Economic Instruments for Environmental Management and Sustainable Development - Environment Economic Series No. 16

This volume presents a comprehensive state-of-the-art on economic instruments for environmental management and sustainable development and reviews the experience of developed countries and its relevance to developing countries. It documents the experience of developing countries in the use of economic instruments in environmental management. It attempts to delineate the modalities for introducing economic instruments in developing countries and countries in transition and human resource requirements and financial implications. Finally it attempts to establish a strategy for successfully introducing economic instruments in developing countries.