 p.) :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _a1. 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.
520 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aEnvironmental economics
_zDeveloping countries.
651 0 _aDeveloping countries
_xEconomic policy.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2lcsh
700 1 _aSeroa da Motta, Ronaldo.
710 2 _aEdward Elgar Publishing.
776 1 _z1840646020 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
_z9781840646023 (hardback)
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/view/1840646020.xml
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