Designing Policies to Reduce Rural Poverty and Environmental Degradation in a Hillside Zone of the Colombian Andes
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| Autor(es) | Agudelo, C. Rivera, B. Tapasco, J. Estrada, R. |
| Fecha | Noviembre 2003 |
| Tipo de referencia | artículo de diario |
| Nombre de la fuente | World Development |
| Journal | Vol 31 No 11 |
| Páginas | pp. 1921-1931 |
| Editorial | Elsevier Science Ltd, UK |
Resumen
A household survey in a hillside zone of the Colombian Andes was used to develop a typology of farm households based on their assets and productive activities. Household poverty was not found to be directly correlated with environmental degradation. Degradation seems to be a function of farmers’ productive activities, depending on the type of assets that they own. Based on linear programming simulation, cost-efficient policy interventions were prioritized to account for both household poverty and the potential for environmental improvement.
Cobertura geográfica
Colombia
DOI
10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.06.007