Co-published with the World Bank and the World Wildlife Fund.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Trade liberalization, rural poverty and the environment / Jonathan A. Cook ... [et al.] -- Trade liberalization, rural poverty and the environment : a case study of the forest and salmon sectors in Chile / Raúl O'Ryan ... [et al.] -- The impacts of trade liberalization in Pingbian, China / He Daming and Liu Jiang, with Bobby Cochran -- Shrimp exports, environmental and human well-being in the Sundarbans, West Bengal / Kanchan Chopra, with Pushpam Kumar and Preeti Kapuria -- Trade liberalization, rural poverty and the environment : two studies of agricultural exports in Madagascar / Bart Minten ... [et al.] -- Trade liberalization, rural poverty, and the environment : a case study of sugarcane production in the Incomati River Basin in Mpumalanga, South Africa / Jo Lorentzen, Anton Cartwright and Charles Meth -- Expansion of shrimp farming in Ca Mau, Vietnam / Mai Trong Thong ... [et al.] -- Lessons from the case studies : 1 / Pamela Stedman-Edwards, Jonathan A. Cook and Owen Cylke -- Lessons from the case studies : 2 / John D. Nash and Donald F. Larson -- Beyond trade : economic transition in the globalization era and prospects for poverty and environment / Bruno Losch.

This text presents the unique perspectives of both the world's largest development organization (The World Bank) and the world's largest conservation organization (The World Wildlife Federation) on the debate over trade liberalization and its effects on poverty and the environment.