Structural Adjustment: The Environment and Sustainable Development - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853833517 ISBN 13 : 9781853833519

Editeur : Earthscan Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

This study covers new research and analysis, and focuses on nine in-depth case studies. The book looks at the complex links between macroeconomic policies, social impacts and environmental outcomes and examines the alternatives to structural adjustment programmes(SAPs). The work updates information from the book Structural Adjustment and the Environment and includes further analysis into the effects of SAPs from a wide range of academics and policy-makers.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a pioneering study which should serve as a model for future research and will to a wide audience' Dharam Ghai, Director United Nations Research Institute for Social Development Structural Adjustment and the Environment (Earthscan, 1992) was the first book to fully examine the effects of 'structural adjustment programmes the economic reform policies required by the World Bank and IMF as part of their lending operations with borrowing countries. To widespread Critical acclaim it exposed the damaging environmental and social effects of structural adjustment policies, and called for a thorough revision of the then-current development policy. This new work; Structural Adjustment, the Environment and sustainable Development is a major step forward in the study of structural adjustment policies. It looks in detail at new research and analysis into their effects, and incorporates recent studies by a wide range of academics and policy-makers, leading experts and institutes. Focusing on nine in-depth case studies, the book examines the complex links between macroeconomic policies, social impacts and environmental outcomes, and takes a forward-looking perspective in outlining the alternatives to current structural adjustment policies. Review quotes for Structural Adjustment and the Environment 'Should be essential reading for all students of development' Third World Planning Review 'Breaks new ground in the debate on structural adjustment generally. and in the environment/development debate' International Affairs 'The most substantial contribution to date to what is undoubtedly an important area' Development and Change David Reed is director of the Macroeconomics for Sustainable Development Programme of WWF International, and editor of Structural Adjustment and the Environment (Earthscan, 1992). Originally published in 1996

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Earthscan Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1853833517
• ISBN 13: 9781853833519
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Reed David
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• Personne responsable: non disponible