The Globalization of cost-benefit analysis in environmental policy - Livermore, Michael A.; Revesz, Richard L. 1958- (New York Oxford University Press, 2013)
Introduction -- Foreword -- Cost-benefit analysis goes global -- Valuation issues -- CBA in developing countries : what's different -- The benefit-transfer approach -- Debates over discounting -- The shape of distributional analysis -- Institutional matters -- Who decides? -- Cost-benefit analysis and regulatory cooperation -- The cross-cultural roots of CBA -- Building public governance capacity -- Case studies in pollution control -- Fuel standards in Mexico -- Urban air quality challenges in South Africa -- Air pollution in Singapore -- Compliance costs for climate mitigation in Brazil -- Case studies in protection of natural resource -- Infrastructure projects in the Brazilian Amazon -- Resettlement policy in Southeast Asia -- Water management initiatives in China -- Water projects in India -- Assessing dams in Panama -- Carbon revenues and forest cover loss in Liberia -- Paths forward -- Research, capacity, and politics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Cost effectiveness; Environmental policy -- Developing countries; Economic development -- Developing countries