Reconciling Rural Poverty Reduction and Resource Conservation:
Identifying Relationships and Remedies
International Workshop
May 2 - 3, 2003
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Identifying Relationships and Remedies
International Workshop May 2 - 3, 2003
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Welcome to the web site for the 2003 International Workshop on: "Reconciling Rural Poverty Reduction and Resource Conservation" to be held on the campus of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, from May 2- 3, 2003.
Rural poverty and the degradation of renewable natural resources such as soils, forests, water and wildlife are closely related. Understanding the complex causal relationships linking these phenomena is a crucial first step toward solving each of these problems. A second step involves identifying and evaluating prospective policy, technology, management and institutional innovations that might effectively address them. Although scholars have devoted considerable effort to these problems -- especially in the decade between the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and the just-completed Johannesburg summit – the current state of knowledge on relationships and remedies remains limited. Cornell University will host a workshop May 2 - 3, 2003, dedicated to cutting edge research on these issues. A vast range of issues surrounds the poverty-environment nexus. This conference will focus on three interrelated sub-themes that are especially pertinent in developing countries today:
We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the conference:
The organizers invited proposals for original papers that fit the conference theme, especially those that focused on topics that address one or more of the three sub-themes. The organizers plan to publish selected papers presented at this conference. The call for papers has now closed. No further proposals will be considered for inclusion on the program. The papers being presented at the conference have been posted to the web site. At least partial support for travel costs is expected to be available for presenters who are (i) currently enrolled graduate students, (ii) completed their Ph.D. since January 1, 2000, or (iii) resident in developing countries.
Co-sponsored by: the Department of Applied Economics and Management, the Poverty, Inequality and Development Initiative, the Kenneth Robinson Chair in Applied Economics, the Rural Livelihoods and Biological Resources Program, the Cornell Center for the Environment, the Cornell Institute for African Development, the Polson Institute for Global Development and the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Please contact Andrea Marshall Besley with questions and/or paper submissions: Andrea Marshall Besley email: alm62@cornell.edu phone: 607-255-1406 314 Warren Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-7801 USA
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