This paper reviews the shifts in thinking as reflected in eight recent books that discuss deforestation in the Amazon. It looks first at whether the land uses that replace forests are profitable and sustainable without subsidies and then examines how technology, tenure, credit, and roads affect d...
Bolivia's structural adjustment policies, initiated in 1985, increased poverty among certain groups, but this did not lead to widespread migration to the agricultural frontier. Nor did adjustment greatly affect the average area planted in annual crops by small lowland farmers. Structural adjustme...
Kaimowitz, D.
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Thiele, Graham
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Pacheco, P.
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[The effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia]
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The effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia
This article analyzes why it has been easier to promote some types of environmental policy reform in Latin America than others. It first looks at the main groups that might promote such reforms - developed country organizations, the urban middle class, groups that have direct material interests i...
Kaimowitz, D.
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[The political economy of environmental policy reform in Latin America]
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The political economy of environmental policy reform in Latin America
This article analyzes why it has been easier to promote some types of environmental policy reform in Latin America than others. It first looks at the main groups that might promote such reforms - developed country organizations, the urban middle class, groups that have direct material interests i...
Kaimowitz, D.
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[The political economy of environmental policy reform in Latin America]
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The political economy of environmental policy reform in Latin America
As international concern over tropical deforestation has grown over the last ten years, researchers have sought to understand the causes of deforestation and possible solutions using quantitative economic models. This book reviews the results and methodology of over 150 of these models and synthe...
Tacconi, L.
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Moore, P.F.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Fires in tropical forests - what is really the problem?: lessons from Indonesia]
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Fires in tropical forests - what is really the problem?: lessons from Indonesia
Economic theory and empirical evidence suggest that building or improving roads near forests encourage forest clearing for land speculation, agriculture and other activities. Policies used to mitigate the dangers of forest road projects have failed in many countries. Practically all countries now...
This chapter spells out the theoretical framework for the discussion and case studies of the book. First, it provides precise definitions of technological change and classify technological change into different types based on their factor intensities. The discussion starts off with a single farm ...
Angelsen, A.
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Soest, D.P. van
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Kaimowitz, D.
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Bulte, E.
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[Technological change and deforestation: a theoretical overview]
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Technological change and deforestation: a theoretical overview