The Effectiveness of Payments for Environmental Services

World Development

Volumn 96, Issue , 2017, Pages 359-374

  Börner, Jan ^a   Baylis, Kathy ^b   Corbera, Esteve ^c   Ezzine de Blas, Driss ^d   Honey Rosés, Jordi ^e   Persson, U Martin ^f   Wunder, Sven ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^g CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Peru)

Author keywords

environmental effectiveness; impact evaluation; payments for ecosystem services; policy design; trade offs

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 85017249112     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.03.020     Document Type: Article

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