More efficient water pricing may avert a water crisis
One way of protecting watersheds from further degradation is to impose a more efficient pricing policy for watera
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): J. Orprecio; A. Rola; W. Deutsch; I. Coxhead; A. Sumbalan
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
To reduce pollution: Polluters should pay
Charging polluters according to the concentration of pollutants that they discharge is an effective way to minimize water and air pollution. This is the rationale of […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): J. Orprecio; A. Rola; W. Deutsch; I. Coxhead; A. Sumbalan
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Innovation, Natural Resource Management
Using community-generated data for water management policy
As population and their demands for water continue to rise, water resources in turn become more scarce. In the Philippines, where surface water constitutes about three […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): J. Orprecio; A. Rola; W. Deutsch; I. Coxhead; A. Sumbalan
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Policy
Does nonfarm job growth encourage or retard soil conservation in Philippine uplands?
This paper examines the impacts that growth in nonfarm job opportunities may have on agricultural practices in the Philippine uplands. One possible scenario is that the […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): A. Rola; I. Coxhead
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Linking economic policy and environmental outcomes at a watershed scale
This paper evaluates the economic and environmental impacts of four types of policy changes that aim to enhance sustainability of upland farming. The policies assessed are […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): G. Shively; C. Zelek
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Testing the link between public intervention and food price variability: Evidence from rice markets in the Philippines
This paper applies a model of food price variability to examine the outcomes of government interventions in the rice market in the Philippines. The authors describe […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): G. Shively; E. Martinez; W. Masters
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
What about a shared cost for watershed rehabilitation?
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- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): M. Viray; R. Serrano; A. Rola; C. Tabien
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Can Poor Upland Communities Influence Water Policy?
Highlights the methodology and impact of SANREM CRSP research.
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): J. Orprecio; A. Rola; W. Deutsch; I. Coxhead; A. Sumbalan
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Policy
Establishing an institutional infrastructure for improved Environment and Natural Resource Management: the Provincial, City and Municipal Environment and Natural Resource Office
Coming soon
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): A. Tabbada; C. Duque
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Policy
Competing uses of water: the cases of Angat, Laguna Lake, Batangas and Cebu City
Coming soon
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): G. Tabios; C. David
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management