Public Expenditure Policy and the Environment : A Review and Synthesis /

Commonly cited environmental instruments in the legal, regulatory, and fiscal domains are intended primarily to address market failures to ensure that environmental degradation and resource use is contained to appropriate levels. However, in many instances, environmental degradation is rooted not in...

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Autor principal: Miranda, Kenneth M.
Otros Autores: Gupta, Sanjeev, Parry, Ian
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1993.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1993/027
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF
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