Vulnerable Places, Vulnerable People

Edited by Jonathan A. Cook, former Deputy Director, Climate Change Adaptation Program, WWF-US, Owen Cylke, Director, WWF’s Macroeconomics Programme Office, Donald F. Larson, International Institute for Development and Environmental Studies, John D. Nash, Lead Economist, The World Bank’s Latin American and Caribbean Sustainable Development Department and Pamela Stedman-Edwards, Senior Adviser, WWF’s Macroeconomics Programme Office, Washington, DC, US

• Contents:Preface Warren Evans and David Reed1. Trade Liberalization, Rural Poverty and the Environment Jonathan A. Cook, Owen Cylke, Donald F. Larson, John D. Nash and Pamela Stedman-Edwards2. Trade Liberalization, Rural Poverty and the Environment: A Case Study of the Forest and Salmon Sectors in ChileRaúl O’Ryan, with Mario Niklitschek, Edwin Niklitschek, Andrés Ulloa and Nicolo Gligo3. The Impacts of Trade Liberalization in Pingbian, ChinaHe Daming and Liu Jiang, with Bobby Cochran4. Shrimp Exports, Environment and Human Well-being in the Sunderbans, West BengalKanchan Chopra, with Pushpam Kumar and Preeti Kapuria5. Trade Liberalization, Rural Poverty and the Environment: Two Studies of Agricultural Exports in MadagascarBart Minten, with Philippe Méral, Lalaina Randrianarison and Johan Swinnen6. Trade Liberalization, Rural Poverty and the Environment: A Case Study of Sugarcane Production in the Incomati River Basin in Mpumalanga, South AfricaJo Lorentzen, Anton Cartwright and Charles Meth 7. Expansion of Shrimp Farming in Ca Mau, VietnamMai Trong Thong, with Hoang Xuan Thanh, Ha Thi Phuong Tien, Nguyen Thu Huong, Tran Tuyet Hanh, Ngo Van Hai, Vu Ngoc Huyen, Le Dang Trung, Le Phu Cuong, Le Van Hung, Cao Chi Hung, Tham Thi Ngoc Diep and Jacques Marcille8. Lessons from the Case Studies: 1Pamela Stedman-Edwards, Jonathan A. Cook and Owen Cylke9. Lessons from the Case Studies: 2John D. Nash and Donald F. Larson10. Beyond Trade: Economic Transition in the Globalization Era and Prospects for Poverty and EnvironmentBruno LoschIndex

‘. . . the case studies and subsequent summarizing discussions provide interesting insights on the many interactions of trade, poverty and the environment. . . digestible also for those without an academic background in economics.’