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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Main Authors:	Pagiola, Stefano, Zhang, Wei, Colom, Ale
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington DC 2014
Subjects:	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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Assessing the Potential for Payments for Watershed Services to Reduce Poverty in Highland Guatemala

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