Small firms -- including "microenterprises" and "small and medium
enterprises" (SMEs) -- play a vital economic role in developing
countries. They typically provide half of all jobs. In addition,
they foster entrepreneurship and help key sectors adapt to changing
market conditions. In light of these benefits, programs promoting
small firms have become a cornerstone of economic development
policy. Increasingly, however, scholars and policymakers are also
exploring the link between small firms and the environment.
The first compendium of research and policy analysis on this
topic, this book is organized around three questions: How important
is small firm pollution? Will forcing small firms to comply with
environmental regulations exacerbate unemployment and poverty? What
policy options are available to control small firm pollution?
Eleven case studies from China, Ecuador, Honduras, India, Malaysia,
and Mexico address these questions. They compare the environmental
damages caused by small firms and large ones. They explore the
positive and negative economic consequences of pollution control
strategies focusing on small firms, the administrative challenges
of regulating thousands of firms that are often unregistered and
unknown to the government, and they describe innovative approaches
for persuading small firms to implement effective pollution
controls.
The case studies cover a variety of industrial sectors including
ceramics, leather tanning, textiles, and agro-industry, and
evaluate a wide range of environmental management strategies that
include encouraging collective action among small firms, creating
economic incentives for pollution control, and helping small firms
adoptclean technologies and environmental management systems. Many
of the chapters are groundbreaking, addressing topics new to the
literature -- for example, the role of international trade in
greening small firms, and funding small firm pollution control
projects by linking them to efforts to stem global warming.
Highly readable, Small Firms and the Environment in Developing
Countries is a valuable text for courses in development policy and
economics that have an environmental component or focus. It will
also prove of interest to development workers, policymakers in
developing countries, and students and scholars of environmental
policy and law.
General
| Imprint: |
Resources for the Future Press (RFF Press)
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2006 |
| First published: |
2006 |
| Editors: |
Allen Blackman
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
246 |
| Edition: |
illustrated edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-933115-29-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Economics >
Development economics
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| LSN: |
1-933115-29-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781933115290 |
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