The leakage and livelihood impacts of PES contracts: A targeting experiment in Malawi
In: Land use policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use, Band 63, S. 645-658
ISSN: 0264-8377
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In: Land use policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use, Band 63, S. 645-658
ISSN: 0264-8377
In: Land use policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use, Band 102, S. 104907
ISSN: 0264-8377
As a means to adapt to climate change, the Mexican government grants, since 2003, payments as an incentive for landholders to conserve, maintain and increase the provision of environmental services through the promotion of a forestry strategy. This paper contributes to the literature with an empirical analysis of the impact of payments for reforestation in one of the states with the highest rates of deforestation, Michoac n. The impact is estimated by means of panel data regressions and propensity score matching. Our results suggest that the payments are not contributing to the overall reforestation in Michoac n because of the existence of leakage in areas that are not participating in the program. Our analysis underlines the challenges faced when implementing financial incentive based programs and provides policy makers with evidence for improving the design of such programs.
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In: Earth system governance, Band 16, S. 100175
ISSN: 2589-8116
In: Earth system governance, Band 20, S. 100209
ISSN: 2589-8116