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Environmental and Resource Economics in the World of the Poor by Partha Dasgupta
The author explains his views on why traditional environmental and resource economics has not met the needs of the developing world. The gaps between haves and have-nots are so great, says Dasgupta, that many of our basic premises are mistaken or irrelevant in other international contexts. Thus he believes that the environmental economics to be found in the literature in the North cannot much resonate in the South. This breach helps explain the exclusion of environmental concerns from economic modelling in poor nations, causing a gap in development economics and the understanding of poverty which deepens economic and environmental peril.
The author establishes important connections between poverty, high fertility and malnourishment with environmental damage and civic disconnection. For example, communal ownership is common in poor rural areas. Democratic decision making allows affected parties to make their own decisions. Such self-determination often results in more careful use of resources, yet democracy is too rarely found in these areas. High birthrates also help lock communities into poverty and resource degradation. Dasgupta discusses the interrelationships among such varied factors. |
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| Author(s) : Partha Dasgupta | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0915707918 | ISBN-13 : 9780915707911 |
| RRP : £6.50 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 14/02/1998
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page Length : 40mm
Page Size : 229mm