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Economic Policy and Sustainable Land Use
. Ed(S): Heerink, Nico; Keulen, Herman Van; Kuiper, Marijke
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Description for Economic Policy and Sustainable Land Use
Paperback. This is an overview of quantitative approaches to analyse the effects of economic policy reforms on sustainable land use in developing countries. It illustrates advances in modelling approaches at the plot, household, regional and national level. Editor(s): Heerink, Nico; Keulen, Herman van; Kuiper, Marijke. Series: Contributions to Economics. Num Pages: 376 pages, 41 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KCM; RGC; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 559.
Since the 1980s many developing countries have implemented macro-economic policy reforms to curb inflation, reduce fiscal deficits and control foreign debt. The policy instruments used, such as exchange rate adjustment, budget cuts, trade policy reforms, public expenditure reviews and privatisation, have different and sometimes opposite consequences for agricultural land use. During the same period awareness was growing that deteriorating soil quality could become a limiting factor to increase or even sustain agricultural production. As a result, food availability and even accessibility for large population groups in developing countries may be jeopardised in the near future. Recently, quantitative models have made ... Read more
Since the 1980s many developing countries have implemented macro-economic policy reforms to curb inflation, reduce fiscal deficits and control foreign debt. The policy instruments used, such as exchange rate adjustment, budget cuts, trade policy reforms, public expenditure reviews and privatisation, have different and sometimes opposite consequences for agricultural land use. During the same period awareness was growing that deteriorating soil quality could become a limiting factor to increase or even sustain agricultural production. As a result, food availability and even accessibility for large population groups in developing countries may be jeopardised in the near future. Recently, quantitative models have made ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Contributions to Economics
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Heidelberg, Germany
ISBN
9783790813517
SKU
V9783790813517
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