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The globalization of cost-benefit analysis in environmental policy /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Livermore, Michael A., Revesz, Richard L., 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Cost effectiveness.
Environmental policy > Developing countries.
Economic development > Developing countries.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Foreword
  • Cost-benefit analysis goes global
  • Valuation issues
  • CBA in developing countries : what's different
  • The benefit-transfer approach
  • Debates over discounting
  • The shape of distributional analysis
  • Institutional matters
  • Who decides?
  • Cost-benefit analysis and regulatory cooperation
  • The cross-cultural roots of CBA
  • Building public governance capacity
  • Case studies in pollution control
  • Fuel standards in Mexico
  • Urban air quality challenges in South Africa
  • Air pollution in Singapore
  • Compliance costs for climate mitigation in Brazil
  • Case studies in protection of natural resource
  • Infrastructure projects in the Brazilian Amazon
  • Resettlement policy in Southeast Asia
  • Water management initiatives in China
  • Water projects in India
  • Assessing dams in Panama
  • Carbon revenues and forest cover loss in Liberia
  • Paths forward
  • Research, capacity, and politics.