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Environmental Economics and Policy Making in Developing Countries: Current Issues - Hardcover

 
9781840646023: Environmental Economics and Policy Making in Developing Countries: Current Issues
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1840646020 ISBN 13: 9781840646023
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

In developing countries, where growth expectations are high, least-cost environmental policies are crucial since they can reduce the conflict between economic growth and the environment. In view of this, policymakers in these economies must be very aware of the relationship between economic and environmental issues to offer policy initiatives which can increase efficiency and improve equity. The 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. "Environmental Economics and Policy Making in Developing Countries" is couched in accessible language and is policy-oriented. It should therefore be of great interest t

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About the Author

Edited by Ronaldo Seroa da Motta, Professor of Environmental Economics and Co-ordinator of Regulation Studies, Research Institute for Applied Economics (IPEA), Brazil

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Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1840646020
ISBN 13 
9781840646023
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
224
Editor
Seroa Da Motta Ronaldo