This paper looks at the relationship /
causality between human and environmental degradation. It
suggests that the cause of environmental degradation may lie
elsewhere,...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV24Date: December 31, 1989Author:
Jagannathan,Narasimham Vijay
The "Colloquium on Disasters,
Sustainability, and Development" brought together
specialists in development, natural disasters and the
environment to explore the lessons...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV23Date: December 31, 1989Author:
Kreimer, Alcira ;
Zador, Michele
Land degradation in the Sahelian
countries of West Africa is widely perceived as a critical
threat to economic development. There is some evidence that
current rates...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV21Date: November 1, 1989Author:
Bishop, Joshua ;
Allen, Jennifer
The management and organization of many
industrial, commercial and other complex modern operations
and the regulation of them in different cultural settings
have not...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV20Date: October 31, 1989Author:
Rasmussen, Jens ;
Batstone, Roger
The report analyses environmental
degradation in Haiti, El Salvador, and Costa Rica in terms
of three categories of cause : allocation, distribution and
scale. The general...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV19Date: September 30, 1989Author:
Foy, George ;
Daly, Herman
Soil erosion is analogous to the
depreciation of man made assets. Unlike the depreciation of
capital assets, however, the effects of soil erosion are not
reflected in...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV18Date: August 31, 1989Author:
Magrath, William ;
Arens, Peter
This paper identifies key sustainability
issues arising in earthquake-related projects financed by
the World Bank and identifies the close connections between
post-earthquake...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: 8949Date: July 31, 1989Author:
Kreimer,Alcira I.
Soil fertility in the northern states of
Nigeria has been maintained over long periods of time by the
use of organic or farmyard manures and fallowing. Under the
impact...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV17Date: July 31, 1989Author:
Mortimore, Michael
This paper shows that general tax
policies, special tax incentives, the rules of land
allocation, and the agricultural credit system all
accelerate deforestation in...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV16Date: April 30, 1989Author:
Binswanger,Hans P.
This paper attempts to analyze
sustainability concepts, such as sustainable growth,
sustainable development and sustainable resource use, in
terms of the conventional...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV15Date: March 31, 1989Author:
Pezzey, John
This paper examines the forces that
determine the allocation of resources which are not subject
to completely private ownership. The paper develops the
distinction between...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV14Date: February 28, 1989Author:
Magrath,William B.
An appropriate measure of sustainable
income should include an estimate of environmental and
natural resource depletion. This paper presents an approach
for measuring...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV13Date: January 31, 1989Author:
Peskin,Henry M.
This paper analyzes the causes, course,
and consequences of human activities that lead to resource
depletion in developing countries and delineates the lessons
to be...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV12Date: November 30, 1988Author:
Myers,Norman
This paper develops a microeconomic
model for agricultural colonists' choices among
resource development options. The model is used to
demonstrate, that under tenurial...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV9Date: October 31, 1988Author:
Southgate, Douglas ;
Pearce, David
This paper is concerned with the
incentives for upland farmers on Java to adopt soil
conservation packages as a means to control erosion and
improve long-term land productivity...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV11Date: October 31, 1988Author:
Barbier,Edward B.
Deforestation threatens the
sustainability of development. Millions of people living in
the tropics depend on forests for their survival. They are a
major source of...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV10Date: October 31, 1988Author:
Spears, John
This paper argues that the problem of
desertification has been poorly characterized in several
ways by public statements, books, magazines and sometimes
scientific articles....
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV8Date: September 30, 1988Author:
Nelson,Ridley
This paper is based principally upon a
review of 115 agriculture and rural development projects
approved between 1983 and 1986. The analysis draws primarily
upon the...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV5Date: June 30, 1988Author:
Barnes, Douglas F. ;
Olivares, Jose
This paper analyzes the impact of
government policies on the magnitude and rate of
deforestation in Brazil's Amazon region. The main
hypothesis is that efforts to slow...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV7Date: June 30, 1988Author:
Mahar,Dennis J.
GDP is essentially a short term measure
of economic activity for which exchange occurs in monetary
terms. It is of limited usefulness to gauge long term
sustainable...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV6Date: June 30, 1988Author:
Lutz, Ernst ;
El Serafy, Salah
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