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Regional Versus Multilateral Solutions to Transboundary Environmental Problems: Insights from the Southeast Asian Haze
Author(s) -
Chang Li Lin,
Rajan Ramkishen S.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
world economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1467-9701
pISSN - 0378-5920
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9701.00374
Subject(s) - externality , indonesian , haze , sovereignty , economics , southeast asia , international trade , natural resource economics , political science , geography , politics , sociology , law , ethnology , meteorology , linguistics , philosophy , microeconomics
At an analytical level, economists have often categorised the international dimensions of environmental problems and policies as being national (or competitiveness), psychological (as opposed to physical) and transboundary (global) in nature. Focusing on transboundary pollution problems, the reasons why a multilateral approach among sovereign nations to solve such global externalities may be difficult are discussed within a simple analytical framework. The paper examines the Southeast Asian experience at a regional approach to tackling the haze problem due to the Indonesian forest fires. It goes on to explore multilateral policy options and constraints for dealing with such transboundary environmental pollution problems.