Book contents
- Natural Resources and Economic Development
- Natural Resources and Economic Development
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Overview
- Part II Land and Water Use Change
- 5 Explaining Land Use Change in Developing Countries
- 6 The Economics of Land Conversion
- 7 Does Water Availability Constrain Economic Development?
- Part III Policies for Sustainable Resource-Based Development
- References
- Index
6 - The Economics of Land Conversion
from Part II - Land and Water Use Change
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 August 2019
- Natural Resources and Economic Development
- Natural Resources and Economic Development
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Overview
- Part II Land and Water Use Change
- 5 Explaining Land Use Change in Developing Countries
- 6 The Economics of Land Conversion
- 7 Does Water Availability Constrain Economic Development?
- Part III Policies for Sustainable Resource-Based Development
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 5 examined empirical evidence regarding the main factors behind land use change in developing countries, noting that many economic analyses of tropical deforestation and land conversion have emphasized the important role of institutional factors. However, such analyses are often unable to examine the influence of open access conditions and ill-defined property rights, as to date an adequate cross-country data set on property rights and land ownership conditions does not exist for developing economies.
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- Natural Resources and Economic Development , pp. 223 - 251Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019