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Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability Ramon Lopez (, Professor of Economics at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland at College Park)

Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability By Ramon Lopez (, Professor of Economics at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland at College Park)

Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability by Ramon Lopez (, Professor of Economics at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland at College Park)

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Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability: New Policy Options by Ramon Lopez (, Professor of Economics at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland at College Park)

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

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`'This is an important collection of essays. They are of a consistently high standard and the authors in general are among the leading writers in this much neglected field.'' The late Professor David Pearce

About Ramon Lopez (, Professor of Economics at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland at College Park)

Ramon Lopez is a Professor of Economics at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland at College Park. He is also a Senior Fellow at the University of Bonn (ZEF) and Chair of the Publication Review Committee at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, DC. Professor Lopez is the author or co-author of several books on economic growth, rural poverty and the environment and has held various editorial responsibilities in several important journals. Michael A. Toman is an adjunct faculty member in the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC; and in the Bren School of the Environment, University of California, Santa Barbara. He also works as a senior environmental economist in a multilateral economic development organization. He is the (co) author and (co) editor of several books on the economics of energy, environmental protection, climate change, and sustainable development.

Table of Contents

0. Sustainable Development: Towards a Broader Policy Agenda ; 1. Natural Capital, Resource Dependency and Poverty in Developing Countries: The Problem of "Dualism within Dualism" ; 2. Measuring Development Prospects by 'Greening' the National Accounts ; 3. Impacts of Macroeconomic Policies on the Environment, Natural Resources and Welfare in Developing Countries ; 4. Political Economy and Natural Resource Use ; 5. Structural Adjustment and Sustainable Development ; 6. Trade and the Environment in Developing Economies ; 7. Environmental Policy Instruments in Developing Countries ; 8. Energy, Equity and Economic Development ; 9. Water Institutional Reforms in Developing Countries: Insights, Evidences, and Case Studies ; 10. Water Quality Issues in Developing Countries ; 11. Urban Air Pollution, Health and Policy Instruments ; 12. The Economics of Terrestrial Biodiversity Conservation in Developing Nations ; 13. Conservation of Tropical Forests: Addressing Market Failure ; Appendix

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NPB9780199297993
9780199297993
0199297991
Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability: New Policy Options by Ramon Lopez (, Professor of Economics at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland at College Park)
Ramon Lopez (, Professor of Economics at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland at College Park)
Initiative for Policy Dialogue Series
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Hardback
Oxford University Press
2006-07-06
504
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