Migration, Remittances and Forests : Disentangling the Impact of Population and Economic Growth on Forests
International migration has increased rapidly in recent decades and this has been accompanied by a remarkable increase in transfers made by migrants to their home countries. This paper investigates the effect of the rural economic growth brought ab...
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ABSOLUTE VALUE ADULT POPULATION ADVERSE WEATHER AFFORESTATION AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES AGRICULTURAL ENCROACHMENT AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND BARREN LAND BRAIN DRAIN CAPITAL MARKETS CENSUSES CHANGE IN POPULATION CHILD LABOR CIVIL WAR CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COAL COASTAL AREAS COMMON LAND COMMUNITY FOREST COMMUNITY FORESTRY COMMUNITY FORESTS COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURAL PRACTICE DEFORESTATION DEGRADED FOREST DEGRADED FOREST LAND DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTERS DROUGHT DRY SEASON ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMICS ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELASTICITY OF DEMAND ENVIRONMENT AND POPULATION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS ENVIRONMENTAL SHOCK ENVIRONMENTAL SHOCKS EQUILIBRIUM ETHNIC GROUPS EXPENDITURES FAMILY MEMBERS FERTILITY FIREWOOD FLOW OF INFORMATION FLOW OF PEOPLE FODDER FOREST FOREST ACT FOREST AREA FOREST AREAS FOREST CONDITIONS FOREST COVER FOREST COVER CHANGE FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST EXTRACTION FOREST GROWTH FOREST LABOR FOREST LAND FOREST OFFICERS FOREST PRODUCT FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST RESOURCES FOREST SECTOR FOREST USE FOREST USER FORESTRY FORESTRY MANAGEMENT FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GREEN REVOLUTION HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN SETTLEMENT ILLEGAL LOGGING IMMIGRANTS IMPACT OF MIGRATION IMPACT OF POPULATION INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INFLOW OF REMITTANCES INTERNATIONAL BORDERS INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION ISSUES KINSHIP LABOR FORCE LABOR INPUTS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LAND ALLOCATION LAND AREA LAND COVER LAND COVER CHANGE LAND COVER TYPE LAND RECLAMATION LAND RENTAL LAND RENTS LAND USE LAND USE CHANGES LAND USE DATA LAND USE DECISIONS LAND-COVER LANDSCAPE LARGE TRACTS OF FOREST LIVESTOCK LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL ENVIRONMENT LOGGING MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL REVENUE MATURE FORESTS MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION FLOWS MINES MOUNTAINOUS AREAS MOUNTAINS MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE NATIONAL FORESTS NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PEACE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL INSTABILITY POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION SIZE POPULATION VARIABLE POTENTIAL MIGRANTS PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRIVATE FORESTS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS PUBLIC GOOD PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RAINFALL REFUGES REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REMOTE SENSING DATA RESPECT ROAD DENSITY ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SATELLITE DATA SATELLITE IMAGERY SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL MOBILIZATION SPATIAL MOBILITY SPILLOVER TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TEMPORARY MIGRATION TIMBER URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS USE OF FORESTS VEGETATION VILLAGE FOREST VILLAGES WAGES WAR WARS WEATHER SHOCK WEATHER SHOCKS WORK FORCE WORKFORCE WORKING POPULATION WORLD POPULATION |
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ABSOLUTE VALUE ADULT POPULATION ADVERSE WEATHER AFFORESTATION AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES AGRICULTURAL ENCROACHMENT AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND BARREN LAND BRAIN DRAIN CAPITAL MARKETS CENSUSES CHANGE IN POPULATION CHILD LABOR CIVIL WAR CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COAL COASTAL AREAS COMMON LAND COMMUNITY FOREST COMMUNITY FORESTRY COMMUNITY FORESTS COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURAL PRACTICE DEFORESTATION DEGRADED FOREST DEGRADED FOREST LAND DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTERS DROUGHT DRY SEASON ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMICS ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELASTICITY OF DEMAND ENVIRONMENT AND POPULATION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS ENVIRONMENTAL SHOCK ENVIRONMENTAL SHOCKS EQUILIBRIUM ETHNIC GROUPS EXPENDITURES FAMILY MEMBERS FERTILITY FIREWOOD FLOW OF INFORMATION FLOW OF PEOPLE FODDER FOREST FOREST ACT FOREST AREA FOREST AREAS FOREST CONDITIONS FOREST COVER FOREST COVER CHANGE FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST EXTRACTION FOREST GROWTH FOREST LABOR FOREST LAND FOREST OFFICERS FOREST PRODUCT FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST RESOURCES FOREST SECTOR FOREST USE FOREST USER FORESTRY FORESTRY MANAGEMENT FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GREEN REVOLUTION HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN SETTLEMENT ILLEGAL LOGGING IMMIGRANTS IMPACT OF MIGRATION IMPACT OF POPULATION INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INFLOW OF REMITTANCES INTERNATIONAL BORDERS INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION ISSUES KINSHIP LABOR FORCE LABOR INPUTS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LAND ALLOCATION LAND AREA LAND COVER LAND COVER CHANGE LAND COVER TYPE LAND RECLAMATION LAND RENTAL LAND RENTS LAND USE LAND USE CHANGES LAND USE DATA LAND USE DECISIONS LAND-COVER LANDSCAPE LARGE TRACTS OF FOREST LIVESTOCK LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL ENVIRONMENT LOGGING MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL REVENUE MATURE FORESTS MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION FLOWS MINES MOUNTAINOUS AREAS MOUNTAINS MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE NATIONAL FORESTS NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PEACE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL INSTABILITY POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION SIZE POPULATION VARIABLE POTENTIAL MIGRANTS PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRIVATE FORESTS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS PUBLIC GOOD PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RAINFALL REFUGES REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REMOTE SENSING DATA RESPECT ROAD DENSITY ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SATELLITE DATA SATELLITE IMAGERY SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL MOBILIZATION SPATIAL MOBILITY SPILLOVER TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TEMPORARY MIGRATION TIMBER URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS USE OF FORESTS VEGETATION VILLAGE FOREST VILLAGES WAGES WAR WARS WEATHER SHOCK WEATHER SHOCKS WORK FORCE WORKFORCE WORKING POPULATION WORLD POPULATION Tiwari, Sailesh Bhattarai, Keshav Migration, Remittances and Forests : Disentangling the Impact of Population and Economic Growth on Forests |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5907 |
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International migration has increased
rapidly in recent decades and this has been accompanied by a
remarkable increase in transfers made by migrants to their
home countries. This paper investigates the effect of the
rural economic growth brought about by migration and
remittances on Nepal's Himalayan forests. The authors
assemble a unique village-panel dataset combining remote
sensing data on land use and forest cover change with data
from the census and multiple rounds of living standards
surveys to test various inter-relationships between
population, economic growth and forests. The results suggest
that rural economic growth spurred by remittances has had an
overall positive impact on forests. The paper also finds
that remittances caused an increase in rural wages and an
increase in income, but a decrease in land prices.
Considered together, however, the relationship between
forests and remittances is driven largely through the income
channel, indicating that the demand for amenities provided
by forests in the rural Nepali setting may have been more
important than factor prices in influencing land use changes
for the period of the study. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Tiwari, Sailesh Bhattarai, Keshav |
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Tiwari, Sailesh Bhattarai, Keshav |
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Tiwari, Sailesh |
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Migration, Remittances and Forests : Disentangling the Impact of Population and Economic Growth on Forests |
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Migration, Remittances and Forests : Disentangling the Impact of Population and Economic Growth on Forests |
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Migration, Remittances and Forests : Disentangling the Impact of Population and Economic Growth on Forests |
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Migration, Remittances and Forests : Disentangling the Impact of Population and Economic Growth on Forests |
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Migration, Remittances and Forests : Disentangling the Impact of Population and Economic Growth on Forests |
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migration, remittances and forests : disentangling the impact of population and economic growth on forests |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-36762021-04-23T14:02:11Z Migration, Remittances and Forests : Disentangling the Impact of Population and Economic Growth on Forests Tiwari, Sailesh Bhattarai, Keshav ABSOLUTE VALUE ADULT POPULATION ADVERSE WEATHER AFFORESTATION AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES AGRICULTURAL ENCROACHMENT AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND BARREN LAND BRAIN DRAIN CAPITAL MARKETS CENSUSES CHANGE IN POPULATION CHILD LABOR CIVIL WAR CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COAL COASTAL AREAS COMMON LAND COMMUNITY FOREST COMMUNITY FORESTRY COMMUNITY FORESTS COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURAL PRACTICE DEFORESTATION DEGRADED FOREST DEGRADED FOREST LAND DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTERS DROUGHT DRY SEASON ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMICS ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELASTICITY OF DEMAND ENVIRONMENT AND POPULATION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS ENVIRONMENTAL SHOCK ENVIRONMENTAL SHOCKS EQUILIBRIUM ETHNIC GROUPS EXPENDITURES FAMILY MEMBERS FERTILITY FIREWOOD FLOW OF INFORMATION FLOW OF PEOPLE FODDER FOREST FOREST ACT FOREST AREA FOREST AREAS FOREST CONDITIONS FOREST COVER FOREST COVER CHANGE FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST EXTRACTION FOREST GROWTH FOREST LABOR FOREST LAND FOREST OFFICERS FOREST PRODUCT FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST RESOURCES FOREST SECTOR FOREST USE FOREST USER FORESTRY FORESTRY MANAGEMENT FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GREEN REVOLUTION HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN SETTLEMENT ILLEGAL LOGGING IMMIGRANTS IMPACT OF MIGRATION IMPACT OF POPULATION INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INFLOW OF REMITTANCES INTERNATIONAL BORDERS INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION ISSUES KINSHIP LABOR FORCE LABOR INPUTS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LAND ALLOCATION LAND AREA LAND COVER LAND COVER CHANGE LAND COVER TYPE LAND RECLAMATION LAND RENTAL LAND RENTS LAND USE LAND USE CHANGES LAND USE DATA LAND USE DECISIONS LAND-COVER LANDSCAPE LARGE TRACTS OF FOREST LIVESTOCK LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL ENVIRONMENT LOGGING MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL REVENUE MATURE FORESTS MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION FLOWS MINES MOUNTAINOUS AREAS MOUNTAINS MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE NATIONAL FORESTS NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PEACE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL INSTABILITY POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION SIZE POPULATION VARIABLE POTENTIAL MIGRANTS PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRIVATE FORESTS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS PUBLIC GOOD PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RAINFALL REFUGES REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REMOTE SENSING DATA RESPECT ROAD DENSITY ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SATELLITE DATA SATELLITE IMAGERY SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL MOBILIZATION SPATIAL MOBILITY SPILLOVER TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TEMPORARY MIGRATION TIMBER URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS USE OF FORESTS VEGETATION VILLAGE FOREST VILLAGES WAGES WAR WARS WEATHER SHOCK WEATHER SHOCKS WORK FORCE WORKFORCE WORKING POPULATION WORLD POPULATION International migration has increased rapidly in recent decades and this has been accompanied by a remarkable increase in transfers made by migrants to their home countries. This paper investigates the effect of the rural economic growth brought about by migration and remittances on Nepal's Himalayan forests. The authors assemble a unique village-panel dataset combining remote sensing data on land use and forest cover change with data from the census and multiple rounds of living standards surveys to test various inter-relationships between population, economic growth and forests. The results suggest that rural economic growth spurred by remittances has had an overall positive impact on forests. The paper also finds that remittances caused an increase in rural wages and an increase in income, but a decrease in land prices. Considered together, however, the relationship between forests and remittances is driven largely through the income channel, indicating that the demand for amenities provided by forests in the rural Nepali setting may have been more important than factor prices in influencing land use changes for the period of the study. 2012-03-19T18:06:40Z 2012-03-19T18:06:40Z 2011-12-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111212125003 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3676 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5907 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia South Asia South Asia Asia Nepal |