Social Impacts of Costa Rica's PSA Program

Social Impacts of Costa Rica's PSA Program

This paper discusses the social impacts of Costa Rica's Payments for Environmental Services (PSA) program and their effect on rural poverty. Although the analysis is hampered by significant information gaps, we believe that the PSA Program has...

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Main Authors:	Porras, Ina, Miranda, Miriam, Salas, Fiorella
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCOUNTANT AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH BIOLOGICAL CORRIDOR CAPACITY BUILDING CASH INCOME CASH PAYMENTS CHILD MORTALITY CREDIBILITY DEEDS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK EXPROPRIATIONS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE EXTREME POVERTY LINES FARM ACTIVITIES FARM INCOME FARM LABOR FARM SIZE FARMER FARMERS HOLDINGS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX INCOME INSTRUMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTING LABOR MARKET LACK OF CREDIT LACK OF INFORMATION LAND OWNERSHIP LAND TENURE LAND TITLING LAND USE LAND VALUES LANDHOLDERS LANDLESS PEOPLE LANDOWNERS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LOCAL LEVEL MARKET MECHANISMS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINES OPPORTUNITY COST OPPORTUNITY COSTS PER CAPITA INCOME POOR POOR AREAS POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POORER GROUPS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY INDICATOR POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PROPERTY RIGHTS REGIONAL OFFICES REMOTE AREAS REMOTE PLACES RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SHELTER SMALL FARMERS SMALL FARMS SOCIAL IMPACTS TARGETING TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COST TRANSACTION COSTS UNCLEAR LAND TITLES URBAN AREAS WITHDRAWAL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/19397379/social-impacts-costa-ricas-psa-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18719

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Summary:	This paper discusses the social impacts of Costa Rica's Payments for Environmental Services (PSA) program and their effect on rural poverty. Although the analysis is hampered by significant information gaps, we believe that the PSA Program has probably managed to have an impact on the poor. This impact is almost certainly positive on the poor who were able to participate, but is difficult to quantify. However, except for very few cases, it seems unlikely that the PSA was able to actually lift participants out of poverty. Participation of the poor was initially low but increased as measures were introduced to target the poor and facilitate their participation.

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