Poor Household Participation in Payments for Environmental Services: Lessons from the Silvopastoral Project in Quindio, Colombia

As the use of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) approaches in developing countries has grown, concern has arisen over the ability of poorer households to participate. This paper uses data from a PES project implemented in Quindio, Colombia, to examine the extent to which poorer households th...

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Main Authors:	Pagiola, Stefano, Rios, Ana R., Arcenas, Agustin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Project Analysis O220 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Land Q240 Regional Government Analysis: Land Use and Other Regulations R520
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4830

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spelling	okr-10986-48302021-04-23T14:02:19Z Poor Household Participation in Payments for Environmental Services: Lessons from the Silvopastoral Project in Quindio, Colombia Pagiola, Stefano Rios, Ana R. Arcenas, Agustin Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Project Analysis O220 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Land Q240 Regional Government Analysis: Land Use and Other Regulations R520 As the use of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) approaches in developing countries has grown, concern has arisen over the ability of poorer households to participate. This paper uses data from a PES project implemented in Quindio, Colombia, to examine the extent to which poorer households that are eligible to participate are in fact able to do so. The project provides a strong test of the ability of poorer households to participate in a PES program as it required participants to make substantial and complex land use changes. The results show that poorer households are in fact able to participate at levels that are broadly similar to those of better-off households. Moreover, their participation was not limited to the simpler, least expensive options. Transaction costs may be greater obstacles to the participation of poorer households than household-specific constraints. 2012-03-30T07:29:57Z 2012-03-30T07:29:57Z 2010 Journal Article Environmental and Resource Economics 09246460 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4830 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Colombia
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spellingShingle	Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Project Analysis O220 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Land Q240 Regional Government Analysis: Land Use and Other Regulations R520 Pagiola, Stefano Rios, Ana R. Arcenas, Agustin Poor Household Participation in Payments for Environmental Services: Lessons from the Silvopastoral Project in Quindio, Colombia
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description	As the use of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) approaches in developing countries has grown, concern has arisen over the ability of poorer households to participate. This paper uses data from a PES project implemented in Quindio, Colombia, to examine the extent to which poorer households that are eligible to participate are in fact able to do so. The project provides a strong test of the ability of poorer households to participate in a PES program as it required participants to make substantial and complex land use changes. The results show that poorer households are in fact able to participate at levels that are broadly similar to those of better-off households. Moreover, their participation was not limited to the simpler, least expensive options. Transaction costs may be greater obstacles to the participation of poorer households than household-specific constraints.
format	Journal Article
author	Pagiola, Stefano Rios, Ana R. Arcenas, Agustin
author_facet	Pagiola, Stefano Rios, Ana R. Arcenas, Agustin
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title	Poor Household Participation in Payments for Environmental Services: Lessons from the Silvopastoral Project in Quindio, Colombia
title_short	Poor Household Participation in Payments for Environmental Services: Lessons from the Silvopastoral Project in Quindio, Colombia
title_full	Poor Household Participation in Payments for Environmental Services: Lessons from the Silvopastoral Project in Quindio, Colombia
title_fullStr	Poor Household Participation in Payments for Environmental Services: Lessons from the Silvopastoral Project in Quindio, Colombia
title_full_unstemmed	Poor Household Participation in Payments for Environmental Services: Lessons from the Silvopastoral Project in Quindio, Colombia
title_sort	poor household participation in payments for environmental services: lessons from the silvopastoral project in quindio, colombia
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Poor Household Participation in Payments for Environmental Services: Lessons from the Silvopastoral Project in Quindio, Colombia

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