Economic Instruments for Environmental Management

This volume presents the results of a three-year collaborative effort involving research institutions in Africa Asia Europe and Latin America. Case studies demonstrate the diversity of environmental problems to which a variety of economic instruments can be applied - air and water pollution packaging deforestation over-grazing wildlife. They also show what is needed for them to work successfully and the pitfalls to avoid in introducing them providing guidance for future applications. Written to be accessible to non-economists the book offers source material for students and academic economists as well as for professionals working with economic instruments.