Institutions for Environmental Aid - Pitfalls and Promise

The authors of this carefully planned collaboration observe that although there is some evidence of effectiveness, conflicts of interests within and between states (and involving nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations) are frequently debilitating; successful initiatives result from a combination of favorable constellations of interests and creative, dedicated leadership.

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Considers the discrepancy in levels of environmental quality between rich and poor countries. The effectiveness of international institutions designed to facilitate the transfer of resources from richer to poorer countries is evaluated in this text.

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• Authors: Robert O. Keohane, Robert O. Levy Keohane
• Assisted by: Nazli Choucri (Editor), Les Gasser (Editor), Robert O. Keohane (Editor), Robert O. (Princeton University) Keohane (Editor), Marc A. Levy (Editor)
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.06.1996
• EAN: 9780262611206
• ISBN: 978-0-262-61120-6
• No. of pages: 431
• Series: Global Environmental Accord (P; Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation; Institutions for Environmental Aid; Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation; Global Environmental Accord: S
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education