EfD in Central America

The EfD-CA Center aims to contribute to the design and evaluation of public policies and local institutional arrangements that affect environmental protection, sustainable natural resources management and poverty alleviation by: i. strengthening the understanding of the causes and consequences of human decisions as key inputs into policy making, and ii. increasing the interaction between academia and policy makers in Central America.

Most recent publications

• central america rff usa | Policy design Alternative Pollution Control Policies in Developing Countries: Informal, Informational, and Voluntary In developing countries, weak environmental regulatory institutions often undermine conventional command-and-control policies. As a result, these countries are increasingly experimenting with alternative approaches that aim to leverage nonregulatory “green” pressures applied by local communities, capital markets, and consumers. This article reviews three strands of the empirical literature on this trend. Blackman, Allen (2009), "Alternative Pollution Control Policies in Developing Countries: Informal, Informational, and Voluntary", EfD Discussion Paper 09-14, Environment for Development Intiative and Resources in the Future, Washington DC, June 2009.

• central america | Forestry Policy design Payments for Environmental Services: Empirical analysis for Costa Rica Alexander Pfaff, Juan Andres Robalino and G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, 2008, "Payments for Environmental Services: Empirical analysis for Costa Rica", Terry Sandford Institute of Public Policy, DUKE. Working paper series SAN08-05.

• central america | Forestry Policy design Location Affects Protection: Observable Characteristics Drive Park Impacts in Costa Rica Alexander Pfaff, Juan Andres Robalino, G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Kwaw Andam and Paul Ferraro, 2008, "Location Affects Protection: Observable Characteristics Drive Park Impacts in Costa Rica", Terry Sandford Institute of Public Policy, DUKE. Working paper series SAN08-06.

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