Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability New Policy Options

by López, Ramón; Toman, Michael A.

• ISBN13: 9780199297993
• ISBN10: 0199297991
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

List of figures	ix
List of tables	xi
List of boxes	xiii
Foreword	xv
Overview: Sustainable Development: Towards a Broader Policy Agenda	1	(306)
Ramón López and Michael A. Toman
1. Natural Capital, Resource Dependency, and Poverty in Developing Countries: The Problem of 'Dualism within Dualism'	23	(37)
Edward B. Barbier
2. Measuring Development Prospects by 'Greening' the National Accounts	60	(30)
Kirk Hamilton and Rashid Hassan
3. Impacts of Macroeconomic Policies on the Environment, Natural Resources, and Welfare in Developing Countries	90	(32)
Jon Strand and B. Gabriela Mundaca
4. Political Economy and Natural Resource Use	122	(32)
Robert T. Deacon and Bernardo Mueller
5. Structural Adjustment and Sustainable Development	154	(24)
Ramón López
6. Trade and the Environment in Developing Economies	178	(39)
Brian R. Copeland and Sumeet Gulati
7. Environmental Policy Instruments and Institutions in Developing Countries	217	(28)
E. Somanathan and Thomas Sterner
8. Energy, Equity, and Economic Development	245	(28)
Douglas F. Barnes and Michael A. Toman
9. Water Institutional Reforms in Developing Countries: Insights, Evidences, and Case Studies	273	(34)
R. Maria Saleth and Ariel Dinar
10. Water Quality Issues in Developing Countries	307	(38)
Anil Markandya
11. Urban Air Pollution, Health, and Policy Instruments	345	(37)
Alan I. Krupnick
12. The Economics of Terrestrial Biodiversity Conservation in Developing Nations	382	(30)
Heidi I. Albers and Paul Ferraro
13. Conservation of Tropical Forests: Addressing Market Failure	412	(41)
Erwin Bulte and Stefanie Engel
14. Appendix	453	(10)
Michael A. Toman
Index	463