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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      August 2019
      September 2019
      ISBN:
      9781316875681
      9781107179264
      9781316635582
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316875681
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.76kg, 458 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.66kg, 458 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Economics, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Economic Development and Growth
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    Economics, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Economic Development and Growth
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    Why is natural resource exploitation not yielding greater benefits for the poor economies? In this second edition of his landmark book, Barbier explores this paradox in three parts. Part I gives a historical review of resource use and development, examining current theories that explain the under-performance of today's resource-abundant economies, and proposing a hypothesis of frontier expansion as an alternative explanation. Part II develops models to analyse the key economic factors underlying land expansion and water use in developing countries. Part III explores further the structural pattern of resource dependency, rural poverty and resource degradation within developing countries, and through illustrative country case studies, proposes policy and institutional reforms necessary for successful resource-based development. First published in 2005, each chapter in this new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with new material, tables, figures and supporting empirical evidence. It will appeal to graduate students and scholars researching environmental and developmental economics.

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