This chapter first presents and summarises results from recent analytical literature, explaining the implications of different policy menus to abate pollution in a small, polluted, competitive economy opening to world trade. This situation is consistent with the stylised facts of many developing economies evolving in a global marketplace and with emerging environmental concerns. The context of ...

ABSTRACT- Sustainability and environmental management are the most cited ideas linking the environment and development. The sustainability of natural resources depends upon our paradigm and related approaches to the relationship between society and the environment. Efficient management is a primary task due to the pressure on nature. Ecological footprint analysis has been intro...

New Zealand's existing law and policy is not adequate to provide for appropriate adaptation the effects of climate change. There have been widespread calls reform, particularly laws affecting local government decision-making on adoption mechanisms, such as Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). The author one researcher who has identified need reform in this area, focusing (in)ability RMA deal wit...

FOREWORD During the last fifteen years, Bolivia has carried out a broad program of structural reforms centered on achieving greater macroeconomic discipline and a more efficient and smaller state. Radical changes swept across the national political and economic landscape. All these reforms have had a decisive influence on the forestry sector. New laws and regulations affecting forest resources ...

Integrating environmental policies into economic policy making is vital for sustainability. This article explores three keyintegration mechanisms: enhanced national state of the environment reporting, expanded target setting, and mainstreaming in fiscal annual budget cycle. The discusses resource management wellbeing budgeting New Zealand, including recent reviews proposed reforms. It outlines ...

BACKGROUND Regulation of the pharmaceutical sector is a challenging task for most governments in the developing countries. In Tanzania, this task falls under the Food and Drugs Authority and the Pharmacy Council. In 2010, the Pharmacy Council spearheaded policy reforms in the pharmaceutical sector aimed at taking over the control of the regulation of the business of pharmacy from the Tanzania F...

Land use, land resource demands, and landscape management practices are linked to many of the environmental, climatic, socio-economic challenges faced by contemporary society. The study focuses on a comparative analysis experience (LRM); thus, aims respond how land-related resources managed, what policy instruments support it, improvements would promote sustainable these resources. Exploring LR...

Stakeholder analysis is widely recommended as a tool for gathering insights on policy actor interests in, positions on, and power to influence, health policy issues. Such information is recognized to be critical in developing viable health policy proposals, and is particularly important for new health care financing proposals that aim to secure universal coverage (UC). However, there remain sur...

This article takes up the relatively neglected issue of gender in human resources policy and planning (HRPP), with particular reference to the health sector in developing countries. Current approaches to human resources lack any reference to gender issues. Meeting the health needs of women as major users and potential beneficiaries of health services is a key international concern. This article...