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”
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The environmental effects of poverty programs and the poverty effects ofenvironmental programs
World Development (2019) Francisco Alpizar, Paul J. Ferraro. Abstract For decades, government agencies and nongovernmental organizations have invested in programs aimed at alleviating poverty and those aimed at protecting the environment. Whether these investments mutually reinforce each other or act in opposition has been widely debated by scholars. Studies that have tried to resolve this debate sufferContinueContinue reading “The environmental effects of poverty programs and the poverty effects ofenvironmental programs”
Francisco Alpízar 