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Updates... Recent Environmental Economics publications
Andersson et al. Smallholder farmers have long been denied access to formal credit, largely because of the high administrative fees associated with loans. A possible solution to this problem, which has become increasingly popular, is the use of microcredit financing, where innovative means of securing the loans, such as peer monitoring, are used. This paper examines the effectiveness of formal microcredit schemes as compared to the traditional informal credit sources in a rural shrimp farming district of Bangladesh.
This study is a first attempt to provide some economic indicators of how climate change will affect Namibia – one of the most vulnerable countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Focusing on natural resources, the study aims to assess the likely economic values of some of the most important environmental and socio-economic impacts of climate change in Namibia, and also to capture how some of the most important impacts might affect the overall structure of the economy.
Grieg-Gran et al In order to increase protected area revenue, and as part of a drive for national economic development, the Cambodian government is starting to issue economic concessions in 'sustainable development zones' of protected areas. Two such areas are the Phnom Samkos and Phnom Aural wildlife sanctuaries. Management of these sanctuaries is currently heavily dependent on donor finance and there is concern about post project sustainability. Thus there is a need to develop long-term sustainable finance for their management. This paper reports on a study to provide a set of options for the locally-derived sustainable financing of Phnom Samkos and Phnom Aural. The study has two main components: ecological services valuation and protected area financing.
James MacGregor, Charles Palmer, Jon Barnes This paper reports on the results from a household survey of forest resources use in the north-central regions of Namibia (NCR), focusing on the four relatively densely settled rural areas, which also include several small rapidly developing urban nodes. The aim of the study was to examine current levels of utilisation of forest resources at a household level and to apply a dynamic modelling approach to develop policy pointers that can maximise poverty alleviation and conservation benefits as Namibia develops. This paper aims to address the concern that both poverty and economic development are increasing and driving over-utilisation of forest resources. View pdf
Annie Dufey
Markets for Environmental Services Two new reports have recently been published in the series from our project Markets for Environmental Services. This project aims to promote the provision and maintenance of environmental services in ways that reduce poverty and improve livelihoods. The reports focus on the financial, environmental and poverty aspects of recent initiatives to develop markets, financial compensation mechanisms, fiscal incentives and other market-based instruments for environmental services in rural areas of the developing world. The voluntary carbon offsets market Elizabeth Harris Originating in negotiations of the United Nations Kyoto Protocol, a global carbon market has recently evolved. A number of distinct markets are encompassed within its remit, including a voluntary retail arm. Although the volunatary retail market is very small in comparison to other segments, it has large growth potential as it can extend to countries, customer groups and technologies not embraced by the existing compliance regime. This paper examines the structure and dynamics of the voluntary retail carbon market and in light of these findings considers the future developments and implications of this market for sustainable development.
R A Hope, I Porras, M Borgoyary, M Miranda, C Agarwal, S Tiwari This paper describes a negotiation support framework that has been developed from the literature and field experiences in Costa Rica and India. The framework then serves to critically examine a case study from each country to draw empirical lessons from the inherently political and contested process of watershed management. View pdf
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