Assessing the Potential for Payments for Watershed Services to Reduce Poverty in Highland Guatemala
It has often been assumed that payments for watershed services (PWS) would go mostly to poor land users, thus contributing to poverty reduction, but there has been little empirical verification to date. This paper uses data from highland Guatemala...
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okr-10986-187202021-04-23T14:03:47Z Assessing the Potential for Payments for Watershed Services to Reduce Poverty in Highland Guatemala Pagiola, Stefano Zhang, Wei Colom, Ale AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AQUIFERS CLEAN WATER CONTOUR LINES DEGRADED AREAS DOMESTIC WATER DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY DOWNSTREAM WATER USERS ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EXTREME POVERTY FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARMERS FLOOD RISK GROUNDWATER HIGH LEVELS HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION HOUSEHOLDS HYDROELECTRIC POWER HYDROLOGY IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INDUSTRIAL USERS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LACK OF WATER LAKES LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE PRACTICES LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LARGE CITIES MARGINAL AREAS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPAL WATER MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRITION PIPED WATER POOR POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR LIVING POOR PEOPLE POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POWER GENERATION RIVERS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SMALL COMMUNITIES SMALL TOWNS SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SURFACE SOURCES SURFACE WATER TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY URBAN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS USE OF WATER WATER FEES WATER FLOWS WATER LINKAGES WATER QUALITY WATER SCARCITY WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS WATER SERVICE PROVISION WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFF WATER USE WATER USER WATER USERS WATER USES WATER UTILITY WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WELLS It has often been assumed that payments for watershed services (PWS) would go mostly to poor land users, thus contributing to poverty reduction, but there has been little empirical verification to date. This paper uses data from highland Guatemala to assess the potential for PWS to reduce poverty by examining whether the recipients of payments for environmental services are likely to be poor. The watersheds in which PWS would be feasible due to the presence of downstream water users are mapped, and compared to maps of poverty rates and densities. Poverty rates vary substantially in areas where PWS could be developed. The total number of poor that could potentially be reached if PWS mechanisms were developed in all the water supply areas is 1.76 million, or 34 percent of the country s poor (excluding Petén). 2014-06-23T16:05:06Z 2014-06-23T16:05:06Z 2008-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/19397449/assessing-potential-payments-watershed-services-reduce-poverty-highland-guatemala http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18720 English Payments for Environmental Services (PES) learning paper ; no. 2008-1 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Latin America & Caribbean Guatemala |
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AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AQUIFERS CLEAN WATER CONTOUR LINES DEGRADED AREAS DOMESTIC WATER DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY DOWNSTREAM WATER USERS ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EXTREME POVERTY FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARMERS FLOOD RISK GROUNDWATER HIGH LEVELS HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION HOUSEHOLDS HYDROELECTRIC POWER HYDROLOGY IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INDUSTRIAL USERS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LACK OF WATER LAKES LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE PRACTICES LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LARGE CITIES MARGINAL AREAS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPAL WATER MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRITION PIPED WATER POOR POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR LIVING POOR PEOPLE POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POWER GENERATION RIVERS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SMALL COMMUNITIES SMALL TOWNS SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SURFACE SOURCES SURFACE WATER TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY URBAN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS USE OF WATER WATER FEES WATER FLOWS WATER LINKAGES WATER QUALITY WATER SCARCITY WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS WATER SERVICE PROVISION WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFF WATER USE WATER USER WATER USERS WATER USES WATER UTILITY WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WELLS |
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AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AQUIFERS CLEAN WATER CONTOUR LINES DEGRADED AREAS DOMESTIC WATER DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY DOWNSTREAM WATER USERS ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EXTREME POVERTY FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARMERS FLOOD RISK GROUNDWATER HIGH LEVELS HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION HOUSEHOLDS HYDROELECTRIC POWER HYDROLOGY IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INDUSTRIAL USERS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LACK OF WATER LAKES LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE PRACTICES LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LARGE CITIES MARGINAL AREAS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPAL WATER MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRITION PIPED WATER POOR POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR LIVING POOR PEOPLE POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POWER GENERATION RIVERS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SMALL COMMUNITIES SMALL TOWNS SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SURFACE SOURCES SURFACE WATER TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY URBAN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS USE OF WATER WATER FEES WATER FLOWS WATER LINKAGES WATER QUALITY WATER SCARCITY WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS WATER SERVICE PROVISION WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFF WATER USE WATER USER WATER USERS WATER USES WATER UTILITY WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WELLS Pagiola, Stefano Zhang, Wei Colom, Ale Assessing the Potential for Payments for Watershed Services to Reduce Poverty in Highland Guatemala |
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Latin America & Caribbean Latin America & Caribbean Guatemala |
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Payments for Environmental Services (PES)
learning paper ; no. 2008-1 |
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It has often been assumed that payments
for watershed services (PWS) would go mostly to poor land
users, thus contributing to poverty reduction, but there has
been little empirical verification to date. This paper uses
data from highland Guatemala to assess the potential for PWS
to reduce poverty by examining whether the recipients of
payments for environmental services are likely to be poor.
The watersheds in which PWS would be feasible due to the
presence of downstream water users are mapped, and compared
to maps of poverty rates and densities. Poverty rates vary
substantially in areas where PWS could be developed. The
total number of poor that could potentially be reached if
PWS mechanisms were developed in all the water supply areas
is 1.76 million, or 34 percent of the country s poor
(excluding Petén). |
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Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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Pagiola, Stefano Zhang, Wei Colom, Ale |
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Pagiola, Stefano Zhang, Wei Colom, Ale |
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Pagiola, Stefano |
| title |
Assessing the Potential for
Payments for Watershed Services to Reduce Poverty in
Highland Guatemala |
| title_short |
Assessing the Potential for
Payments for Watershed Services to Reduce Poverty in
Highland Guatemala |
| title_full |
Assessing the Potential for
Payments for Watershed Services to Reduce Poverty in
Highland Guatemala |
| title_fullStr |
Assessing the Potential for
Payments for Watershed Services to Reduce Poverty in
Highland Guatemala |
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Assessing the Potential for
Payments for Watershed Services to Reduce Poverty in
Highland Guatemala |
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assessing the potential for
payments for watershed services to reduce poverty in
highland guatemala |
| publisher |
World Bank, Washington DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/19397449/assessing-potential-payments-watershed-services-reduce-poverty-highland-guatemala http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18720 |
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