International capital and the environment in Latin America: preparing for the next century
Carregando...
Arquivos
Data
2001
Autores
Orientador(res)
Métricas
Título da Revista
ISSN da Revista
Título de Volume
Resumo
This century’s end has been witnessing an increase in environmental concern. While initially a subject of developed countries, developing countries began to realize that the trade off between developing and conserving the environment has to be equated to give present and future generations a chance of success in their development efforts. Thus far, the approach taken by both developed and developing countries towards correcting environmental problems has been primarily dominated by command and control type of regulations, whose success is clearly a function of the regulator’s enforcement capacity. Yet, there are signs that this approach is changing towards a more participatory mixed environmental policy model. This change has further stimulated the growing “environmental industry,” in which international capital plays a major role. This paper discusses these recent trends in the context of the conservation of the Latin America and the Caribbean environment. © 2001 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.