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| dc.title | Recommendations for Cost-Benefit Analyses in Projects with Carbon Benefits from Trees |
| dc.contributor.author | Ordoñez, Pablo |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness |
| dc.coverage | Latin America |
| dc.coverage | The Caribbean |
| dc.date.available | 2025-12-19T00:12:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2025-12-18T00:12:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | This technical note provides practical recommendations for conducting rigorous cost-benefit analyses in projects that generate carbon benefits through forest conservation, regeneration, and agroforestry systems. Designed primarily for Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) stakeholders but applicable to similar institutions, it addresses a critical gap in the literature by offering the first comprehensive guidelines for determining the value of carbon benefits from forest-related development projects, in both ex-ante and ex-post analyses. The paper emphasizes the importance of establishing attributable project impacts through rigorous evaluation methods, selecting context-appropriate carbon content estimates, and incorporating sustainability assumptions into benefit calculations. It also includes references to key data sources that can be used as inputs in cost-benefit analyses and provides guidance on selecting appropriate carbon prices and discount rates. |
| dc.format.extent | 23 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013881 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Recommendations-for-Cost-Benefit-Analyses-in-Projects-with-Carbon-Benefits-from-Trees.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Environment and Natural Resource |
| dc.subject | Ex Post Evaluation |
| dc.subject | Ex Ante Evaluation |
| dc.subject | Best Practices |
| dc.subject | Forest Conservation |
| dc.subject | Reforestation |
| dc.subject.jelcode | D61 - Allocative Efficiency • Cost—Benefit Analysis |
| dc.subject.jelcode | Q54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming |
| dc.subject.jelcode | Q57 - Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services • Biodiversity Conservation • Bioeconomics • Industrial Ecology |
| dc.subject.jelcode | O13 - Agriculture • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Other Primary Products |
| dc.subject.keywords | cost-benefit analysis;Forest conservation;Forest regeneration;Agroforestry;Carbon sequestration |
| dc.type | Technical Notes |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | IDB-TN-03273 |
| idb.operation | BK-C2031 |