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Policy Research Working Papers: Abstracts

Environmentally sustainable development

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2129. Agricultural Extension: Generic Challenges and Some Ingredients for Solutions
Gershon Feder, Anthony Willett, and Willem Zijp

2124. Social Exclusion and Land Administration in Orissa, India
Robin Mearns and Saurabh Sinha

2123. Access to Land in Rural India
Robin Mearns

2119. Tax Deductions, Environmental Policy, and the "Double Dividend" Hypothesis
Ian Parry and Antonio Bento

2098. Reconsidering the Evidence on Returns to T&V Extension in Kenya
Madhur Gautam and Jock R. Anderson

2090. Risks, Lessons Learned, and Secondary Markets for Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Donald F. Larson and Paul Parks

2086. Deregulating Technology Transfer in Agriculture: Reform's Impact on Turkey in the 1980s
David Gisselquist and Carl Pray

2084. Future Inequality in Carbon Dioxide Emissions and the Projected Impact of Abatement Proposals
Mark T. Heil and Quentin T. Wodon

2078. Valuing Mortality Reductions in India: A Study of Compensating-Wage Differentials
Nathalie B. Simon, Maureen L. Cropper, Anna Alberini, and Seema Arora(March 1999)

2040. Making Negotiated Land Reform Work: Initial Experience from Brazil, Colombia, and South Africa
Klaus Deininger

2029. Small Manufacturing Plants, Pollution, and Poverty: New Evidence from Brazil and Mexico
Susmita Dasgupta, Robert E.B. Lucas, and David Wheeler

2019. The Effects on Developing Countries of the Kyoto Protocol and Carbon Dioxide Emissions Trading
A. Denny Ellerman, Henry D. Jacoby, and Annelene Decaux

2014. Land Institutions and Land Markets
Klaus Deininger and Gershon Feder

2002. Accounting for Toxicity Risks in Pollution Control: Does It Matter?
Susmita Dasgupta, Benoit Laplante, and Craig Meisner

1975. Acting Globally While Thinking Locally: Is the Global Environment Protected by Transport Emission Control Programs?
Gunnar S. Eskeland and Jian Xie

1971. Promoting Better Logging Practices in Tropical Forests
Marco Boscolo and Jeffrey R. Vincent

1966. Sulfur Dioxide Control by Electric Utilities: What Are the Gains from Trade?
Curtis Carlson, Dallas Burtraw, Maureen Cropper, and Karen L. Palmer

1961. Protecting the Environment and the Poor: A Public Goods Framework Applied to Indonesia
Gunnar S. Eskeland and Chingying Kong

1932. Air Pollution and Health Effects: A Study of Respiratory Illness Among Children in Santiago, Chile
Bart D. Ostro, Gunnar S. Eskeland, Tarhan Feyziogly, and Jose Miguel Sanchez

1931. The Cost and Performance of Paid Agricultural Extension Services: The Case of Agricultural Technology Transfer in Nicaragua
Arial Dinar and Gabriel Keynan

1915. Distortionary Effects of State Trading in Agriculture: Issues for the Next Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
Merlinda Ingco and Francis Ng

1910. Capital Outflow from the Agriculture Sector in Thailand
Junichi Yamada

1909. Capital Market Responses to Environmental Performance in Developing Countries
Susmita Dasgupta, Benôit Laplante, and Nlandu Mamingi

1877. What Improves Environmental Performance? Evidence from Mexican Industry
Susmita Dasgupta, Hemamala Hettige, and David Wheeler

1876. Industral Pollution in Economic Development (Kuznets Revisited)
Hemamala Hettige, Muthukumara Mani, and David Wheeler

1860. The Health Effects of Air Pollution in Delhi, India
Maureen L. Cropper, Nathalie B. Simon, Anna Alberini, and P.K. Sharma

1856. Surviving Success: Policy Reform and the Future of Industrial Pollution in China
Susmita Dasgupta, Hua Wang, and David Wheeler

1827. The Determinants of Agricultural Production: A Cross-Country Analysis
Yair Mundlak, Don Larson, and Ritz Butzer

1811. Agricultural Development: Issues, Evidence, and Consequences
Yair Mundlak, Donald F. Larson, and Al Crego

1810. Inspections and Emissions in India: Puzzling Survey Evidence about Industrial Pollution
Sheoli Pargal, Muthukumara Mani, and Mainul Huq

1797. Formal and Informal Regulation of Industrial Pollution: Comparative Evidence from Indonesia and the United States
Sheoli Pargal, Hemamala Hettige, Manjula Singh, and David Wheeler

1788. An Economic Analysis of Woodfuel Management in the Sahel: The Case of Chad
Kenneth M. Chomitz and Charles Griffiths

1779. Water Allocation Mechanisms: Principles and Examples
Ariel Dinar, Mark W. Rosegrant, and Ruth Meinzen-Dick

1776. From Prices to Incomes: Agricultural Subsidization without Protection?
John Baffes and Jacob Meerman

1772. What Drives Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? Evidence from Satellite and Socioeconomic Data
Alexander S. P. Pffaf

1765. Explaining Agricultural and Agrarian Policies in Developing Countries
Hans P. Binswanger and Klaus Deininger

1761. Bending the Rules: Discretionary Pollution Control in China
Susmita Dasgupta, Mainul Huq, and David Wheeler

1757. Using Economic Policy to Improve Environmental Protection in Pakistan
Rashid Faruqee

1756. World Crude Oil Resources: Evidence from Estimating Supply Functions for 41 Countries
G. C. Watkins and Shane Streifel

1754. Research on Land Markets in South Asia: What Have We Learned?
Rashid Faruqee and Kevin Carey

1753 Can Capital Markets Create Incentives for Pollution Control?
Paul Lanoie, Benoît Laplante, and Maité Roy

1744. Moving to Greener Pastures? Multinationals and the Pollution-haven Hypothesis
Gunnar S. Eskeland and Ann E. Harrison

1726. Roads, Population Pressures, and Deforestation in Thailand, 1976-89
Maureen Cropper, Charles Griffiths, and Muthukumara Mani

1718. Does Environmental Regulation Matter? Determinants of the Location of New Manufacturing Plants in India in 1994
Muthukumara Mani, Sheoli Pargal, and Mainul Huq

1710. Why Paper Mills Clean Up: Determinants of Pollution Abatement in Four Asian Countries
Raymond S. Hartman, Mainul Huq, and David Wheeler

1704. Citizen Complaints as Environmental Indicators: Evidence from China
Susmita Dasgupta and David Wheeler

1701. Monitoring Environmental Standards: Do Local Conditions Matter?
Catherine Dion, Paul Lanoie, and Benoît Laplante

1672. Controlling Industrial Pollution: A New Paradigm
Shakeb Afsah, Benoît Laplante, and David Wheeler

1666. Is Growth in Bangladesh's Rice Production Sustainable?
John Baffes and Madhur Gautam

1645. How Prices and Macroeconomic Policies Affect Agricultural Supply and the Environment
Nlandu Mamingi

1630. Water Pollution Abatement by Chinese Industry: Cost Estimates and Policy Implications
Susmita Dasgupta, Mainul Huq, David Wheeler, and Chonghua Zhang

1569. Improving Water Resource Management in Bangladesh
Rashid Faruqee and Yusuf A. Choudhry

1557. Electricity Demand in Asia and the Effects on Energy Supply and the Investment Environment
Masayasu Ishiguro and Takamasa Akiyama

1554. Rationing Can Backfire: The "Day Without a Car" in Mexico City
Gunnar S. Eskeland and Tarhan Feyzioglu

1548. The Relationship Between Farm Size and Efficiency in South African Agriculture
Johan van Zyl, Hans Binswanger, and Colin Thirtle

1547. Testing the Induced Innovation Hypothesis in South African Agriculture (An Error Correction Approach)
Colin Thirtle, Robert Townsend, and Johan van Zyl

1498. Decentralized Rural Development and Enhanced Community Participation: A Case Study from Northeast Brazil
Johan van Zyl, Tulio Barbosa, Andrew N. Parker, and Loretta Sonn

1494. Adjustment and Poverty in Mexican Agriculture: How Farmers' Wealth Affects Supply Respons
Ramón López, John Nash, and Julie Stanton

1491. Equilibrium Incentives for Adopting Cleaner Technology Under Emissions Pricing
Peter W. Kennedy and Benoit Laplante

1474. Are Stable Agreements for Sharing International River Waters Now Possible?
D. Marc Kilgour and Ariel Dinar

1468. Government's Role in Pakistan Agriculture: Major Reforms are Needed
Rashid Faruqee

1453. Air Pollution and Mortality: Results from Santiago, Chile
Bart Ostro, Jose Miguel Sanchez, Carlos Aranda, and Gunnar S. Eskeland

1448. Environmental Regulation and Development: A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis
Susmita Dasgupta, Ashoka Mody, Subhendu Roy, and David Wheeler

1447. Environmental Inspections and Emissions of the Pulp and Paper Industry: The Case of Quebec
Benoît Laplante and Paul Rilstone

1446. Review of Integrated Approaches to River Basin Planning, Development, and Management
Donna J. Lee and Ariel Dinar

1444. Roads, Lands, Markets, and Deforestation: A Spatial Model of Land Use in Belize
Kenneth M. Chomitz and David A. Gray

1442. Energy Price Increases in Developing Countries: Case Studies of Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, and Zimbabwe
Einar Hope and Balbir Singh

1437. Travel Mode Substitution in Saõ Paulo: Estimates and Implications for Air Pollution Control
Joffre Swait and Gunnar S. Eskeland

1431. The Industrial Pollution Projection System
Hemamala Hettige, Paul Martin, Manjula Singh, and David Wheeler

1417. Uncertainty and Global Warming: An Option-Pricing Approach to Policy
Andrea Baranzini, Marc Chesney, and Jacques Morisset

1416. Informal Regulation of Industrial Pollution in Developing Countries: Evidence from Indonesia
Sheoli Pargal and David Wheeler

1407. Pakistan's Agriculture Sector: Is 3 to 4 Percent Annual Growth Sustainable?
Rashid Faruqee


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