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Natural resource degradation effects of poverty and population growth are largely policy-induced: the case of Colombia

The sustainability of natural resource use is influenced by population pressure, but this exercises a much less critical impact than the overall policy framework. In Colombia, various agricultural and other policies whose effect is to constrain the poor's access to land encourage environmental degradation. A case is made in favour of the new land reform process that Colombia is launching.
Year of publication:
1996
Authors: Heath, John ; Binswanger, Hans
Published in:
Environment and Development Economics. - Cambridge University Press. - Vol. 1.1996, 01, p. 65-84
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Description of contents: Abstract [journals.cambridge.org]
Type of publication: Article
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005063065
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