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Debt-for-nature swaps als Instrument zum Umweltschutz und zur Entschuldung der Dritten Welt: Zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe?

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In diesem Beitrag soll aufgezeigt werden, inwiefern die DNS als Finanzierungs- und Umweltschutzinstrument zur Lösung globaler Umweltprobleme und der Schuldenkrise der Dritten Welt und, wie unlängst auch vorgeschlagen (vgl. Schreiber (1988)), in Osteuropa beitragen können. Im nachfolgenden zweiten Abschnitt wird die Funktionsweise der DNS anhand der bisher durchgeführten DNS dargestellt. Dabei wird auch auf die bislang beobachteten technischen Schwächen des Konzepts eingegangen. Der dritte Abschnitt beschäftigt sich mit einem eher konzeptionellen Aspekt der DNS, nämlich der Frage, ob es aus theoretischer Sicht einen kausalen Zusammenhang zwischen einer überhöhten Auslandsverschuldung und Umweltzerstörung in Entwicklungsländern gibt. Der Einsatz der DNS als wirtschaftspolitisches Instrument setzt nämlich die Existenz eines positiven Zusammenhangs voraus. Im vierten Abschnitt wird dann empirisch geprüft, ob die besonders hoch verschuldeten Länder in stärkerem Maß die Zerstörung ihrer natürlichen Ressourcen vorangetrieben haben, wie es das DNS-Konzept eigentlich erfordern würde.

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  • Amelung, Torsten, 1991. "Debt-for-nature swaps als Instrument zum Umweltschutz und zur Entschuldung der Dritten Welt: Zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe?," Kiel Working Papers 476, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
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