The objective of this project is to estimate to what extent migration movements within a country are explained by occurrence of extreme weather events in general and more specifically by floods

EfD-CA at CATIE began study sponsored by The Tinker Foundation Environment for Development initiative in Central America (EfD-CA) has started a two-year study on the subject of payments for

Methodology based on environmental economics principles, to be replicated in wildlife protected areas For Spanish version/Para la versión en español By Joselyne Hoffmann The concession of non

Metodología del EfD-CA en CATIE basada en principios de economía ambiental por replicarse en áreas silvestres protegidas // Methodology based on environmental economics principles created by EfD-CA at

The parks’ entrance location and the possibility of agricultural workers to switch to service activities can be important tools to take advantage of the economic benefits of parks. Despite of the

The objective is to evaluate the performance of Costa Rica’s voluntary Blue Flag certification program, focusing on beach communities. Policy makers in Latin America are rapidly turning to voluntary

Our research aims to develop a conceptual and empirical framework for analyzing the benefits and costs of various options for reforming pricing transportation in San José, and to use it to develop

The objective is to identify the drivers of the adoption of sustainable land management practices by coffee farmers in Costa Rica We believe that current coffee farming systems in Costa Rica are

This research project analyze the incidence of a fuel taxes in four Central American and Caribbean countries—Costa Rica, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Panama—using household-level expenditure data. Fuel

What would have been the deforestation rate within and around protected areas if these protected areas had not been established? This project will allow to determine the impact of land conservation