Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa

By - Perrings, Charles

Floor - Floor 1

Published - St. Martin's Press, New York, 1996

ISBN 10 - 0333646711

ISBN 13 - 9780333646717

Book Status - 2 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Economic assistance, Domestic

Shelf No - 17

Call Number - 338.96 PER

Physical Description - xiii, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Notes - Includes index

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This book explores the socio-economic causes of environmental degradation in one Sub-Saharan African economy. As the Botswana economy nears the end of a long mineral boom, the problem of policy-induced environmental degradation is becoming more pressing. It is also becoming more similar to experience elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa. Agricultural subsidies, the use of agricultural development programmes as a vehicle for income support, and high rates of population growth are common causes of environmental stress. The lessons they have for Botswana are valuable elsewhere in the developing world.

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