Economics of Sustainable Development: Risk, Resources, and Governance

These 27 articles lay down the foundations of sustainable development in a way that facilitates effective policy design. The editors mix broad thematic papers with focused micro papers, balancing theories with policy designs. The result begins with two sections on sustainable development principles and practice and on specific settings where sustainable development is practiced. Two more sections illuminate institutions, governance, and political economy. Additional sections cover sustainable development and agriculture and risk and economic security, including disaster management. This rich source of information should appeal to any institution involved in development work and to development practitioners grappling with an array of difficult on-the-ground developmental challenges. Analyses highlight policies that move markets and resource use patterns towards achieving sustainabilityArticles are kaleidoscopic in scope and creativityAuthors embody extraordinary diversity and qualifications INDICE:   I. Introduction and Synthesis 1. Principles and Practice of Sustainable Development Analysis: An Overview 2. Foundations of Development Policy Analysis: Personal Reflections II. Resources, Environment and Sustainable Development 3. Resource Management, Sustainable Growth, and Policy Analysis 4. Groundwater Economics 5. Optimal Joint Management of Interdependent Resources: The Case of Groundwater and Kiawe (Prosopis pallida) 6. Win-Win Solutions for Environmental and Economic Development: A case of maize farming in Nan, Thailand 7. Stock and Flow Regulation of Pollution from a Nonrenewable Resource III. Development, Poverty Alleviation and Economic Policy 8. Measuring poverty is getting messier: multidimensional poverty in the Philippines 9. Deviant Behavior: A Century of Philippine Industrialization 10. Regional Integration and Illicit Economy in Fragile Nations: Perspectives from Afghanistan And Myanmar 11. Impact of Ethnic Diversity on Public Goods: A Case of Nepal 12. Poverty Reduction and the Composition of Growth in the Mekong Economies IV. Institutions, Governance and Political Economy 13. The role of institutions in resource use 14. Challenges of Fisheries Reform In Developing Countries 15. Governance beyond Governments: A Multi-stakeholder Approach to Inclusive Commercial Agriculture in Africa 16. Public Choice and the Generalized Resource Curse 17. Land Confiscations and Land Reform In Natural Order States 18. Political Economy of the Development of Agricultural Trade Policy in Thailand 19.Corruption, Transactions Costs and Network Relationships: Governance Challenges for Thailand V. Agricultural Development Policy 20. Trends and Fluctuations in Agricultural Price Distortions 21. Economic Friction in Agricultural Supply Chains in the Philippines 22. Production specialization and market participation of smallholder agricultural households in developing countries 23. Energy and Agriculture: Evolving Dynamics and Future Implications VI. Risk, Vulnerability and Economic Security 24. Agricultural R&D Policy and Long-Run Food Security 25. Stocks and Prices as Indicators of Vulnerability to Spikes 26. Bundling Drought Tolerance & Index Insurance to Reduce Rural Household Vulnerability to Drought 27. Have Natural Disasters Become Deadlier?

• ISBN: 978-0-12-800347-3
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 480
• Fecha Publicación: 12/11/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés