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 And Natural Systems. Above All, It Concerns The Poverty-environment Nexus: The Complex Pathways By Which People Become Or Remain Poor, And Resources Become Or Remain Overexploited. Partha Dasgupta's Contributions To Environment And Development Economics / Scott Barrett, Karl-göran Mäler, And Eric Maskin -- Learning, Growth, And Development : A Lecture In Honor Of Sir Partha Dasgupta / Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Some Perspectives On Linked Ecosystems And Socioeconomic Systems / Kenneth J. Arrow, Paul R. Ehrlich, And Simon A. Levin -- An Institutional Analysis Of Development Cooperation / Elinor Ostrom, Clark Gibson, Sujai Shivakumar, And Krister Andersson -- Climate Change, Cookstoves, And Coughs And Colds : Thinking Global And Acting Locally In Rural Nepal / Krishna P. Pant, Subhrendu K. Pattanayak, And Min B. Malla Thakuri ; Comments By Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Red Wells Or Green Wells And Does It Matter? : Examining Household Use Of Arsenic-contaminated Water In Bangladesh / A.k. Enamul Haque, Zakir H. Khan, Mani Nepal, And Priya Shyamsundar ; Comments By David Starrett -- Forest Degradation In The Himalayas : Determinants And Policy Options / Jean-marie Baland, Sanghamitra Das, And Dilip Mookherjee ; Comments By Geoffrey Heal -- An Optimal Contract For Monitoring Illegal Exploitation Of Co-managed Forests In Benin / Albert N. Honlonkou And Rashid Hassan ; Comments By Eric Maskin -- Why Cooperation Is Better : The Gains To Cooperative Management Of The Argentine Shortfin Squid Fishery In South America / Sebastián Villasante, U. Rashid Sumaila, And Manel Antelo ; Comments By Peter Hammond -- Occupational And Environmental Health Impacts From Mining In Orissa, India / Karnjana Sanglimsuwan, Erin O. Sills, Subhrendu K. Pattanayak, Shubhayu Saha, Ashok Singha, And Barendra Sahoo ; Comments By Robert Solow -- Estimating The Value Of Statistical Life For Children In Metro Manila / Rosalina Palanca-tan ; Comments By Shanta Devarajan -- Natural Resources And Chronic Poverty In India : Interface And Policy Imperatives / Amita Shah ; Comments By Kanchan Chopra. Edited By Scott Barrett, Karl-göran Mäler And Eric S. Maskin. Covertitle: Environment & Development Economics. With Bibliographic References And Index.