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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
The Economics of Desertification, Land Degradation, and Drought; Toward an Integrated Global Assessment
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| Autores: |
Nkonya, Ephraim M.
Gerber, Nicolas
Baumgartner, Philipp
von Braun, Joachim
De Pinto, Alessandro
Graw, Valerie
Kato, Edward
Kloos, Julia
Walter, Teresa
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| Data: |
2011-07-18
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| Ano: |
2011
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| Palavras-chave: |
Agricultural Finance
Crop Production/Industries
Environmental Economics and Policy
Land Economics/Use
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
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| Resumo: |
Land degradation has not been comprehensively addressed at the global level or in developing countries. A suitable economic framework that could guide investments and institutional action is lacking. This study aims to overcome this deficiency and to provide a framework for a global assessment based on a consideration of the costs of action versus inaction regarding desertification, land degradation, and drought (DLDD). Most of the studies on the costs of land degradation (mainly limited to soil erosion) give cost estimates of less than 1 percent up to about 10 percent of the agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) for various countries worldwide. But the indirect costs of DLDD on the economy (national income), as well as their socioeconomic consequences (particularly poverty impacts), must be accounted for, too. Despite the numerous challenges, a global assessment of the costs of action and inaction against DLDD is possible, urgent, and necessary. This study provides a framework for such a global assessment and provides insights from some related country studies.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/109326
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| Relação: |
University of Bonn>Center for Development Research (ZEF)>Discussion Papers
ZEF‐Discussion Papers on Development Policy
No. 150
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| Formato: |
184
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