Have We Managed to Integrate Conservation and Development? ICDP Impacts in the Brazilian Amazon

World Development

Volumn 64, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S135-S148

  Bauch, Simone C ^a   Sills, Erin O ^b   Pattanayak, Subhrendu K ^c  

^a Inter American Development Bank   (Brazil)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Impact evaluation; Integrated conservation and development projects

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NATIONAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; TAPAJOS NATIONAL FOREST;

EID: 84911396959     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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