Publications related to EfD by Róger Madrigal
Róger Madrigal is a research fellow of the Environment and Development initiative Center for Central America. He has a master´s degree in environmental economics and he is
currently enrolled in a PhD program at Freiburg University in Germany. His
scholarly interests are in the areas of community based management of
common-pool resources and institutional analysis of water policies. He has also
extensive experience with the design and implementation of payments for
ecosystem services schemes in Latin America. His current research tries to
understand the underlying causes of the observed disparity in performance of
rural water organizations in Costa Rica. Mr. Madrigal has been invited to
lecture in El Salvador, Argentina and Chile. He has also been a consultant to
the IDB, TNC and FAO.
Expertise/ Research area:
Institutional Economics
Common Pool Resources Theory
Collective action towards the provision of public goods
Experimental Economics
Payments for Ecosystem Services
Peer reviewed
- Diseño y gestión adaptativa de un esquema de pago de servicios ecosistémicos en Copan Ruinas, Honduras Madrigal, R. y F. Alpízar. 2008. Diseño y gestión adaptativa de un esquema de pago de servicios ecosistémicos en Copan Ruinas, Honduras. Investigación Agraria: Sistemas de Recursos Forestales. 17(1) pp.79-90, ISSN: 1131-7965.
- Determinants of performance in rural water community organizations in Costa Rica Madrigal, R; Alpízar, F; Schluter, A. 2011. Determinants of performance in rural water community organizations in Costa Rica. World Development Vol. 39, No. 9, pp. 1663–1675, 2011
EfD Discussion Papers
- Determinants of Performance of Drinking-Water Community Organizations: A Comparative Analysis of Case Studies in Rural Costa Rica 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.
- Individual Perceptions and the Performance of Community-Based Drinking Water Organisations Madrigal Róger, Alpízar Francisco, and Achim Schlüter, 2011, “Individual Perceptions and the Performance of Community-Based Drinking Water Organizations”. Environment for Development Discussion Paper Series, EfD DP 11-07.
Discussion Papers
Books
- The Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Costa Rica Hall, L., Robalino, J., and Madrigal, R., 2010 “The Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Costa Rica” In E. Lora, A. Powell, B. van Praag and P. Sanguinetti Eds. The Quality of Life in Latin American Cities: Markets and perception. The World Bank Press.
- Estimating the Cost and Benefits of Supplying Hydrological Ecosystem Services: An Application for Small-Scale Rural Drinking Water Organizations Madrigal, R. 2011. Estimating the Cost and Benefits of Supplying Hydrological Ecosystem Services: An Application for Small-Scale Rural Drinking Water Organizations. In: B. Rapidel, F. DeClerck, J.F. Le Coq and J. Beer (Editors), Ecosystem Services from Agriculture and Agroforestry: Measurement and Payment. Earthscan, London, UK, pp. 161-178.
Policy briefs
- Temas pendientes en la gobernabilidad hídrica (Spanish only) Esta síntesis pertenece a una serie de publicaciones de la Unidad de Comunicación y Políticas (CPU en el marco del programa MAP-CATIE escrita por Ingo Gentes y Róger Madrigal- CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. Octubre, 2009.
- Rendición de cuentas y participación comunitaria en la provisión de agua potable (Spanish only) This brief is based on results from: Madrigal, R; Alpízar, F; Schluter, A. 2009. Determinants of performance in rural water community organizations in Costa Rica. EfD-CA Working paper.
Reports
- Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Costa Rica
- Assessing linkages between agriculture and biodiversity in Central America: Historical overview and future perspectives Harvey, C.A., F. Alpízar, M. Chacón, and R. Madrigal. 2005. "Assesing Linkages between agriculture and biodiversity in Central America: Historical Overview and Future Perspectives". The Nature Conservancy, Costa Rica, ISBN:9968-9557-1-X.
Other
- Perspectivas futuras sobre el co-manejo como alternativa para el uso y la protección de las tortugas en Ostional Madrigal-Ballestero, Roger, 2011,"Perspectivas futuras sobre el co-manejo como alternativa para el uso y la protección de las tortugas en Ostional", EfD Research brief.
- What makes them follow the rules: the case of Ostional turtle egg harvesters Madrigal-Ballestero, Roger, 2011,"What makes them follow the rules: the case of Ostional turtle egg harvesters", EfD Research Brief
- Something more than building rural aqueducts
- Adaptative design and management of a payment for ecosystem services scheme in Copan Ruinas, Honduras Madrigal R., F. Alpizar. 2008. Diseño y gestión adaptativa de un programa de pagos por servicios ecositémicos en Copán Ruinas, Honduras. Investigación Agraria: Sistemas y Recursos Forestales 2008 17(1), 79-90.
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