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Valuing the environment in developing countries : case studies

Pearce, Corin (contributor); Palmer, Charles (contributor); … - 2002

In this book, the first of two volumes, the authors provide detailed case studies of valuation techniques that have been used in developing countries. They demonstrate that valuation works and that it can yield significant insights into policy-relevant issues regarding conservation and economic...

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Shrimp farming and mangrove loss in Thailand

Suthawan Sathirathai (contributor); … - 2004

Through in-depth case studies of local communities in four distinct coastal areas in Southern Thailand, the authors are able to assess objectively the underlying economic causes, and consequences, of mangrove deforestation due to the expansion of shrimp farms

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Explorations in environmental and natural resource economics : essays in honor of Gardner M. Brown, Jr

Layton, David, F. (contributor); … - 2006

Gardner M. Brown, Jr. has been a leading innovator in the development of environmental and natural resource economics. This book comprises essays written in his honor by some of the most distinguished economists working in this field

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Valuing complex natural resource systems : the case of the Lagoon of Venice

Alberini, Anna (contributor); … - 2006

In complex natural resource systems, modifications or disruptions tend to affect many and diverse components of the ecological system, settlements and groups of people. This book uses the Lagoon of Venice-- a unique natural resource, wildlife habitat, centre of cultural heritage and recreational...

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Climate change and the economics of the world's fisheries : examples of small pelagic stocks

Barange, Manuel (contributor); … - 2006

To date, research on the economic implications of climate change on fisheries has been both limited and fragmented. The …1. Global warming, small pelagic fisheries and risk / Ragnar Arnason -- 2. The collapse of the Norwegian herring … fisheries in the 1960s and 1970s : crisis, adaptation and recovery / Torbjørn Lorentzen and Rögnvaldur Hannesson -- 3. Sharing …

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Institutional economics and fisheries management : the case of Pacific tuna

Petersen, Elizabeth H. - 2006

providing an analysis of fisheries management in the context of new institutional economics …

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Economic liberalization, distribution, and poverty : Latin America in the 1990s

Taylor, Lance (contributor); Vos, Rob (contributor); … - 2002

Since the late 1980s, almost all Latin American countries have undergone a series of far-reaching economic reforms, particularly in the areas of financial and capital account liberalization and trade. This book provides a comparative and analytical framework for assessing the impact of these...

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China's new industrialization strategy : was Chairman Mao really necessary?

Kueh, Y. Y. - 2008

-door policy. Deng basically shared Mao's aspirations and approach in pursuit of China's industrialization, and this had in fact …'s industrialization -- pt. 4. The new industrialization strategy -- pt. 5. From Autarky to the WTO …

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Stabilization and adjustment in Egypt : reform or de-industrialization

ʿAbd al-Khāliq, Jūdah - 2001

. ERSAP and industrialization : concluding remarks …

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Competitiveness, technology and skills

Lall, Sanjaya - 2001

development and export competitiveness -- 7. Technological change and industrialization in the Asian newly industrializing …

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