Globalization, Local Ecosystems, and the Rural Poor

Rimjhim M. Aggarwal

No RP2005-28, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Livelihoods of the rural poor in developing countries are critically dependent on the health of the local ecosystems. In this paper we examine the various mechanisms through which globalization can lead to ecosystem degradation, and consequently poverty. Models on ecosystem dynamics from ecology are examined and linked to models in new institutional economics that examine how institutions and technologies evolve in the process of globalization. To illustrate ecological dynamics, a prototypical model of a semi-arid savannah ecosystem is examined.

Keywords: Agriculture; Environmental economics; Globalization; International trade; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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