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The Role of Economic Incentives for Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries

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Economic Progress and Environmental Concerns

Part of the book series: A Publications of the Egon-Sohmen-Foundation ((EGON-SOHMEN))

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Abstract

The costs that environmental degradation imposes on developing economies are considered significant. However, these costs are difficult to assess. The impacts of environmental degradation often occur externally to any market system and involve complex processes of ecological-economic interaction. Both the economic causes and effects of environmental degradation are difficult to discern and analyze in developing countries.

I am grateful to Bruce Aylward, Joshua Bishop, Joanne Burgess, Johann Holmberg and Anil Markandya for their constructive comments. All errors and omissions are of course mine alone.

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Barbier, E.B. (1993). The Role of Economic Incentives for Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries. In: Giersch, H. (eds) Economic Progress and Environmental Concerns. A Publications of the Egon-Sohmen-Foundation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78074-5_7

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