The effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia
Bolivia's structural adjustment policies, initiated in 1985, increased poverty among certain groups, but this did not lead to widespread migration to the agricultural frontier. Nor did adjustment greatly affect the average area planted in annual crops by small lowland farmers. Structural adjustment...
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| author | Kaimowitz, D. Thiele, Graham Pacheco, P. |
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| description | Bolivia's structural adjustment policies, initiated in 1985, increased poverty among certain groups, but this did not lead to widespread migration to the agricultural frontier. Nor did adjustment greatly affect the average area planted in annual crops by small lowland farmers. Structural adjustment contributed to large-scale forest clearing for soybean production for export and, to a lesser extent, forest degradation by lumber companies. The economic benefits generated by soybean and timber expansion may have outweighed the environmental costs, but alternative policies might have reduced those costs and improved the distribution of the benefits. |
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| spelling | CGSpace181052025-01-24T14:12:56Z The effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia Kaimowitz, D. Thiele, Graham Pacheco, P. deforestation economics structural adjustment soyabeans Bolivia's structural adjustment policies, initiated in 1985, increased poverty among certain groups, but this did not lead to widespread migration to the agricultural frontier. Nor did adjustment greatly affect the average area planted in annual crops by small lowland farmers. Structural adjustment contributed to large-scale forest clearing for soybean production for export and, to a lesser extent, forest degradation by lumber companies. The economic benefits generated by soybean and timber expansion may have outweighed the environmental costs, but alternative policies might have reduced those costs and improved the distribution of the benefits. 1999 2012-06-04T09:06:06Z 2012-06-04T09:06:06Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18105 en Kaimowitz, D., Thiele, G., Pacheco, P. 1999. The effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia . World Development 27 (3) :505-520. ISSN: 0305-750X. |
| spellingShingle | deforestation economics structural adjustment soyabeans Kaimowitz, D. Thiele, Graham Pacheco, P. The effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia |
| title | The effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia |
| title_full | The effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia |
| title_fullStr | The effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia |
| title_short | The effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia |
| title_sort | effects of structural adjustment on deforestation and forest degradation in lowland bolivia |
| topic | deforestation economics structural adjustment soyabeans |
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