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Sustaining Development
Environmental Resources in Developing Countries
9781858988887 Edward Elgar Publishing
Sustaining Development brings together, in one accessible volume, a selection of Daniel W. Bromley’s path-breaking theoretical and empirical papers on economic development and environmental problems in the developing world.
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Critical Acclaim
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Sustaining Development brings together, in one accessible volume, a selection of Daniel W. Bromley’s path-breaking theoretical and empirical papers on economic development and environmental problems in the developing world.
The book emphasizes the institutional dimensions of the environment and development problem, paying particular attention to the role of property regimes in understanding the causes and consequences of environmental degradation. Daniel W. Bromley, one of the world’s leading environmental scholars, addresses the conceptual and empirical issues of alternative property rights, institutions and incentives as they relate to environmental resources. Drawing on empirical work, he sheds new light on the pressing problems faced by governments in the developing world as they struggle with the twin challenges of poverty and resource degradation. Throughout the book Professor Bromley pays careful attention to the policy implications and policy formulation of the issues under discussion.
Sustaining Development will be welcomed by environmental and development economists as well as policymakers in both the industrialized and developing world.
The book emphasizes the institutional dimensions of the environment and development problem, paying particular attention to the role of property regimes in understanding the causes and consequences of environmental degradation. Daniel W. Bromley, one of the world’s leading environmental scholars, addresses the conceptual and empirical issues of alternative property rights, institutions and incentives as they relate to environmental resources. Drawing on empirical work, he sheds new light on the pressing problems faced by governments in the developing world as they struggle with the twin challenges of poverty and resource degradation. Throughout the book Professor Bromley pays careful attention to the policy implications and policy formulation of the issues under discussion.
Sustaining Development will be welcomed by environmental and development economists as well as policymakers in both the industrialized and developing world.
Critical Acclaim
‘. . . Read the book. It is worthwhile and highly recommended to all people working in agricultural development and similar fields. The book belongs to the most important publications printed recently.’
– Frithjof Kuhnen, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture
‘. . . the book is a gold mine for those interested in the institutional aspects of development. The author has selected the articles carefully, so that the theme of the book is conveyed in a fruitful manner.’
– Jeena T. Srinivasan, Kyklos
‘. . . it is well worth reading.’
– Neil Adger, Environment
– Frithjof Kuhnen, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture
‘. . . the book is a gold mine for those interested in the institutional aspects of development. The author has selected the articles carefully, so that the theme of the book is conveyed in a fruitful manner.’
– Jeena T. Srinivasan, Kyklos
‘. . . it is well worth reading.’
– Neil Adger, Environment
Contents
Contents: Part I: The Development Problem 1. Sustaining Development 2. Reconstituting Economic Systems 3. On Risk, Transactions, and Economic Development in the Semiarid Tropics 4. Development Reconsidered Part II: Property Regimes in Development Policy 5. The Commons, Common Property and Environmental Policy 6. Property Relations and Economic Development 7. Indigenous Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa 8. Property Rights, Externalities, and Resource Degradation 9. Co-Management or No Management 10. Institutions, Governance and Incentives in Common Property Regimes for African Rangelands 11. Economic Dimensions of Community-Based Conservation 12. The Enclosure Movement Revisited 13. Necessity and Purpose in Chinese Agriculture Part III: Empirical Issues 14. The Village Against the Center 15. The Economics of Cain and Abel 16. Extensification of Agriculture and Deforestation 17. Rainfed Mechanized Farming and Deforestation in Central Sudan 18. Natural Resource Prices, Export Policies, and Deforestation 19. Deforestation Index
