Economic Policy and Sustainable Land Use: Recent Advances in Quantitative Analysis for Developing Countries

by H. Van Keulen and M. Kuiper

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3790813516
• ISBN13: 9783790813517
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Physica-Verlag
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"