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Bridging the Policy and Investment Gap for Payment for Ecosystem Services: Learning from Costa Rican Experience and Roads Ahead
(Global Green Growth Institute, Seúl (Corea del Sur), 2016-10)
Between 2000 to 2010, forests were lost at an average of 5.2 million hectares per year across the globe (FAO 2010). Though the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation vary, agricultural expansion is responsible for ...
Retos ambientales de Costa Rica
(Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Washington D. C. (Estados Unidos), 2018-01)
Este reporte presenta una reseña del panorama ambiental de Costa Rica. En él se detallan
los principales desafíos del país para lograr un crecimiento inclusivo, resiliente y sostenible,
incluyendo el reto de cumplir con ...
Rapid participatory appraisal for the design and evaluation of payment for ecosystem services: An introduction to an assessment guide.
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2017-04)
Risk management in agriculture Ongoing studies with coffee farmers in Costa Rica affected by coffee leaf rust
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2015-09)
Análisis TSA: El Plan de Acción de Piña
(2016-09)
En marzo del 2016, se entregó un reporte al PNUD denominado “Viabilidad de un TSA para el sector piñero costarricense”. Este reporte buscaba testear el supuesto de que si la producción piñera se hace de forma social y ...
Paying the price of sweetening your donation: evidence from a natural field experiment
(Environment for Development, 2010-02)
Using a natural field experiment in a recreational site, a public good almost fully dependent on voluntary donations, we explored the crowding-out effect of gift rewards. First, we investigated whether receiving a map in ...
Credit, Insurance, and Farmers’ Liability: Evidence from a Lab in the Field Experiment with Coffee Farmers in Costa Rica.
(2017-03)
To cope with losses from extreme hydro-meteorological events, governments typically implement disaster relief programs and offer debt relief to affected parties. Governments in developing countries have made extensive use ...
The Effect of Hydro-Meteorological Emergencies on Internal Migration
(Elsevier, Amsterdam (Paises Bajos), 2015-03)
We estimate the effect of hydro-meteorological emergencies on internal migration in Costa Rica during 1995–2000. We find that, on average, emergencies significantly increase average migration. However, we also find that ...
Marine Protected Areas: Lessons from Costa Rica and Tanzania
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2015-07-22)
Both Tanzania’s and Costa Rica’s beaches provide important nesting sites for endangered sea turtles. Poaching of eggs by local people for food or for sale presents a major threat to these species, as do other predators. ...
Don't tell me what to do, tell me who to follow!: field experiment evidence on voluntary donations
(Environment for Development, 2010-06)
We conducted a field experiment in a protected area to explore the effects of conformity to a social reference versus a comparable, but imposed, suggested donation. As observed before, we see visitors conforming to the ...