Документы и доклады
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The global environmental benefits of land degradation control on agricultural land - global overlays program (Английский)
The note focuses on the global effects of land degradation, but emphasizes other important levels of land degradation: at the field level, it may result in reduced productivity; at the national level...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 20321 Дата подготовки документа: 31 января 1999 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Pagiola,Stefano P.
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The greening of economic policy reform (Vol. 1 of 2) : Principles (Английский)
This report, in two volumes, addresses environmental impacts stemming from economy-wide policy reforms, and seeks to clarify the nature of the economic, physical, institutional, and cultural aspects of...
Типу документа: Исследования по вопросам внешней торговли, ПИИ и движению капитала Номер отчета: 16339 Дата подготовки документа: 28 февраля 1997 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Warford,Jeremy James,Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan,Cruz,Wilfrido
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The greening of economic policy reform (Vol. 2 of 2) : Case studies (Английский)
This report, in two volumes, addresses environmental impacts stemming from economy-wide policy reforms, and seeks to clarify the nature of the economic, physical, institutional, and cultural aspects of...
Типу документа: Исследования по вопросам внешней торговли, ПИИ и движению капитала Номер отчета: 16339 Дата подготовки документа: 28 февраля 1997 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Warford,Jeremy James,Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan,Cruz,Wilfrido
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Mainstreaming biodiversity in agricultural development - toward good practice : global overlays program (Английский)
This study looks at the role of agriculture in the decline of biodiversity. It first looks at the conflicts and complementaries between agriculture and biodiversity, touching on global trends, interactions...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 16332 Дата подготовки документа: 28 февраля 1997 года Автор: Pagiola,Stefano P.,Kellenberg,John,Vidaeus,Lars O.,Srivastava,Jitendra P.
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Global climate change : economic and policy issues (Английский)
This volume, "Global climate change: economic and policy issues," contains three papers dealing with key issues and options relating to the economic and policy aspects of global warming. The authors of...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 15317 Дата подготовки документа: 31 декабря 1995 года Автор: Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan
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Costs, benefits, and farmer adoption of agroforestry : project experience in Central America and the Caribbean (Английский)
Developing countries are facing major challenges to their rural land use, including deforestation, increasing scarcity of tree products, and environmental degradation on fragile agricultural lands. One...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 15334 Дата подготовки документа: 31 декабря 1995 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Current, Dean,Lutz,Ernst,Scherr,Sara,UNDP
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Government and the economy on the Amazon frontier (Английский)
This report illuminates the special characteristics of the overall political-economic context confronting governments on the Amazon frontier as the current pattern of development often results in violent...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 14987 Дата подготовки документа: 31 августа 1995 года Автор: Schneider,Robert R.
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Valuing tropical forests : methodology and case study of Madagascar (Английский)
The loss of large areas of tropical forests has become a major concern of the world community. Although there are many causes of tropical deforestation and forest degradation, an important cause appears...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 14980 Дата подготовки документа: 31 августа 1995 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Kramer,Randall A.,Sharma,Narendra P.,Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan
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Economywide policies and the environment : lessons from experience (Английский)
Although economywide policies are not directed explicitly towards influencing the quality of the natural environment, they may, affect it for good or bad. Such policies include: altering exchange or interest...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 14033 Дата подготовки документа: 31 января 1995 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Munasinghe, Mohan,Cruz, Wilfrido
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Alternative policies for the control of air pollution in Poland (Английский)
Like other Central European countries, Poland faces the twin challenges of improving environmental quality while also promoting economic development. This study examines the cost of achieving alternative...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 13036 Дата подготовки документа: 31 марта 1994 года Автор: Bates, Robin,Cofala, Janusz,Toman, Michael
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Poverty, institutions, and the environmental - resource base (Английский)
This paper relies on empirical material drawn from anthropology, demography, economics, and the environmental sciences for identifying possible links between rural poverty, fertility behavior, and the...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 13031 Дата подготовки документа: 31 марта 1994 года Автор: Dasgupta,Partha Sarathi,Maler, Karl-Goran
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Incorporating environmental concerns into power sector decisionmaking : a case study of Sri Lanka (Английский)
This case study of Sri Lanka seeks to demonstrate how environmental concerns can be incorporated into the planning stage of power sector development. The techniques and procedures are designed to complement...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 12966 Дата подготовки документа: 31 марта 1994 года Автор: Meier,Peter,Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan
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Economic and institutional analyses of soil conservation projects in Central America and the Caribbean (Английский)
The work presented in this report was motivated by an interest in understanding the extent of soil degradation in Central America and the Caribbean, in knowing how farmers are in general responding to...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 13010 Дата подготовки документа: 31 марта 1994 года Автор: Lutz,Ernst,Pagiola,Stefano P.,Reiche, Carlos [editors]
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Land resource management in Machakos District, Kenya : 1930-1990 (Английский)
An issue which has generated much concern has been the potential link between low incomes and resource degradation. This report presents the results of a study which investigated this question. Machakos...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 12888 Дата подготовки документа: 28 февраля 1994 года Автор: English,John C.,Tiffen, Mary,Mortimore, Michael
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Trees, land, and labor (Английский)
This survey describes the factors that affect tree cultivation and clearance by Kenyan farmers. These factors include agricultural conditions, product markets, the family life cycle, income, and changing...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 29819 Дата подготовки документа: 1 декабря 1993 года Автор: Dewees,Peter A.
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Environmental economics and sustainable development (Английский)
Environment and development are no longer considered mutually exclusive by governments and developmental agencies. It is now recognized that a healthy environment is essential to sustainable growth. This...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 12371 Дата подготовки документа: 31 июля 1993 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan
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Sustainable development concepts : an economic analysis (Английский)
The decade of the 1980s has witnessed a fundamental change in the way governments and development agencies think about environment and development. The two are no longer regarded as mutually exclusive...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 11425 Дата подготовки документа: 30 ноября 1992 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Pezzey, John
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Conservation of west and central African rainforests (Английский)
The fundamental change in thinking over the past decade, which has brought the whole environmental aspect of development to the fore, has resulted from an increasing recognition of the interdependence...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 11384 Дата подготовки документа: 31 октября 1992 года Автор: Cleaver,Kevin M.,Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan,Dyson,Mary B.,Egli, Nicolas,Peuker,Axel R.,Wencelius, Francois [editors],IUCN