Costa Rica : Forest strategy and the evolution of land use /
The International Bank Reconstruction and Development
- Washington, D.C. The World Bank 2000
- 128 p.
THE FORESTS AND FOREST SECTOR IN COSTA RICA. Deforestation since the 1950s. The nature of land use changes. Protected areas. THE COMPATIBILITY OF INCENTIVES: THE EVOLUTION OF COSTA RICA POLICY. The inactive forest sector (1960-78). The reactive forest sector (1979-90). A change of attitude: moving toward an active forest sector (1991-98). THE WORLD BANK AND COSTA RICA. Institutions and organizations. The evolution of forest legislation. The evolution of institutions. The evolution of organizations. THE CAPACITY FOR INNOVATION: THE UNDERLYING PRINCIIPLE. Payment for environmental services. Biodiversity. Other innovative initiatives. ROLE OF THE WORLD BANK. Structural adjustment loans (SALS). Influence of the World Bank after 1991. Loans after the 1991 forest Project.