Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability: New Policy Options

by Ramon Lopez, Michael A. Toman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199298006
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	09/14/2006
Series:	Initiative for Policy Dialogue Series C Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	504
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

University of Maryland at College Park

Johns Hopkins University

Table of Contents

0. Sustainable Development: Towards a Broader Policy Agenda, Ramón López and Michael A. Toman
1. Natural Capital, Resource Dependency and Poverty in Developing Countries: The Problem of "Dualism within Dualism", Edward B Barbier
2. Measuring Development Prospects by 'Greening' the National Accounts, 0. Kirk Hamilton and Rashid Hassan
3. Impacts of Macroeconomic Policies on the Environment, Natural Resources and Welfare in Developing Countries, Jon Strand and B. Gabriela Mundaca
4. Political Economy and Natural Resource Use, Robert T. Deacon and Bernardo Mueller
5. Structural Adjustment and Sustainable Development, Ramón López
6. Trade and the Environment in Developing Economies, Brian R. Copeland and Sumeet Gulati
7. Environmental Policy Instruments in Developing Countries, 4. J.E. Somanathan and T. Sterner
8. Energy, Equity and Economic Development, Douglas F. Barnes and Michael A. Toman
9. Water Institutional Reforms in Developing Countries: Insights, Evidences, and Case Studies, R. Maria Saleth and Ariel Dinar
10. Water Quality Issues in Developing Countries, Anil Markandya
11. Urban Air Pollution, Health and Policy Instruments, Alan J. Krupnick
12. The Economics of Terrestrial Biodiversity Conservation in Developing Nations, Heidi J. Albers and Paul Ferraro
13. Conservation of Tropical Forests: Addressing Market Failure, Erwin Bulte and Stefanie Engel
Appendix, Michael A. Toman