Economic Policy and the Environment: Structural Adjustment and Prospects for Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Central America

Ruerd Ruben

Chapter 7 in Towards Sustainable Development in Central America and the Caribbean, 2001, pp 140-160 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Central America1 is commonly depicted as a region where structural adjustment policies have been widely applied, occasioning an important amount of adverse environmental effects (Segura, 1992; De Zeeuw et al., 1997). On the other hand, both governments and civil society organizations profess a strong commitment to creating a strategic alliance for enhancing sustainable development in the region (Ascher and Hubbard, 1989). Two major contradictions can be observed: one between a public discourse in favour of sustainable management of the natural resource base (i.e. land, water, forests) and the practical policy measures that frequently lead to disincentives for sustainable land use by primary producers; and another between the macroeconomic policies and microeconomic farmers’ response to incentives (Goodman and Redclift, 1991).

Keywords: Policy Instrument; Farm Household; Sustainable Land; Natural Resource Base; Institutional Failure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230502123_7

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