http://www.efdinitiative.org The EfD-CA 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. daily 1 2007-10-02T15:00:42Z http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/trade-and-deforestation-a-literature-review In this paper, we investigate what the literature has found by analyzing the relationship between trade liberalization and deforestation No publisher maria Robalino, Juan, Luis Diego Herrera, 2009, "Trade and Deforestation: A literature review", World Trade Organization, Economic Research and Statistics Division, Staff Working Paper ERSD-2010-04. Deforestation 2010-02-26T15:06:37Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/determinants-of-performance-of-drinking-water-community-organizations-a-comparative-analysis-of-case-studies-in-rural-costa-rica The authors examine the performance of community organizations that provide safe drinking water in rural Costa Rica. No publisher elampi Madrigal, Róger, Francisco Alpizar, and Achim Schülter (2010), "Determinants of Performance of Drinking-Water Community Organizations: A Comparative Analysis of Case Studies in Rural Costa Rica", EfD Discussion Paper 10-03, Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future, Washington DC, February 2010. Drinking water Country environmental analysis Propensity score matching 2010-03-15T22:36:42Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/conservation-policies-and-labor-markets-unraveling-the-effects-of-national-parks-on-local-wages-in-costa-rica Using household surveys with highly disaggregated geographic reference, the authors explored how national parks affect local wages in Costa Rica and how effects on local welfare can be positive or negative in different parks or even within different areas of a park. No publisher elampi Robalino, Juan, and Laura Villalobos-Fiatt (2010),"Conservation Policies and Labor Markets: Unraveling the Effects of National Parks on Local Wages in Costa Rica" EfD Discussion Paper 10-02, Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future, Washington DC, February 2010. Tourism Subjective wellbeing Poverty Country environmental analysis 2010-02-10T08:54:10Z Article