tailieunhanh - Valuing the Environment in Developing Countries

Investors often ask for assessment of and, subsequently, for permits for parts of the projects only (namely with regard to traffic infrastructure projects or energy projects).With this approach, known as “salami-slicing”, the less environmentally questionable parts of projects are authorized and built first, making continued development of the project a virtual fait accompli, even if, for instance in traffic infrastructure projects, the latter sections traverse environmentally valuable territory, or in the case of large scale energy projects, large amounts of waste are produced with its management submitted to a separate EIA. This is contrary to Article of the EIA Directive which requires that “projects” likely to. | INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty Supported by the CGI AR IFPRI Discussion Paper 01043 December 2010 Valuing the Environment in Developing Countries Modeling the Impact of Distrust in Public Authorities Ability to Deliver Public Services on the Citizens Willingness to Pay for Improved Environmental Quality Ekin Birol Sukanya Das Markets Trade and Institutions Division INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE The International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI was established in 1975. IFPRI is one of 15 agricultural research centers that receive principal funding from governments private foundations and international and regional organizations most of which are members of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CGIAR . PARTNERS AND CONTRIBUTORS IFPRI gratefully acknowledges the generous unrestricted funding from Australia Canada China Denmark Finland France Germany India Ireland Italy Japan the Netherlands Norway the Philippines South Africa Sweden Switzerland the United Kingdom the United States and the World Bank. AUTHORS Ekin Birol International Food Policy Research Institute Head Impact and Policy HarvestPlus Formerly a research fellow in IFPRI s Markets Trade and Institutions Division Sukanya Das Madras School of Economics Lecturer Notices 1 Effective January 2007 the Discussion Paper series within each division and the Director General s Office of IFPRI were merged into one IFPRI-wide Discussion Paper series. The new series begins with number 00689 reflecting the prior publication of 688 discussion papers within the dispersed series. The earlier series are available on IFPRI s website at http publications results taxonomy 3A468. 2 IFPRI Discussion Papers contain preliminary material and research results. They have been peer reviewed but have not been subject to a formal external review via IFPRI s Publications Review Committee. They are .