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Effects of protected areas on forest cover change and local communities : evidence from the Peruvian Amazon
Miranda, Juan José; Corral, Leonardo; Blackman, Allen; … - 2014
Protected areas are a cornerstone of forest conservation in developing countries. Yet we know little about their effects on forest cover change or the socioeconomic status of local communities, and even less about the relationship between these effects. This paper assesses whether 'win-win'...
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The conservation versus production trade-off : does livestock intensification increase deforestation? : the case of the Brazilian Amazon
Vale, Petterson Molina - 2015
More cattle, less deforestation? Land use intensification in the Amazon is an unexpected phenomenon. Theories of hollow … rising land productivity of cattle increase deforestation? I use secondary data and spatial econometrics to look for evidence … of a positive relation between cattle intensification and deforestation (‘rebound effect’). The reduced-form model I …
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Export tariffs combined with public investments as a forest conservation policy instrument
Schwerhoff, Gregor; Wehkamp, Johanna - 2017
The forest conservation policy instrument REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) is … that it is possible to combine export tariffs with public investments such that deforestation decreases, while agricultural …
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Options to achieve net-zero emissions from agriculture and land use changes in Latin America and the Caribbean
Dumas, Patrice; Wirsenius, Stefan; Searchinger, Tim; … - 2022
Eleven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by around 2050. Changes in the food system are key to reach these carbon neutrality goals, as agriculture and resulting land-use changes are responsible for almost half of greenhouse gas emissions in the...
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The effects of tenure security on women’s empowerment and food security : evidence from a land regularization program in Ecuador
Schling, Maja; Pazos, Nicolas; Corral, Leonardo; … - 2023
This paper evaluates the impact of a rural land administration program in Ecuador on female empowerment and household food security. Using a double robust estimation that combines the difference-in-difference approach with inverse probability weighting, we explore whether receiving a...
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Effective land ownership, female empowerment, and food security : evidence from Peru
Schling, Maja; Pazos, Nicolás - 2021
This paper examines the effect of women's effective land ownership on female empowerment and household food security in the context of Peruvian family farming. Using an instrumental variable approach, we explore whether self-declared informal ownership of plots provides women with increased...
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Trade and agriculture : a discourse on cross cutting issues
Sharma, Sachin Kumar; Ganti, Lakshmi Swathi; Mathur, Paavni - 2024
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The spatial sorting of informal dwellers in cities in developing countries : theory and evidence
Selod, Harris; Tobin, Lara - 2018
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On the water-energy-food nexus: is there multivariate convergence?
Bollino, Carlo Andrea; Galeotti, Marzio - 2021
This paper provides new evidence on the convergence process of energy, water and food per capita consumption levels for 108 countries from 1971 to 2018, using a common data set, with VAR and panel data approach. We establish a new notion of multivariate sigma and beta-convergence. The results...
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