Pesticides, the environment, and U.S. foreign assistance

International Environmental Affairs

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 244-266

  Tobin, Richard J ^a  

^a Institute for International Research

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Indexed keywords

AID DONOR POLICY; AID POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREIGN ASSISTANCE; PEST MANAGEMENT; PESTICIDE USE; USAID;

EID: 0030403842     PISSN: 10414665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. World Bank, "Guidelines for the Selection and Use of Pesticides in Bank Financed Projects and Their Procurement when Financed by the Bank" (Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 1985); Food and Agriculture Organization, International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides (Rome: FAO, 1990).
2. World Bank, "Guidelines for the Selection and Use of Pesticides in Bank Financed Projects and Their Procurement when Financed by the Bank" (Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 1985); Food and Agriculture Organization, International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides (Rome: FAO, 1990).
3. John H. Perkins, Insects, Experts, and the Insecticide Crisis: The Quest for New Pest Management Strategies (New York: Plenum Press, 1982), p. 45.
4. Ibid., p. 44.
5. The degree to which any donor's foreign assistance respects recipients' sovereignty is subject to considerable and contentious debate. The subject is well discussed elsewhere, and is not discussed further in this article, except to the extent it reflects USAID's policy statements.
6. USAID, Environmental Impact Statement on the AID Pest Management Program (Washington, D.C.: USAID, 1977), vol. II, p. 11.
7. Gary M. Ernsdorff, "The Agency for International Development and NEPA: A Duty Unfulfilled," Washington Law Review 67 (January 1992): 133-54.
8. USAID, "Consideration of Environmental Aspects of U.S.-Assisted Capital Projects," Manual Circular No. 1221.2 (18 August 1970).
9. USAID, "Procedure for Environmental Review of Capital Projects," Manual Circular No. 1214.1 (20 September 1971).
10. USAID, "Procurement and Use of A.I.D.-Financed Pesticides," Manual Circular No. 1612.10.3 (12 February 1971).
11. USAID, Environmental Impact Statement, vol. II, p. 17.
12. Ibid.