The Economics of Regional Poverty-Environment Programs: An Application for Lao People's Democratic Republic

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dc.creatorBuys, Piet
dc.creatorChomitz, Kenneth
dc.creatorDasgupta, Susmita
dc.creatorDeichmann, Uwe
dc.creatorLarsen, Bjorn
dc.creatorMeisner, Craig
dc.creatorNygard, Jostein
dc.creatorPandey, Kiran
dc.creatorPinnoi, Nat
dc.creatorWheeler, David R.
dc.date2013-08-01T20:13:22Z
dc.date2013-08-01T20:13:22Z
dc.date2004-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:27:48Z
dc.descriptionProgram administrators are often faced with the difficult problem of allocating scarce resources among regions in a country when interventions are aimed at addressing multiple objectives. One main concern is the tradeoff between poverty reduction and improvement of environmental quality. To provide a framework for analysis, the authors develop a model of optimal budget allocation that allows for variations in three factors: administrators' valuation of objectives; their willingness to accept tradeoffs among objectives and regional allotments; and regional administrative costs. The results from an application of this model using information for Lao People's Democratic Republic show that simple poverty indicators alone do not provide consistent guidelines for policy. However, when different poverty indicators are embedded in an optimizing model that incorporates preferences and costs, the resulting provincial allocations are very similar. This suggests that adoption of a formal analytical approach to resource allocation can help promote the harmonization of regional policy guidelines.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3540673/economics-regional-poverty-environment-programs-application-lao-peoples-democratic-republic
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14751
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3267
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418311
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No.3267
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectASSET INDICATORS
dc.subjectAVERAGE POVERTY
dc.subjectBUDGET ALLOCATIONS
dc.subjectBUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS
dc.subjectCASE STUDIES
dc.subjectCOST FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectCOUNTRY CONDITIONS
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectDIMINISHING RETURNS
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectELASTICITIES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFISHERIES
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGEOGRAPHIC TARGETING
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL POVERTY
dc.subjectLOCAL CONDITIONS
dc.subjectMACRO POLICY
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEVELS
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOOR PERSON
dc.subjectPOOR PERSONS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ERADICATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDICATORS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY SEVERITY
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectQUALITY OF SERVICES
dc.subjectREGIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectRELATIVE POVERTY
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subjectRESOURCE CONSERVATION
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectSCALE ECONOMIES
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectSOIL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectSUBSTITUTION ELASTICITIES
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectTRADEOFFS
dc.subjectWELFARE FUNCTION
dc.subjectWILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT POVERTY MITIGATION
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE BUDGETS
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
dc.subjectALLOTMENTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDICATORS
dc.subjectPROVINCIAL FINANCES
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.titleThe Economics of Regional Poverty-Environment Programs: An Application for Lao People's Democratic Republic

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