The economics of sustainable development: the case of India

This book provides a look at the current status and future potential of sustainable development in India. Macroeconomic developments, regional disparity and poverty situation, the trend in natural resource depletion and environmentaldegradation, trajectory of economic development, and conventional wealth are discussed. A history of environmental regulations and the current state of theenvironment in India are provided along with the possible reasons for non-compliance of environmental standards in the country. This book studies many different aspects of industries in India from supply and demand sides and efficiency and productivity analyses are provided in detail. Before the liberalizationof its economy began in 1991, India had been one of the most over-regulated and closed economies in the world. Market productivity is examined and tests whether the post-reform period shows any improvement in productivity and efficiency in comparison to the pre-reform period. Will serve a reference guide on the environmental regulation in India and on various energy, natural resource, and environmental issues affecting the country Includes detailed policy scenarios, which provide quantitative assessments of potential benefits that indicatethe significance of potential benefits of technological change and well-designed environmental policy INDICE: Introduction.- Economic Development and Environment.- Environmental Regulations and Compliance in India.- Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers andthe Environment.- Total Factor Productivity of Industrial Manufacture.- Valuing the Benefits of Air Pollution Abatement.- Willingness to Pay of Improved Air Quality.- Environmental Regulation and Production Efficiency of the Thermal-Power Sector.- Cost of Environmentally Sustainable Industrial Development.- Win-Win Opportunities and Environmental Regulation: Test of Porter Hypothesis.- Industrial Water Demand and Shadow Price.- Macroeconomic Effects of Oil Price Shocks.- Environmental Productivity and Kuznets Curve.- A Global Analysis of Environmentally Sensitive Productivity Growth.- Energy Prices and Induced Technological Progress.- Conclusion.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-98175-8
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés