Economics has played an increasingly important role in shaping policy, in the United States and elsewhere. This chapter reviews some of the dimensions of the economic approach to analyzing, understanding, and developing solutions to the problem of climate change. We then turn to the issue of...

The use of economic instruments has drawn increased attention as a tool for both lessening the size of the solid waste management problem and improving upon the delivery of solid waste collection and disposal services.

Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Medio Ambiente del Diálogo Regional de Política para la 3ra Reunión La Aplicación de Instrumentos Económicos para la Gestión del Agua y Residuos Sólidos celebrada el días 25 y 26 de febrero de 2003. La utilización de instrumentos...