Assessing the Potential for Payments for Watershed Services to Reduce Poverty in Highland Guatemala

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dc.creatorPagiola, Stefano
dc.creatorZhang, Wei
dc.creatorColom, Ale
dc.date2014-06-23T16:05:06Z
dc.date2014-06-23T16:05:06Z
dc.date2008-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:05:23Z
dc.descriptionIt 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 to assess the potential for PWS to reduce poverty by examining whether the recipients of payments for environmental services are likely to be poor. The watersheds in which PWS would be feasible due to the presence of downstream water users are mapped, and compared to maps of poverty rates and densities. Poverty rates vary substantially in areas where PWS could be developed. The total number of poor that could potentially be reached if PWS mechanisms were developed in all the water supply areas is 1.76 million, or 34 percent of the country s poor (excluding Petén).
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/19397449/assessing-potential-payments-watershed-services-reduce-poverty-highland-guatemala
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/18720
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/18720
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/415113
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington DC
dc.relationPayments for Environmental Services (PES) learning paper ; no. 2008-1
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LAND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
dc.subjectAQUIFERS
dc.subjectCLEAN WATER
dc.subjectCONTOUR LINES
dc.subjectDEGRADED AREAS
dc.subjectDOMESTIC WATER
dc.subjectDOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectDOWNSTREAM WATER USERS
dc.subjectENGINEERING
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectFARM HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFLOOD RISK
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER
dc.subjectHIGH LEVELS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectHYDROELECTRIC POWER
dc.subjectHYDROLOGY
dc.subjectIMPACT ON POVERTY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL USERS
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectIRRIGATION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectLACK OF WATER
dc.subjectLAKES
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLAND USE PRACTICES
dc.subjectLANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectLARGE CITIES
dc.subjectMARGINAL AREAS
dc.subjectMUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectMUNICIPAL WATER
dc.subjectMUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectMUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
dc.subjectMUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPIPED WATER
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR LIVING
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOPULATION DENSITY
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY IMPACT
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVELS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY MAPS
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOWER GENERATION
dc.subjectRIVERS
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSANITATION SERVICES
dc.subjectSMALL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectSMALL TOWNS
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMERS
dc.subjectSURFACE SOURCES
dc.subjectSURFACE WATER
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN DWELLERS
dc.subjectURBAN WATER
dc.subjectURBAN WATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectURBAN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
dc.subjectUSE OF WATER
dc.subjectWATER FEES
dc.subjectWATER FLOWS
dc.subjectWATER LINKAGES
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY
dc.subjectWATER SCARCITY
dc.subjectWATER SERVICE
dc.subjectWATER SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subjectWATER SERVICE PROVISION
dc.subjectWATER SERVICES
dc.subjectWATER SOURCES
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
dc.subjectWATER SYSTEMS
dc.subjectWATER TARIFF
dc.subjectWATER USE
dc.subjectWATER USER
dc.subjectWATER USERS
dc.subjectWATER USES
dc.subjectWATER UTILITY
dc.subjectWATERSHED
dc.subjectWATERSHED MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATERSHEDS
dc.subjectWELLS
dc.titleAssessing the Potential for Payments for Watershed Services to Reduce Poverty in Highland Guatemala

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