
Public Policy and the Enviroment : Survey of the Literature »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 1990/56
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 1990
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451968057.001
ISBN: 9781451968057
Keywords: environmental degradation, pollution, environment, environmental protection, environmental problems
This paper notes that market failure, policy failures, and population pressures are major sources of environmental degradation and that linkages between economic activities and the environment exist at the levels o...