Developing countries and GEP?

2006-02-01 Thread Paul Steinberg
On developing countries generally, a number of references can be found on the Comparative Environmental Politics website: http://www.humsoc.hmc.edu/paulweb/CEP2.html On the role of developing countries in international environmental relations, one could pair: - Beth DeSombre, on how the structure

Fwd: Please distribute job announcement

2006-02-01 Thread Ronald Mitchell
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Re: Developing countries and GEP?

2006-02-01 Thread Kate O'Neill
Let me also recommend (along with Martinez-Alier, Guha et al): Arun Agrawal, Environmentality: Technologies of Government and the Making of Subjects (Duke UP, 2005) - a study, based in Northern India of how communities "internalize" environmentalism - the first chapter, which tells the basic s

Re: Developing countries and GEP?

2006-02-01 Thread Jennifer Clapp
Here are some suggestions of articles that may be of use Poverty and the Environment Akin Mabogunje, "Poverty and Environmental Degradation: Challenges Within the Global Economy", Environment, Vol.44, No.1, 2002, pp.9-18. Tanvi Nagpal, "Voices from the Developing World: Progress Toward Sus

Re: developing countries & GEP

2006-02-01 Thread Ruba Marshood
Dear Beth, Lilian, Kia and All:   In your searches, may I recommend that you also look for (eco)-tourism establishment, protected areas and conflict in the less developed countries. Generally, I find issues of developing countries and GEP to be ingrained in such issues as outside interest in the na

Re: developing countries & GEP - BIC-USA

2006-02-01 Thread Joseph Domask
All, Many of you have might also be familliar with the Bank Information Center (BIC). They have a good number of information sources on these issues, though specifically focused on the multilateral development banks.  See them at:  http://www.bicusa.org  Joseph Domask On 2/1/06, Raul Pacheco <

Re: developing countries & GEP

2006-02-01 Thread Ken Cousins
I apologize if this has already been suggested, but the infamous Summers Memo (copy attached) always starts a rollicking discussion. Regards, Ken Cousins Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda Department of Government and Politics University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 T: 301-405-

Fwd: Re: Developing countries and GEP?

2006-02-01 Thread Raul Pacheco
> > Liliana, Beth (and all), > > I know it'll sound as though I'm tooting my own horn, but I wrote a book > chapter where I describe the challenges of sustainable development in Mexico, > and talk about the poverty hypothesis (poverty vis-a-vis sustainable > development). I'll be happy to email

Re: developing countries & GEP

2006-02-01 Thread Kevin Gallagher
Hi folks, The two classic works of the JPE of GEP are the following: Juan Martinez Alier's Environmentalism of the Poor: A Study of Ecological Conflicts and Valuation James Boyce, The Political Economy of the Environment KG At 07:22 AM 2/1/2006, Raul Pacheco wrote: Dear all, I ran a search

Re: developing countries & GEP

2006-02-01 Thread Raul Pacheco
Dear all, I ran a search through my EndNote database using "developing countries" as keywords. Here's what I found. Desai, U., Ed. (1998). Ecological Policy and Politics in Developing Countries. Economic Growth, Democracy and Environment. SUNY Series in International Environmental Policy and T

developing countries & GEP

2006-02-01 Thread Kai N. Lee
To add to Beth & Liliana's requests: I am looking for a discussion of the way that international donors (including IMF and the Bank, but going beyond) shape the domestic environmental capacities of developing countries. I am in Accra, Ghana, and the main trunk roads are well built and maintained.