Category: Latin America

The welfare costs of unreliable water service

By CostBenefit on Feb 22, 2010 | In Water, Latin America, Academic Study/Journal Article, Economic Development and Green Jobs, Regulatory Analysis, Costs and Benefits, Socio-Political-Cognitive-Economics | Send feedback »

Abstract: Throughout the developing world, many water distribution systems are unreliable. As a result, it becomes necessary for each household to store its own water as a hedge against this uncertainty. Since arrivals of water are not synchronized acros… more »

International Fuel Tax Assessment: An Application to Chile

By CostBenefit on Feb 11, 2010 | In General, Air, Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Latin America, Academic Study/Journal Article, Transportation, Regulatory Analysis, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Costs and Benefits, Free Report at Time of Entry | Send feedback »

Abstract Most developed and developing country governments levy taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel used by motor vehicles. However, outside of the United States and Europe, automobile and heavy truck externalities have not been quantified, so policymaker… more »

Private valuation of carbon sequestration in forest plantations

By CostBenefit on Jan 11, 2010 | In Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Latin America, Academic Study/Journal Article, Economic Development and Green Jobs, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Regulatory Analysis, Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

Abstract: Approval of the Clean Development Mechanism, provided for in the Kyoto Protocol, enables countries with afforested land to trade in carbon emissions reduction certificates related to carbon dioxide equivalent quantities (CO2-e) stored within a… more »

Measuring the Social Recreation Per-Day Net Benefit of Wildlife Amenities of a National Park: A Count-Data Travel Cost Approach

By CostBenefit on Nov 15, 2009 | In Latin America, Academic Study/Journal Article, Preservation & Open Space, Travel Cost Method, Costs and Benefits, Recreation, Free Report at Time of Entry | Send feedback »

Abstract. Isabel Mendes and Isabel Proença applied count-data travel cost methods to a truncated sample of visitors, to estimate the average CS per each day of visit of an individual, visiting the Peneda- Gerês National Park to enjoy their natural facili… more »

The Environmental Impacts of Soybean Expansion and Infrastructure Development in Brazil's Amazon Basin

By CostBenefit on Nov 2, 2009 | In Latin America, Academic Study/Journal Article, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Regulatory Analysis, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

GDAE’s research program on Agricultural Expansion and Climate Change has published a new Working Paper highlighting the environmental costs of agricultural expansion in the Amazon. For decades, the improvement of transportation infrastructure in the Braz… more »
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