The economic costs of desertification: a first survey of some cases in Africa

This paper presents six studies made on the economic costs of desertification and land degradation in 11 African countries. It presents the main methods used for these macro valuations and their limits. It gives the results obtained and discuss on the concrete implications, for example, in terms of rural investments of such an exercise.

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Requier-Desjardins, Melanie
Published in:	International Journal of Sustainable Development. - Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, ISSN 0960-1406. - Vol. 9.2006, 2, p. 199-209
Publisher:	Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Subject:	desertification costs \| Africa \| environmental valuation \| land degradation \| sustainable development \| economic costs \| rural investment \| sustainable management

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Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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