Abstract
As the debate over the structural adjustment policies of the 1980s showed, the success of government policies in developing countries is also partly determined by the activities of a variety of interest groups. The same is also likely to apply to environmental policy. This article looks into the ways in which the efficiency of environmental policy measures is influenced by the activities of such interest groups.
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Shams, R. Environmental policy and interest groups in developing countries. Intereconomics 30, 16–24 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02926357
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02926357