Cost-effectiveness of payments for ecosystem services with dual goals of environment and poverty alleviation

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 488-501

  Gauvin, Crystal ^a   Uchida, Emi ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Xu, Jintao ^c   Zhan, Jinyan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cost effectiveness; Grain for Green program; Payments for ecosystem services; Poverty alleviation

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DATA SETS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FIXED BUDGET; GOLD STANDARDS; GRAIN FOR GREEN PROGRAM; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; POLICY MAKERS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; HOUSEHOLD; POVERTY; SOIL EROSION;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

CHINA;

EID: 77952030508     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9321-9     Document Type: Article

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