Natural resources and economic development

Natural Resources and Economic Development is the first comprehensive analysis of natural resource use and economic development in poor countries. It explores the reasons why natural resource exploitation is not yielding greater benefits to the economies of Africa, Asia and Latin America, and propos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barbier, Edward, 1957- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2005.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38395289*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Natural resources and developing countries : an overview
  • 2. Natural resource-based economic development in history
  • 3. Does natural resource dependence hinder economic development?
  • 4. Frontier expansion and economic development
  • 5. Explaining land use change in developing countries
  • 6. The economics of land conversion
  • 7. Does water availability constrain economic development?
  • 8. Rural poverty and resource degradation
  • 9. Can frontier-based development be successful?
  • 10. Policies for sustainable resource-based development in poor economies.