Central America and Mexico | EfD

Conditional Cash Transfers and Payments for Environmental Services: A Conceptual Framework for Explaining and Judging Differences in Outcomes

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2011-05-27 20:00

EfD Authors:

Despite the recent popularity of conditional cash transfers (CCT) and payments for environmental services (PES) programs, what determines their success is not well understood. We developed a conceptual framework to give insight into some of the main determinants of CCT and PES program efficiency that hope to increase investments in human and environmental capital.

Central America and Mexico

Policy Design

Field Survey Analysis of Conservation Policies and Deforestation Decisions

Through gathering landowners’ experiences and actual practices in situ, researchers at EfD-CA Center work on confirming research findings, contextualize, validate research, and set new hypothesis…

Fri, 2011-05-27 04:15 | Experiments, Forestry, Policy Design | Central America and Mexico

Choice Experiments in Enviromental Impact Assessment: The Toro 3 Hydroelectric Project and the Recreo Verde Tourist Center in Costa Rica

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2011-05-23 15:00

EfD Authors:

Alpizar, Francisco

Carίas Vega , Dora

Choice experiments, a stated preference valuation method, are proposed as a tool to assign monetary values to environmental externalities during the ex-ante stages of environmental impact assessment. This case study looks at the impacts of the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity’s Toro 3 hydroelectric project and its affects on the Recreo Verde tourism center in San Carlos, Costa Rica.

Central America and Mexico

Energy, Policy Design

Two New Research Projects on Climate Change at EfD-CA

EfD-CA at CATIE takes advantage of research synergies in institutional aspects of climate change, biodiversity, and water. One of EfD-CA Center main areas of work and expertise is Socioeconomic

Mon, 2011-05-02 21:39 | Climate Change, Conservation, Policy Design | Central America and Mexico

Two New Research Projects on Climate Change at EfD-CA

EfD-CA at CATIE takes advantage of research synergies in institutional aspects of climate change, biodiversity, and water. One of EfD-CA Center main areas of work and expertise is Socioeconomic…

Mon, 2011-05-02 21:39 | Climate Change, Conservation, Policy Design | Central America and Mexico

Economics of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity

LACEEP's XI Biannual Short Course. The Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program ( LACEEP), partner of the EfD-CA Center, hosted its XI Biannual Short Course between April 8 and 10…

Date: Friday 8 — Sunday 10 April, 2011

Location: CATIE, Turrialba

In-service training | Conservation | Central America and Mexico