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dc.titleHow Can Latin America Help the World to Cope with Climate Change?: The Issue of Deforestation
dc.contributor.authorWeinschelbaum, Federico
dc.contributor.authorPuente, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorGaliani, Sebastián
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.date.available2013-09-23T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2013-08-05T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractLatin America has a comparative advantage in deforestation compared to other forms of climate change mitigation. Thus, to the extent that Latin America should engage in mitigation, the optimal climate change policy should manage these advantages by generating incentives in Latin America to deal with forestry. This paper describes the problem of deforestation and studies the market failures that arise in relation to forestry emission problems, analyzing them from a global public good perspective. The paper additionally describes other problems related to forestry emission issues and presents a non-exhaustive review of the solutions currently proposed to address this issue. The paper concludes with policy recommendations.
dc.format.extent35
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008428
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/How-Can-Latin-America-Help-the-World-to-Cope-with-Climate-Change-The-Issue-of-Deforestation.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subjectReforestation
dc.subject.jelcodeD71 - Social Choice • Clubs • Committees • Associations
dc.subject.jelcodeD79 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: Other
dc.subject.jelcodeF18 - Trade and Environment
dc.subject.jelcodeF53 - International Agreements and Observance • International Organizations
dc.subject.jelcodeF64 - Environment
dc.subject.jelcodeQ54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming
dc.subject.keywordsIDB-PB-182
dc.typePolicy Briefs
idb.identifier.pubnumberPolicy Briefs
idb.operationRG-K1219
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