Somalia's natural capital is under substantial pressure from inappropriate land uses, conflict, and climate change. In its Ninth National Development Plan (Somalia NDP-9), the government of Somalia has identified vulnerability to environmental shocks as one of the six major causes of poverty....

Introduction: the economy and the environment -- Changing perspectives on the environment -- Resources, environment, and economic development -- Economic analysis of environmental issues -- The theory of environmental externalities -- Common property resources and public goods -- Resource...