Ecuador goes bananas: incremental technological change and forest loss
What policy lessons derive from the half-century of banana expansion in the coastal region? For that whole period bananas had a catalytic role in promoting coastal deforestation. At first, this was mostly through direct banana frontier expansion. Later the gradual settlement effects proved key. Mode...
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2001
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| author | Wunder, Sven |
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| description | What policy lessons derive from the half-century of banana expansion in the coastal region? For that whole period bananas had a catalytic role in promoting coastal deforestation. At first, this was mostly through direct banana frontier expansion. Later the gradual settlement effects proved key. Modest credit subsidies, the large-scale construction and improvement of roads and ports, and a devalued exchange rate were probably the most important policies that contributed to the expansion of banana production, though they varied in importance during the different periods. How one evaluates this process depends heavily on the relevant policy objectives. Ecuadorian policy makers clearly considered deforestation, sustained coastal settlement and integration with the highland economy positive contributions to economic development. |
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| spelling | CGSpace183092025-01-24T14:20:38Z Ecuador goes bananas: incremental technological change and forest loss Wunder, Sven bananas plantations deforestation land use coastal areas road construction migrant labour immigration What policy lessons derive from the half-century of banana expansion in the coastal region? For that whole period bananas had a catalytic role in promoting coastal deforestation. At first, this was mostly through direct banana frontier expansion. Later the gradual settlement effects proved key. Modest credit subsidies, the large-scale construction and improvement of roads and ports, and a devalued exchange rate were probably the most important policies that contributed to the expansion of banana production, though they varied in importance during the different periods. How one evaluates this process depends heavily on the relevant policy objectives. Ecuadorian policy makers clearly considered deforestation, sustained coastal settlement and integration with the highland economy positive contributions to economic development. 2001 2012-06-04T09:06:19Z 2012-06-04T09:06:19Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18309 en Open Access CAB International Wunder, S. 2001. Ecuador goes bananas: incremental technological change and forest loss . In: A. Angelsen, D. Kaimowitz (eds.). Agricultural technologies and tropical deforestation. :167-194. Wallingford, Oxon, UK, Oxon, UK, CABI Publishing. CABI Publishing. ISBN: 0-85199-451-2.. |
| spellingShingle | bananas plantations deforestation land use coastal areas road construction migrant labour immigration Wunder, Sven Ecuador goes bananas: incremental technological change and forest loss |
| title | Ecuador goes bananas: incremental technological change and forest loss |
| title_full | Ecuador goes bananas: incremental technological change and forest loss |
| title_fullStr | Ecuador goes bananas: incremental technological change and forest loss |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ecuador goes bananas: incremental technological change and forest loss |
| title_short | Ecuador goes bananas: incremental technological change and forest loss |
| title_sort | ecuador goes bananas incremental technological change and forest loss |
| topic | bananas plantations deforestation land use coastal areas road construction migrant labour immigration |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18309 |
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