Environmental economics for sustainable growth: A handbook for practitioners

摘要

'Environmental issues are not a luxury for the rich.' (Foreword, page xxi). The book is designed primarily for trainers and practitioners, and for government advisors involved in formulating and implementing environmental policies in developing countries and economies in transition. The handbook is in two parts, 'Part I - Economy-wide policies and the environment' has chapters on: sustainable development vision in a global context; macroeconomic policies and the environment; sectoral policies and the environment; policies, instruments and the environment; laws, regulations and institutions; national environmental strategies; and economy-wide policies and the valuation of environmental impacts. The overall objective of Part I is to link economy-wide policies, both macroeconomic and sectoral, with the environment.