Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES)

Local Effects of Payments for Ecosystem Services on Rural Poverty

Environmetal and Resource Economics (2022) Villalobos, L., Robalino, J., Sandoval, C. and F. Alpizar Abstract This paper estimates the local effects of a Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) program on income-based poverty rates in rural areas of Costa Rica between 2007–2009. Using household surveys and spatial geographic data, we are able to control for socioeconomic and geographicContinueContinue reading “Local Effects of Payments for Ecosystem Services on Rural Poverty”