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At Loggerheads? - Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, And Environment in

English · Paperback / Softback

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Klappentext Despite the vast number of books and reports on tropical deforestation, there's confusion about the causes of forest loss and forest poverty, and the effectiveness of policy responses. This book seeks to describe ways to reconcile pressures for agricultural expansion in the tropics with the urgent needs for both forest conservation and poverty alleviation. It diagnoses the causes and impacts of forest loss and the reasons for the association of forests with poverty. It looks at how policiesmodulated by local conditionsact simultaneously on deforestation and poverty, creating tradeoffs or complementarities, depending on the situation. The report brings to the surface problems that impede adoption of favorable policies, describing institutional and technological innovations that might help to overcome these impediments. Seeks to describe ways to reconcile pressures for agricultural expansion in the tropics with the urgent needs for both forest conservation and poverty alleviation. This book looks at how policies - modulated by local conditions - act simultaneously on deforestation and poverty, creating tradeoffs or complementarities, depending on the situation.

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Authors Kenneth M. Chomitz, Kenneth M./ Buys Chomitz, World Bank, World Bank Group
Publisher WORLD BANK
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.11.2006
 
EAN 9780821367353
ISBN 978-0-8213-6735-3
No. of pages 304
Dimensions 197 mm x 235 mm x 6 mm
Series World Bank Policy Research Rep
World Bank Policy Research Rep
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food
Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics

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