@article{deMelo:130547,
      recid = {130547},
      author = {de Melo, Jaime},
      title = {Trade in a 'Green Growth' Development Strategy Global  Scale Issues and Challenges},
      address = {2012-06},
      number = {824-2016-54861},
      series = {CCSD},
      pages = {47},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {The paper surveys the state of knowledge about the  trade-related environmental consequences of a country’s  development strategy along three channels: (i) direct  trade-environment linkages (overexploitation of natural  resources and trade-related transport costs);(ii) ‘virtual  trade’ in emissions resulting from production activities;  (iii) the product mix attributes of a ‘green-growth’  strategy (environmentally preferable products and goods for  environmental management). Main conclusions are the  following. Trade exacerbates over-exploitation of natural  resources in weak institutional environments, but there is  little evidence that differences in environmental policies  across countries have led to significant ‘pollution  havens’. Trade policies to ‘level the playing field’ would  be ineffective and result in destructive conflicts in the  WTO. Lack of progress at the Doha round suggests the need  to modify the current system of global policy making.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/130547},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.130547},
}