Sustainable Agriculture in Central America
Sustainable Agriculture in Central America

Author: Jan P. de Groot

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1997-07-14

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 0230378080

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Agricultural development in Central America is based on extensive growth, supported by macroeconomic policies that marginalize small peasants. Deforestation, erosion and resource depletion are particularly severe. This book offers a comprehensive review of the perspectives for state policies and local action to enhance sustainable agriculture. Macroeconomic conditions and institutional arrangements for the establishment of sustainable production systems in different eco-regional settings (hillsides, humid tropics, frontier areas) are discussed, as well as policy instruments to improve property rights, management rules and financial mechanisms to enhance sustainable resource use.

Agrarian Policies in Central America
Agrarian Policies in Central America

Author: W. Pelupessy

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1999-12-13

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0333982703

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Macroeconomic adjustment and sectoral reforms have strongly modified the framework for rural development in Central America. This book offers a structural analysis of agrarian policies in Central America and their impact on production conditions and farmers' welfare.

Structural Adjustment and the Agricultural Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean
Structural Adjustment and the Agricultural Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean

Author: John Weeks

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-01-03

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1349240257

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As a result of the regional debt crisis, most governments of Latin America in the 1980s entered into a process of profound policy change, from an import substitution oriented strategy to a focus upon export-promotion, with an emphasis upon market liberalisation. According to mainstream economic theory, the effect of this shift would be to favour agriculture. This book, with contributors from Latin America and Europe, surveys the results on agriculture of a decade of policy change, and to produce new and unexpected insights.

Macroeconomic Policies for Sustainable Growth
Macroeconomic Policies for Sustainable Growth

Author: Mohan Munasinghe

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2006-05-25

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9781781958049

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'The state-of-the-art studies in this volume are to be warmly welcomed. The authors successfully explore the economic, environmental and social consequences of policy-failures, and identify practical corrective measures.' - Charles Perrings, President, International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) Macroeconomic policies have come under justifiable scrutiny because of their powerful and pervasive impacts throughout the economy. This book examines the sustainability of growth-oriented macroeconomic strategies, starting from early ideas linking macroeconomic policies, growth and sustainability. A comprehensive and up-to-date literature review and theoretical framework are presented, including both macroeconomic and microeconomic analyses of the linkages between the economy and the environment.