Economic development and environmental sustainability : new policy options /

This collection of essays focuses on the importance of taking environmental issues into account in the process of development and poverty reduction. It deepens our understanding of environmental sustainability in a context of economic growth, putting sustainable development back on the agenda.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: López, Ramón, 1948-, Toman, Michael A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Initiative for policy dialogue series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Natural capital, resource dependency, and poverty in developing countries : the problem of 'dualism within dualism' / Edward B. Barbier
  • Measuring development prospects by 'greening' the national accounts / Kirk Hamilton and Rashid Hassan
  • Impacts of macroeconomic policies on the environment, natural resources, and welfare in developing countries / Jon Strand and B. Gabriela Mundaca
  • Political economy and natural resource use / Robert T. Deacon and Bernardo Mueller
  • Structural adjustment and sustainable development / Ramón López
  • Trade and the environment in developing economies / Brian R. Copeland and Sumeet Gulati
  • Environmental policy instruments and institutions in developing countries / E. Somanathan and Thomas Sterner
  • Energy, equity, and economic development / Douglas F. Barnes and Michael A. Toman
  • Water institutional reforms in developing countries / R. Maria Saleth and Ariel Dinar
  • Water quality issues in developing countries / Anil Markandya
  • Urban air pollution, health, and policy instruments / Alan J. Krupnick
  • The economics of terrestrial biodiversity conservation in developing nations / Heidi J. Albers and Paul Ferraro
  • Conservation of tropical forests / Erwin Bulte and Stefanie Engel.