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EfD Central America

Economy, Environment and Sustainable Agribusiness Unit, CATIE

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EfD-CA continues sharing research knowledge on water and hydrological disasters

International virtual event on environmental economics allowed to communicate scientific results of…

Research study prioritizes food security and gender equity in Central America

Smallholder family farmers located in the dry corridor within the Trifinio Region, which comprehends…

In Costa Rica protected areas reduce the incidence of hydrological disasters

This is the main result of a research that can be useful for policy makers in the country, the most…

Using Payments for Ecosystem Services to Protect Water Resources

A four-minute video summarizes the work done by researchers from EfD-CA at CATIE to provide a PES…

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Funding Inclusive Green Transition through Greenhouse Gas Pricing

2015 was a special year. During a few months the political stars aligned and made it possible for the international…

4 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | India, Colombia, China, Vietnam, Sweden, Central America, Global Hub

A framework for selecting and designing policies to reduce marine plastic pollution in developing countries

The polluting of marine ecosystems with plastics is both a global and a local problem with potentially severe…

2 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | South Africa, India, Chile, Vietnam, Sweden, Tanzania, Central America

Siting Marine Protected Areas with Area Targets: Protecting Rural Incomes, Fish Stocks, and Turtles in Costa Rica 20-08

With many countries seeking to increase the area conserved in marine protected areas (MPAs) to achieve the Convention on…

12 Jun 2020 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central America

How to Ask Farmers about Risk to Help Design Agricultural Policies

Researchers and officials interested in people’s attitudes toward risk when designing public policies should make sure…

18 May 2020 | Research Brief | Sweden, Central America

Analyzing the effect of biodegradable packaging on plastic consumption in the wholesale market: a field experiment in the Costa Rican farmer’s market

27 Apr 2020 | Other Publications | Central America

Credit, insurance and farmers’ liability: Evidence from a lab in the field experiment with coffee farmers in Costa Rica

28 Jun 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Central America, Global Hub

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