Working papers:
Conservation of Tropical Forests: Addressing Market Failure
Erwin Bulte; Stefanie Engel
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- Title:
- Conservation of Tropical Forests: Addressing Market Failure
- Author(s):
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Bulte, Erwin
Engel, Stefanie - Date:
- 2003
- Type:
- Working papers
- Department:
- Initiative for Policy Dialogue
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:8965
- Series:
- Initiative for Policy Dialogue Working Paper Series
- Publisher:
- Initiative for Policy Dialogue
- Publisher Location:
- New York
- Abstract:
- This paper proposes to (1) summarize existing literature on the causes of deforestation and the magnitude of the various forest benefit components; (2) critically discuss the usefulness of forest valuation exercises; (3) discuss the main market failures underlying deforestation; and (4) highlight the relationship between different property rights regimes, market failures, and policy effectiveness.
- Subject(s):
- Environmental economics
- Item views:
- 460