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SUSTAINABLE DEV ECONS AND PLCY

Autor Rao
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 feb 2000
Sustainable Development: Economics and Policy applies an interdisciplinary perspective to the latest developments in economic analysis and to policies affecting the global environment and economic development.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780631209942
ISBN-10: 0631209948
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.78 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

graduate/senior undergraduate students and researchers of economics, environmental science, and political science. Also for government policymakers, international development institutions, and executives

Notă biografică

Dr. P. K. Rao is Director of the Center for Development Research of Hyderabad, India, and Princeton, NJ. He has taught at the Administrative Staff College of India, Harvard University (where he was a Senior Fulbright Scholar) and Rutgers University. Dr. Rao has published more than 25 papers in various journals. During the last 20 years, he has worked as project leader/principal investigator on a variety of major research projects supported by the UNDP, the ILO, UNICEF, the World Resources Institute, Rutgers University, the Government of Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Government of India.

Cuprins

1. A Brief History:. Before the Earth Summit.
The Earth Summit and After.
Effectiveness of Policies.
Moving Ahead.
Chronology.
References.
2. Resources and Environment:.
Source and Sink Problems.
Changes in Natural Resources.
Changes in Environment.
Climate Change.
Desertification.
Biodiversity.
Conclusions.
References.
3. Sustainable Development: Interpretations:.
Biogeophysical and Ecological Aspects.
Economic Approaches.
Economic Growth and Sustainability.
Irreversibility and Nonlinearity.
The Precautionary Principle.
Conclusions.
References.
4. Managing Global Commons:.
Global Commons.
Global Warming Potential.
Economics of the Greenhouse Effect.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Policies.
Economics of Green Tax.
Conclusions.
Appendix: Economic Models for Green Taxes.
References.
5. Poverty and Environment:.
Poverty, Prosperity and the Environment.
Trends in Poverty.
Poverty Reduction and Sustainability.
Structural Adjustments and Public Finance.
Policy Alternatives and Political Economy.
Conclusions.
References.
6. Valuing Resources and Future:.
Valuing Environmental Resources.
Market and Non-Market Valuations.
Net National Product and Sustainability.
Technical Progress and Sustainability.
Changes in Preferences and Discounting.
Choosing Discount Factors.
Conclusions.
Appendix: Models for Net National Product and Sustainability.
References.
7. Green Accounting:.
Assessing Environmental Costs.
Green National Accounts.
Integrated Economic and Environmental Accounting.
Indicators for Sustainability.
Conclusions.
References.
8. Debt, Trade and Environment:.
Internal Debt and Sustainability.
External Debt and Trade.
Debt and Environment.
Trade and Environment.
Conclusions.
References.
9. Governance and Private Sector:.
Markets and the Environment.
Regulations and Compliance Incentives.
Private Investment and Sustainability.
Mechanisms for Private Financing.
Conclusions.
References.
10. International Institutions:.
Global Policy Institutions.
External Financing and Institutions.
Local Knowledge, Resources and Institutions.
International Institutional Mechanisms.
Conclusions.
References.
11. Policy Framework:.
Objectives.
Methods of Operation.
National and Local Policies.
International Policies.
Directions for the Future.
References.
Glossary.
Statistical Information.
Additional Bibliography.

Descriere

* Up-to-date, comprehensive and easy-to-digest presentation of complex analytical and methodological issues. * Integrated view of debt-poverty-trade environment. * Role of endogenous factors in the valuation of future. * Discussion of foundations of modern economic logic for analytical models.