Currently, there is a general dichotomy in rural development policies. This dichotomy between extension-driven adoption of modern inputs on the one hand, and community-driven local public goods on the…

How can economics best contribute to the scientific and public debates? Professor Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg, together with Nicholas Stern, who wrote the The Stern Review, and Nobel…

The chapter explores the links between ecosystem services (ES) and agricultural productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Where feasible, the discussion presents, in economic terms, the…

This article, "Climate Change Abatement: Not "Stern" Enough?", by Thomas Sterner and Dallas Burtraw, is forthcoming in a book, Parry and Day, eds. "100 Policy Commentaries on Environmental, Energy…

This publication provides a comprehensive review of the nature of the services provided by wetlands, how they are measured and valued, giving case study examples from around the world.