| Too many people still associate environmentally-sound development with curtailment of economic opportunities and growth, rather than their expansion. Too many see it as a cost rather than an investment. To battle this misconception a better understanding is required in the mutual links between poverty and environment. The Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management (PREM) programme aims to deepen and broaden the exposure of economic researchers and policy advisors in developing countries to the theory and methods of natural resource and environmental economics, and to promote effective policy change in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and promote sustainable environmental management. The PREM website explains how economic researchers from Asia and Africa can participate in this endeavour. |
