Bücher der Reihe Environmental and Resource Economics Set

Examines 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. This book also examines the complex links between macroeconomic policies, social impacts and environmental outcomes.

Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land. They vary from the hyper-arid regions of the classic deserts of Africa and Asia to the more common semi-arid and sub-humid areas that support extensive agricultural systems dependent on rainfall or irrigation. This book surveys a wide range of drylands and their resources.

It has always been thought that some level of pollution and waste is unavoidable in development projects. But no one has made much effort to quantify and assess the extent of this sort of damage. This book proposes a means of constructing economic evaluations of the impacts of development projects on the environments in which they are constructed.

Considers the multiplicity of economic and social functions fulfilled by ensuring that elephant herds survive, tourism, a variety of ecological purpose and, finally, as a source of ivory. This book shows how the careful management of elephants as a resource can best serve African interests.