Can payments for environmental services help reduce poverty? An exploration of the issues and the evidence to date in Latin America

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dc.contributor.authorPagiola, Stefanoen
dc.contributor.authorArcenas, A.en
dc.contributor.authorPlatais, G.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialLatin Americaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:19:48Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:19:48Zen
dc.date.issued2005en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the main ways in which Payments for Environmental Services (PES) might affect poverty. PES may reduce poverty mainly by making payments to poor natural resource managers in upper watersheds. The extent of the impact depends on how many PES participants are in fact poor, on the poor's ability to participate, and on the amounts paid. Although PES programs are not designed for poverty reduction, there can be important synergies when program design is well thought out and local conditions are favorable. Possible adverse effects can occur where property rights are insecure or if PES programs encourage less labor-intensive practices.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier2464en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Development 33(2): 237-253en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.07.011en
dc.identifier.issn0305-750Xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66963en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectMarket-based mechanismsen
dc.subjectProperty rightsen
dc.titleCan payments for environmental services help reduce poverty? An exploration of the issues and the evidence to date in Latin Americaen
dc.typeAbstracten
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