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Natural resource degradation effects of poverty and population growth are largely policy-induced: the case of Colombia*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

John Heath  and
Hans Binswanger
John Heath
Affiliation:
The World Bank, Washington, DC 20433, USA
Hans Binswanger
Affiliation:
The World Bank, Washington, DC 20433, USA
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Abstract

The sustainability of natural resource use is influenced by population pressure, but this exercises a much less critical impact than the overall policy framework. In Colombia, various agricultural and other policies whose effect is to constrain the poor's access to land encourage environmental degradation. A case is made in favour of the new land reform process that Colombia is launching.

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Environment and Development Economics , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , February 1996 , pp. 65 - 84
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Copyright © 1996, Cambridge University Press

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