Environmental and development issues in Latin America: moving forward

For the most part, economic research in Latin America has had a ‘macro’ orientation (e.g., economic growth, monetary and fiscal policy, hyperinflation crisis). This is perfectly understandable because of the macro instability that has affected the entire region for decades and that still remains in...

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Published in:Environment and development economics 2011-06, Vol.16 (3), p.243-245
Main Authors: ALPÍZAR, FRANCISCO, MONTERO, JUAN-PABLO
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate change
Economic development
Economic growth
Economic research
Economic theory
Economics
Environmental economics
Environmental education
Fiscal policy
Green economics
Introduction
Land use
Macroeconomics
Natural resources
Political economy
Pollution
Pollution control
Poverty
Studies
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable water management
Tropical regions
Water markets
Water pollution
Water resources
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Summary:For the most part, economic research in Latin America has had a ‘macro’ orientation (e.g., economic growth, monetary and fiscal policy, hyperinflation crisis). This is perfectly understandable because of the macro instability that has affected the entire region for decades and that still remains in many places. However, the composition of research is gradually changing as more attention is paid to a wider set of problems. Nowadays we see an increasing number of researchers in the region focusing on a variety of economic problems dealing with health, education, poverty alleviation, competition policy and the protection of natural resources and pollution control, among many others. This special issue of Environment and Development Economics presents a small sample of four research papers on these latter topics by researchers in established academic institutions in the region.
ISSN:1355-770X
1469-4395
DOI:10.1017/S1355770X11000118