Sharing responsibility: co-regulatory policy instruments as a means of achieving industrial sustainable development in south Africa and other developing countries

摘要

Should environmental policy makers in developing countries seek to adopt "self-regulatory" and "co-regulatory" policy instruments? This article identifies a number of institutional and procedural conditions that need to be met if they are to be introduced in countries where there has not been a strong tradition of environmental enforcement. Using South Africa as a case study, it is suggested that sufficient institutional conditions for the establishment of negotiated agreements may already exist or may be appropriately developed.