Environment for Development Center for Central America

Outline Environment for Development Center for Central America Facilities and Staff Research portfolio

Environment for Development Center for Central America

Facilities and Staff

Research portfolio

Environment for Development Center for Central America EfD Central America is hosted by CATIE: Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center EfD Central America is an integral part of the Socio-economics of Environmental Goods and Services Group (SEBSA) Our goal is to contribute to the design of policies to alleviate poverty and improve the management of natural resources in Central America

EfD Central America is hosted by CATIE: Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center

EfD Central America is an integral part of the Socio-economics of Environmental Goods and Services Group (SEBSA)

Our goal is to contribute to the design of policies to alleviate poverty and improve the management of natural resources in Central America

CATIE Headquarters Turrialba, Costa Rica Environment for Development Center for Central America

Facilities CATIE Headquarters, Turrialba, Costa Rica

Researchers and staff Francisco Alpízar Director and Research Fellow Maria Angelica Naranjo Dissem. Officer and Junior Research Fellow Lizette Delgado Admin. and Support Roger Madrigal Research Fellow Allen Blackman Resident Advisor Juan Robalino Research Fellow Tanya O’Garra Post-doc Researcher

Junior Researchers and Master Students Carla Flores Diego Herrera Rebecca Osakwe Alfredo Portilla Laura Villalobos

Carla Flores

Diego Herrera

Rebecca Osakwe

Alfredo Portilla

Laura Villalobos

External research collaborators T. Sterner, G. Kohlin, F. Carlson, P. Martinson, O. Johansson Gothenburg University Elinor Ostrom Indiana University Jorge Rivera George Washington University Ian Parry Resources for the Future Dale Whitington University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Richard Woodward Texas A&M University Greg Amacher Virgina Tech Fabio Mendez University of Arkansas Alex Paff Duke University Luis Hall Universidad de Alicante David Zilberman and Federico Castillo University of California, Berkeley Xavier Basurto and Armando Razo Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University Francisco Aguilar U. of Missouri Other: UN Div. for Sust. Dev.; LACEEP; ALEAR; Rain Forest Alliance, UNDP, IADB and Local Regulatory Institutions

T. Sterner, G. Kohlin, F. Carlson,

P. Martinson, O. Johansson

Gothenburg University

Elinor Ostrom

Indiana University

Jorge Rivera

George Washington University

Ian Parry

Resources for the Future

Dale Whitington

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Richard Woodward

Texas A&M University

Greg Amacher

Virgina Tech

Fabio Mendez

University of Arkansas

Alex Paff

Duke University

Luis Hall

Universidad de Alicante

David Zilberman and Federico Castillo

University of California, Berkeley

Xavier Basurto and Armando Razo

Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University

Francisco Aguilar

U. of Missouri

Other: UN Div. for Sust. Dev.; LACEEP; ALEAR; Rain Forest Alliance, UNDP, IADB and Local Regulatory Institutions

Research portfolio Protected Areas: National Parks, Programs for Payments for Environmental Services Climate Change: Adaptability (Technology adoption and Biofuels) and Mitigation (REDD) Natural Resources: Water management and sanitation Urban Issues: Transportation and Urban environmental amenities. Environmental Policies: Taxes (Fuel) and Voluntary Environmental Regulations Agriculture: Certification and Technology Adoption in Coffee

Protected Areas: National Parks, Programs for Payments for Environmental Services

Climate Change: Adaptability (Technology adoption and Biofuels) and Mitigation (REDD)

Natural Resources: Water management and sanitation

Urban Issues: Transportation and Urban environmental amenities.

Environmental Policies: Taxes (Fuel) and Voluntary Environmental Regulations

Agriculture: Certification and Technology Adoption in Coffee

Protected Areas (4 Projects) What affect voluntary contributions to national parks? A field study in Cahuita National Park Determinants of contribution (voluntary or compulsory) Alpizar and Martinson (U. Gothenburg) Evaluating the effects of Land Conservation Policies in Developing Countries Estimating additionality of Land Conservation Policies in Costa Rica and Mexico currently and Brazil in the future Effects on socio-economic outcomes (local labor markets, income diversity and infrastructure) Robalino, Alpizar, Blackman and Villalobos with Pfaff

What affect voluntary contributions to national parks? A field study in Cahuita National Park

Determinants of contribution (voluntary or compulsory)

Alpizar and Martinson (U. Gothenburg)

Evaluating the effects of Land Conservation Policies in Developing Countries

Estimating additionality of Land Conservation Policies in Costa Rica and Mexico currently and Brazil in the future

Effects on socio-economic outcomes (local labor markets, income diversity and infrastructure)

Robalino, Alpizar, Blackman and Villalobos with Pfaff

Protected Areas (4 Projects) Explaining Private Sector Participation in the Environmental Services Program in Costa Rica Identifying the determinants of participation on the program Payments for Environmental Services in Costa Rica Blackman and Woodward (Texas A&M) Social Norms and Hypothetical Bias (Done) Testing the effects of anonymity, reciprocity and information of others contribution on voluntary contributions to a national park Alpizar and Carlsson

Explaining Private Sector Participation in the Environmental Services Program in Costa Rica

Identifying the determinants of participation on the program Payments for Environmental Services in Costa Rica

Blackman and Woodward (Texas A&M)

Social Norms and Hypothetical Bias (Done)

Testing the effects of anonymity, reciprocity and information of others contribution on voluntary contributions to a national park

Alpizar and Carlsson

Climate Change Small farmer’s determinants of private adaptation to climate change strategies The role of peers for farmer’s private adaptation strategies to climate change in different contexts Alizar, Naranjo and Carlsson (U. Gothenburg) Real costs of implementing reduced emissions from deforestation in developing countries (REDD) Estimating the cost of avoiding deforestation per hectare Blackman, Robalino and Pfaff (Duke University) and Zepeda (RFF)

Small farmer’s determinants of private adaptation to climate change strategies

The role of peers for farmer’s private adaptation strategies to climate change in different contexts

Alizar, Naranjo and Carlsson (U. Gothenburg)

Real costs of implementing reduced emissions from deforestation in developing countries (REDD)

Estimating the cost of avoiding deforestation per hectare

Blackman, Robalino and Pfaff (Duke University) and Zepeda (RFF)

Climate Change Bio-fuels: Impacts on land use, food production, other topics An analysis based on existing knowledge, market trends and public policies related to biofuels in Central America will be prepared, which will be used to identify research needs in the Region. Plan conference Berkeley-CATIE Alizar, Saborio and Castillo

Bio-fuels: Impacts on land use, food production, other topics

An analysis based on existing knowledge, market trends and public policies related to biofuels in Central America will be prepared, which will be used to identify research needs in the Region.

Plan conference Berkeley-CATIE

Alizar, Saborio and Castillo

Agriculture: Coffee (2 questions) Adoption of Sustainable Management Practices by Costa Rican Coffee Growers Identify the determinants of the adoption of soil conservation strategies (social interactions and learning) Blackman and Robalino Certification: Drivers and impacts of management practices Identify the factors that drive certification Alpizar, Blackman, Robalino and Naranjo

Adoption of Sustainable Management Practices by Costa Rican Coffee Growers

Identify the determinants of the adoption of soil conservation strategies (social interactions and learning)

Blackman and Robalino

Certification: Drivers and impacts of management practices

Identify the factors that drive certification

Alpizar, Blackman, Robalino and Naranjo

Natural Resources: Water Performance of community drinking water systems Analysis of water management institutions in rural areas in Costa Rica Madrigal, Alpizar, Flores and Ostrom (U. of Indiana). National sanitation strategy (Proposed) Determine where, what, how to finance? Alpizar, Blackman, Madrigal and Whittington

Performance of community drinking water systems

Analysis of water management institutions in rural areas in Costa Rica

Madrigal, Alpizar, Flores and Ostrom (U. of Indiana).

National sanitation strategy (Proposed)

Determine where, what, how to finance?

Alpizar, Blackman, Madrigal and Whittington

Environmental Policies Incidence of fuel taxes in Central America Analyze the incidence of a fuel taxes in Central American and Caribbean countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador and Dominican Republic Alpizar, Blackman and Sterner (U. Gothenburg). Voluntary Environmental Regulation: Costa Rica’s Blue Flag Beach Certification Program” Econometric analysis of drivers of participation and evaluation of program impacts Alpizar, Blackman, Robalino and Rivera (George Washington University)

Incidence of fuel taxes in Central America

Analyze the incidence of a fuel taxes in Central American and Caribbean countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador and Dominican Republic

Alpizar, Blackman and Sterner (U. Gothenburg).

Voluntary Environmental Regulation: Costa Rica’s Blue Flag Beach Certification Program”

Econometric analysis of drivers of participation and evaluation of program impacts

Alpizar, Blackman, Robalino and Rivera (George Washington University)

Urban Issues Transportation pricing in San Jose Conceptual and empirical framework for analyzing the benefits and costs of various options for reforming pricing transportation Alpizar, Blackman and Perry (RFF). Quality of Life in urban areas of San Jose How environmental amenities affect the quality of Life in Urban Areas in Costa Rica? Robalino, Madrigal and Hall (U. of Alicante)

Transportation pricing in San Jose

Conceptual and empirical framework for analyzing the benefits and costs of various options for reforming pricing transportation

Alpizar, Blackman and Perry (RFF).

Quality of Life in urban areas of San Jose

How environmental amenities affect the quality of Life in Urban Areas in Costa Rica?

Robalino, Madrigal and Hall (U. of Alicante)

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