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Provedor de dados: 	Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	Macroeconomics and Forest Sustainability in the Developing World	
Autores: 	Sedjo,   Roger A.	
Data: 	2006-02-13	
Ano: 	2005	
Palavras-chave: 	Forests; Sustainability; Macroeconomics; Trade; Exchange rates; Structural adjustment; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.	
Resumo: 	Governments often use fiscal, exchange rate, monetary policy as well as export promotion tax increases, privatization, and land reform as part of comprehensive adjustments packages for addressing economic imbalances, balance of payments, and structural weaknesses. Such approaches, however, have come under heavy criticism for failing to recognize the social and environmental costs associated with them. Critics have argued that economic growth, trade liberalization, and increased primary product exports increase pressure on many sectors, including the agricultural and forestry land use sectors. This paper examines a number of these types of external shocks. This paper makes two arguments. First, from a theoretical economic perspective, although in many cases structural adjustment programs can be expected to affect the domestic forest sector, in other cases they will not. Second, even when there is an impact on the forest, it need not be detrimental to environmental and ecosystem values. A sustainable forest system needs to provide wood, local environmental products and services, and global ecological services, but individual forests can specialize in some of these.	
Tipo: 	Working or Discussion Paper	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	19955

http://purl.umn.edu/10458	
Editor: 	AgEcon Search	
Relação: 	Resources for the Future&gt;Discussion Papers

Discussion Paper 05-47	
Formato: 	20

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