Environment and Development Economics: Essays in Honour of Sir Partha Dasgupta

This book honours Partha Dasgupta, and the field he helped establish; environment and development economics. It concerns the relationship between social systems (to include families, local communities, national economies, and the world as a whole) and natural systems (critical ecosystems, forests, water resources, mineral deposits, pollution, fisheries, and the Earth's climate). Above all, it concerns the poverty-environment nexus: the complex pathways by which people become or remain poor, and resources become or remain overexploited. With contributions by some of the world's leading economists, including five recipients of the Nobel Prize in Economics, in addition to scholars based in developing countries, this volume offers a unique perspective on the environmental issues that matter most to developing countries. Contributors to this volume - Krister Andersson, University of Colorado, Boulder Manel Antelo, University of Santiago de Compostela Kenneth J. Arrow, Stanford University Jean-Marie Baland, University of Namur Scott Barrett, Columbia University Kanchan Chopra, formerly at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi Sanghamitra Das, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Shantayanan Devarajan, World Bank Paul R. Ehrlich, Stanford University Clark Gibson, University of California, San Diego Karl-Goran Maler, Stockholm School of Economics Peter J. Hammond, University of Warwick A.K.Enamul Haque, United International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh Rashid Hassan, University of Pretoria Geoffrey Heal, Columbia Business School Albert N. Honlonkou, Ecole Nationale d'Economie Appliquee et de Management of Universite d'Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Benin Zakir Hossain Khan, Transparency International, Bangladesh Simon A. Levin, Princeton University Eric Maskin, Harvard University Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University Mani Nepal, South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics The Late Elinor Ostrom Rosalina Palanca-Tan, Ateneo de Manila University Krishna P. Pant, National Agriculture Research and Development Fund, Kathmandu, Nepal Subhrendu K. Pattanayak, Duke University Shubhayu Saha, US Centers for Disease Control Barendra Sahoo, CTRAN Consulting Karnjana Sanglimsuwam, Bangkok University Amita Shah, Gujarat Institute of Development Research Sujai Shivakumar, National Research Council, The National Academies Priya Shyamsundar, South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics Erin O. Sills, North Carolina State University Ashok Singha, CTRAN Consulting Robert Solow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology David Starrett, Stanford University Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University U. Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia Min B. M. Thakuri, Practical Action, Kathmandu, Nepal Sebastian Villasante, University of Santiago de Compostela