Can Environmental Cash Transfers Reduce Deforestation and Improve Social Outcomes ? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Mexico’s National Program (2011-2014) (English)

Environmental conditional cash transfers, or "payments for ecosystem services" are a centerpiece of global efforts to protect biodiversity, safeguard watersheds, and mitigate climate change by reducing forest loss. This paper evaluates the impacts of Mexico's national payments for ecosystem services program, which provides five years of payments to landowners in exchange for maintaining and managing natural land cover. Using a regression discontinuity...

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Alix-Garcia,Jennifer M.;

Sims,Katharine R. Emans;

Orozco Olvera,Victor Hugo;

Costica,Laura Elena;

Fernandez Medina.Jorge David;

Romo-Monroy,Sofia;

Pagiola,Stefano P.;
Document Date
2019/01/17
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8707
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Mexico,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2019/01/17
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Can Environmental Cash Transfers Reduce Deforestation and Improve Social Outcomes ? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Mexico’s National Program (2011-2014)
Keywords
carnegie corporation

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Alix-Garcia,Jennifer M.; Sims,Katharine R. Emans; Orozco Olvera,Victor Hugo; Costica,Laura Elena; Fernandez Medina.Jorge David; Romo-Monroy,Sofia; Pagiola,Stefano P..

Can Environmental Cash Transfers Reduce Deforestation and Improve Social Outcomes ? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Mexico’s National Program (2011-2014) (English). Impact Evaluation series|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8707 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/694951547752004287

Can Environmental Cash Transfers Reduce Deforestation and Improve Social Outcomes ? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Mexico’s National Program (2011-2014) (English)

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