Policy-induced effects of natural resource degradation: The case of Colombia

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dc.contributor.authorHeath, J.en
dc.contributor.authorBinswanger, Hans P.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialColombiaen
dc.coverage.temporal1960 - 1988en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:55:07Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:55:07Zen
dc.date.issued1998en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractA discussion of the Boserup hypothesis, which suggests that higher population and market access leads to improvements in natural resources, is followed by an illustration of the dependence of the Boserup effects on the policy environment that governs the investment incentives of farmers using recent studies of the Machakos district in Kenya and soil degradation in Ethiopia. Growth, the use of land and labour, and the degradation of marginal natural resources in Colombian agriculture are examined. The use of land and labour in Colombia is shown to be driven in highly inefficient directions by a variety of agricultural, land and rural finance policies and programmes which have prematurely and significantly reduced employment opportunities in the sector and have concentrated poverty in rural areas. Labour policies have not contributed in a major way to these adverse trends: the misallocation of land and labour and an exceptionally high female unemployment rate in rural Colombia are consequences of the same policy factors. Policy options for correcting the misallocation of resources, reducing poverty, and relieving the pressure of unsustainable farming on hills and in tropical forest areas with marginal land resources are explored [CAB Abstracts, 1998].en
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dc.identifier833en
dc.identifier.isbn0-8213-4249-5en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65748en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherWashington, D.C.: The World Banken
dc.relation.ispartofLutz, E. (ed.). 1998. Agriculture and the Environment: Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Development, 22-34. Washington, D.C. : A World Bank Symposium.en
dc.rights1998 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/ The World Bank, Washington, D.C. U.S.A.en
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectFarm planningen
dc.subjectEconomic policyen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen
dc.subjectGovernment policyen
dc.subjectLand use managementen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectSustainabilityen
dc.subjectEnvironmental degradationen
dc.subjectAgricultural policiesen
dc.subjectEconomic theoryen
dc.subjectInvestmentsen
dc.subjectFarm managementen
dc.subjectLand managementen
dc.subjectLand useen
dc.subjectLabor requirementsen
dc.subjectUnemploymenten
dc.subjectDevelopment programsen
dc.subjectSupport measuresen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.titlePolicy-induced effects of natural resource degradation: The case of Colombiaen
dc.typeAbstracten
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