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Our findings provide some of the first evidence that eco-certification can generate private benefits for tourism operators in developing countries and therefore has the potential to improve their…
| EfD Discussion Paper | Central AmericaTo address simultaneity and the presence of spatially correlated unobservables, we measure for neighbors' deforestation using the slopes of neighbors' and neighbors' neighbors' parcels. We estimate…
| Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaEco-certification of coffee, timber and other high-value agricultural commodities is increasingly widespread. In principle, it can improve commodity producers' environmental performance, even in…
| Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaThe paper discusses the application of Elinor Ostrom’s Social Ecological Systems (SES) framework, using as example a community organization in Costa Rica, which collectively extracts turtle eggs. The…
| Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaWhy are some communities effective at providing safe drinking water, while others fail? In many rural communities around the world, villagers contest the policy prescription that all drinking water…
| Policy Brief | Central AmericaThis paper analyzes the interaction between North (technology rich and gene poor) and South (gene rich but technology poor) in relation to bioprospecting in the life sciences industries. This sector…
| Peer Reviewed | South AfricaIn this paper, we study the current water pricing system practised in Kigali, Rwanda, and evaluate the potential for efficiency gains by moving to other alternatives. Notably, our numerical examples…
| Peer Reviewed | SwedenThis Brief presents a framework that can be used to assess the potential impact of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) schemes. Factors that determines the impact of PES are discussed such as…
| Policy Brief | Central America, SwedenMany economic decisions are made jointly within households. Running an experiment on intertemporal choice, we investigate the relative influence of spouses on joint household decisions. We let each…
| Peer Reviewed | China, SwedenWe study rural employment transitions in Ethiopia between farming and both low- and high-return nonfarm employment. We find that initial asset holdings and access to saving and credit are important…
| Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia