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Impact of Costa Rica's Program of Payments for Environmental Services on Land Use

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dc.contributor.author Sills, Erin
dc.contributor.author Arriagada, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.author Ferraro, Paul
dc.contributor.author Pattanayak, Subhrendu
dc.contributor.author Carrasco, Luis
dc.contributor.author Ortiz, Edgar
dc.contributor.author Cordero, Silvia
dc.contributor.author Caldwell, Katie
dc.contributor.author Andam, Kwaw
dc.date.accessioned 2014-04-17T16:19:35Z
dc.date.available 2014-04-17T16:19:35Z
dc.date.issued 2008-10
dc.description.abstract Costa Rica's Program of Payments for Environmental Services (Pago de Servicios Ambientales, PSA) provides a unique opportunity to evaluate direct payments as a conservation policy tool. This paper reports evidence on how much more forest has been conserved in Costa Rica as a result of PSA contracts with landowners. Such evidence requires estimating a counterfactual outcome: how much forest would have been preserved if there had been no payments. By applying rigorous program evaluation methods that have been recommended for identifying the causal effects of conservation policies, we find that the PSA program does result in a small but statistically significant increase in the area of forest conserved. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/19304445/impact-costa-ricas-program-payments-environmental-services-land-use
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17893
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Payments for Environmental Services (PES) learning paper;no. 2008-3
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
dc.subject AGGREGATE LEVEL
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL LAND
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL LAND USE
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
dc.subject AGRICULTURE
dc.subject AGROFORESTRY
dc.subject AREA OF FOREST
dc.subject AREAS OF FOREST
dc.subject ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
dc.subject BASELINE FOREST
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
dc.subject BUFFER ZONES
dc.subject BURNING
dc.subject CATTLE
dc.subject CENSUS DATA
dc.subject CLIMATE
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject CLOUD COVER
dc.subject CO
dc.subject COLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subject COLORS
dc.subject COMMUNITY FORESTRY
dc.subject COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subject CONSERVATION AREAS
dc.subject CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT
dc.subject CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
dc.subject CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject CONSERVATION POLICIES
dc.subject CONSERVATION POLICY
dc.subject CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
dc.subject CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject CORDILLERA
dc.subject CULTIVATION
dc.subject DEFORESTATION
dc.subject DEFORESTATION RATE
dc.subject DEFORESTATION RATES
dc.subject DETERMINANT
dc.subject DETERMINANTS
dc.subject ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIC FACTORS
dc.subject ECONOMICS
dc.subject ECONOMISTS
dc.subject ECOSYSTEM
dc.subject ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION
dc.subject ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
dc.subject ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subject ENCROACHMENT
dc.subject ENDANGERED SPECIES
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL PREFERENCES
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTALISM
dc.subject EXPENDITURES
dc.subject FARMS
dc.subject FENCED
dc.subject FIELD SURVEY
dc.subject FISHERIES
dc.subject FOREST
dc.subject FOREST AREA
dc.subject FOREST AREAS
dc.subject FOREST CONSERVATION
dc.subject FOREST COVER
dc.subject FOREST DISTURBANCE
dc.subject FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject FOREST FRAGMENTATION
dc.subject FOREST LOSS
dc.subject FOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subject FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN
dc.subject FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS
dc.subject FOREST PLANTATION
dc.subject FOREST PLANTATIONS
dc.subject FOREST PROTECTION
dc.subject FOREST QUALITY
dc.subject FOREST STEWARDSHIP
dc.subject FOREST STRATEGY
dc.subject FOREST USE
dc.subject FORESTRY
dc.subject GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
dc.subject GOLD
dc.subject HABITAT PROTECTION
dc.subject HUNTERS
dc.subject IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
dc.subject LABOR FORCE
dc.subject LAND COVER
dc.subject LAND ECONOMICS
dc.subject LAND TENURE
dc.subject LAND USE
dc.subject LAND USE DECISIONS
dc.subject LANDOWNER
dc.subject LANDSCAPE
dc.subject LIVESTOCK
dc.subject MARGINAL BENEFITS
dc.subject MARKET INSTRUMENTS
dc.subject NATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subject NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject NEGATIVE IMPACTS
dc.subject OPTION VALUE
dc.subject PASTURE
dc.subject PLANTATION FORESTRY
dc.subject POPULATION DENSITIES
dc.subject POPULATION DENSITY
dc.subject PRIMARY FOREST
dc.subject PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject PUBLIC GOODS
dc.subject QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
dc.subject QUOTAS
dc.subject REFORESTATION
dc.subject ROAD NETWORK
dc.subject ROADS
dc.subject SILVER
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE FOREST
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject TIMBER
dc.subject TOURISM
dc.subject TROPICAL FORESTS
dc.subject WATERSHED
dc.subject WOOD
dc.subject WOOD PRODUCTION
dc.title Impact of Costa Rica's Program of Payments for Environmental Services on Land Use en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Climate Change
okr.date.disclosure 2014-03-26
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Working Paper
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/19304445/impact-costa-ricas-program-payments-environmental-services-land-use
okr.globalpractice Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice Agriculture
okr.globalpractice Environment and Natural Resources
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000456286_20140327125634
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 19304445
okr.identifier.report 86279
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2014/03/27/000456286_20140327125634/Rendered/PDF/862790NWP0PESL00Box385172B00PUBLIC0.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country Costa Rica
okr.sector Agriculture, fishing, and forestry :: Forestry
okr.sector Water, sanitation and flood protection
okr.theme Rule of law :: Legal institutions for a market economy
okr.theme Environment and natural resources management :: Biodiversity
okr.theme Environment and natural resources management :: Climate change
okr.theme Environment and natural resources management :: Environmental policies and institutions
okr.theme Environment and natural resources management :: Water resource management
okr.topic Environment :: Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topic Environmental Economics and Policies
okr.topic Environment :: Climate Change and Environment
okr.topic Environment :: Wildlife Resources
okr.topic Rural Development :: Forestry
okr.unit Latin America and Caribbean Sustainable Development Department
okr.volume 1 of 1
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