Debt-for-nature swaps: Axing the debt instead of the forests

Combining debt reduction with halting deforestation seems to be an attractive way of solving two urgent global problems at the same time at hardly any cost. But this view may be overly optimistic. What are the advantages and the drawbacks of debt-for-nature swaps? Are there any better alternatives?

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Year of publication:	1992
Authors:	Bauer, Antonie ; Illing, Gerhard
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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Series:	Munich Reprints in Economics.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in Intereconomics 1 27(1992): pp. 9-15
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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