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Book SynopsisIn 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 will therefore be of great interest to both policymakers and scholars in development economics, environmental studies and international agencies involved in these areas.
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Economic Growth, the Environment and Welfare: Are They Compatible? 2. The Impact of Perverse Subsidies on International Trade and the Environment 3. Valuing Statistical Lives 4. The Valuation of Health Impacts in Developing Countries 5. Economic Instruments for Waste Management in Brazil 6. Deforestation, Land Degradation and Rural Poverty in Latin America: Examining the Evidence 7. Public Policies and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon 8. Technology, Climate Change, Productivity and Land Use in Brazilian Agriculture 9. Economic Incentives and Forest Concessions in Brazil Index
