Assessing the potential economic and poverty effects of the national greening program

• Main Authors: Cororaton, Caesar B., Inocencio, Arlene B., Tiongco, Marites M., Manalang, Anna Bella S.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Reforestation—Economic aspects > Philippines; Poverty > Philippines; Income > Philippines; Computable general equilibrium models > Philippines; Economics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2885
• Institution: De La Salle University

Over the years, deforestation in the Philippines resulted in significant reduction in forest cover. Between 1990 and 2013, the Philippines has lost 3.8 million hectares of its forest. This study carries out a quantitative assessment of the potential economic and poverty impacts of the NGP using a co...