Sustainable Economic Development

<p>I. Introduction and Synthesis</p> <p>1. Principles and Practice of Sustainable Development Analysis: Overview and Synthesis<br>2. Reflections on the Foundations of Development Policy Analysis </p> <p>II. Resources, Environment and Sustainable Development<br>3. Scarcity, Security and Sustainable Development <br>4. The Economics of Fossil Fuels and Pollution<br>5. Groundwater Economics<br>6. Optimal Joint Management of Interdependent Resources: Groundwater vs. Kiawe (Prosopis pallida)<br>7. Win-Win Solutions for Restoration and Maize Farming: A Case Study of Nan, Thailand</p> <p>III. Institutions, Governance and Political Economy </p> <p>8. The Role of Institutions in Natural Resource Use<br>9. Public Choice and the Generalized Resource Curse<br>10. Governance beyond Governments: A Multi-stakeholder Approach to Inclusive Commercial Agriculture in Africa<br>11. Land Confiscations and Land Reform in Natural-Order States<br>12. Regional Integration and Illicit Economy in Fragile Nations: Perspectives from Afghanistan and Myanmar <br>13. Corruption, Transactions Costs and Network Relationships: Governance Challenges for Thailand</p> <p>IV. The Nature, Causes, and Consequences of Agricultural Development Policy </p> <p>14. The Role of Agricultural Economists in Sustaining Bad Programs<br>15. Agricultural R&D Policy and Long-Run Food Security<br>16. Energy and Agriculture: Evolving Dynamics and Future Implications<br>17. Trends and Fluctuations in Agricultural Price Distortions <br>18. Getting the Price of Thai Rice Right: Episode II<br>19. Philippine Rice Self-sufficiency Program: Pitfalls and Remedies<br>20. Production Specialization and Market Participation of Smallholder Agricultural Households in Developing Countries</p> <p>V. Development, Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction<br>21. Deviant Behavior: A Century of Philippine Industrialization <br>22. Bundling Drought Tolerance and Index Insurance to Reduce Rural Household Vulnerability to Drought</p> <p>23. Have Natural Disasters Become Deadlier?<br>24. The Growth-Poverty Nexus: Multidimensional Poverty in the Philippines<br>25. Poverty Reduction and the Composition of Growth in the Mekong Economies</p>