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
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/19397379/social-impacts-costa-ricas-psa-program
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spelling okr-10986-187192021-04-23T14:03:47Z Social Impacts of Costa Rica's PSA Program Porras, Ina Miranda, Miriam Salas, Fiorella 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 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. 2014-06-23T16:02:42Z 2014-06-23T16:02:42Z 2008-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/19397379/social-impacts-costa-ricas-psa-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18719 English en_US Payments for Environmental Services (PES) learning paper;no. 2008-2 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Costa Rica
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en_US
topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Porras, Ina
Miranda, Miriam
Salas, Fiorella
Social Impacts of Costa Rica's PSA Program
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Costa Rica
relation Payments for Environmental Services (PES) learning paper;no. 2008-2
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Porras, Ina
Miranda, Miriam
Salas, Fiorella
author_facet Porras, Ina
Miranda, Miriam
Salas, Fiorella
author_sort Porras, Ina
title Social Impacts of Costa Rica's PSA Program
title_short Social Impacts of Costa Rica's PSA Program
title_full Social Impacts of Costa Rica's PSA Program
title_fullStr Social Impacts of Costa Rica's PSA Program
title_full_unstemmed Social Impacts of Costa Rica's PSA Program
title_sort social impacts of costa rica's psa program
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url 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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