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Papers by Signe Rugtveit

The paper conducts an evaluation of socio-economic impact of two of the most extensively used PES... more The paper conducts an evaluation of socio-economic impact of two of the most extensively used PES contract modalities in Nicoya Peninsula. To control for confounding factors and selection bias, propensity score matching techniques were used. A total of 30 conservation contracts and 30 reforestation contracts were evaluated using 150 farms as control group. Cadastre data was used, which added methodological value to the paper as it demonstrates the use of the recently completed Cadastre for Costa Rica in conducting policy evaluation at property level. Results show no socio-economic impact of the PES program on people, which goes in line with previous findings. We claim for a better social targeting based on farm wealth would perform better in terms of poverty reduction as it would increase the likelihood of less well-endowed farmers to enrol in the programme.

First of all, I would like to thank David Barton at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (... more First of all, I would like to thank David Barton at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) for including me in the POLICYMIX and PESILA-REDD projects, and giving me the opportunity to go and do fieldwork in Hojancha. It has been an incredibly learning experience. Thank you very much for your patience and support. I would also like to thank my supervisor Ståle Navrud for all guidance and patience along the way, which I have really needed. Next, I would like to give a great thank all the great staff at CATIE (Center for Tropical Agricultural Research and Education) in Turrialba in Costa Rica for facilitating my fieldwork, and their willingness to help, especially Muhammad Ibrahim and Claudia Sepúlveda. Thank you very much for always being available, and being of great help with all practical issues. Also thank you to Juan Robalino, Adriana Chacón, Fabrice DeClerk, Christian Brenes for contributing during my stay in Costa Rica. And to José Ney Rios at CATIE and Stefan Blumentrath at NINA, thank you a lot for your patience with the GIS data, your guidance will turn out very useful when I continue the impact evaluation work. I would also like to thank the staff at the local CATIE office in Hojancha for being of great support, and to the staff at CACH, the local Agricultural Center for being very helpful willing to share databases with us. Also thank you to Oscar Sanchez at FONAFIFO for your time and effort with helping me obtaining the information I needed. Diana Marcela Chica, my field assistance who was there the whole time during my time in Hojancha; you were indispensable for the fieldwork turning out the way it did, and teached me a lot about hard work. Thank you so much for your support, friendship and impatience, it would not have been possible without you. v José Mario Cárdenas, thank you for being of enormous help for me and for sacrificing a lot of time to helping me carrying out the survey. I am very grateful for all the effort you put into it. I would also like to thank Isabel Mora and Marvin Méndez for assisting me with the survey. Lourdes Moreno, thank you very much for sharing your house with us during the fieldwork. My family and friends, especially Elisabeth and Richard, deserve a huge thank you for all mental support along the way.