Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability
New Policy Options
- Overview
- Table of Contents
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.
It challenges the view that environmental degradation is the result of too rapid economic growth in the developing world.
The book provides an analytical and updated review of the literature on trade and the environment, political economy, poverty, and it seeks to broaden the debate on sustainable development and incorporate new options in the policy dialogue.
About the Editors
Ramon Lopez
Professor of Economics
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of Maryland at College Park
Ramón López is Professor of Economics at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland at College Park.
Michael A. Toman
Adjunct Faculty Member
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University
Michael A. Toman is an Adjunct Faculty Member in the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
Publication Information
| Type | Books |
| Program | Environmental Economics |
| Download | 125kb pdf |
| Posted | 07/01/06 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year | 2006 |
| # Pages | 504pp |
