Economic Growth, Biodiversity and Conservation Policies in Africa: an Overview

Jean Jacques Iritié ()

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Abstract: From the economic literature on the relationship between economic growth and environment pioneered by Grossman and Krueger (1991) and Shafik and Bandyopadhyay (1992) we first conduct a theoretical and critical reflection on the existence of a Kuznets curve for biodiversity. It appears that results are strongly contrasted. Then, we focus on the main biodiver- sity conservation policies implemented in Africa, i.e. protected areas and we discuss its effectiveness in achieving the dual objective of conservation and economic development for local communities.

Keywords: Economic growth; environmental Kuznets curve; biodiversity conservations policies; proteced areas; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q01 Q50 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-02-09
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