"Are Payments for Ecosystem Services a Win-Win? Evaluation and Adaptive Management in Mexico"

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Economics presents Katharine Sims and “Are Payments for Ecosystem Services a Win-Win? Evaluation and Adaptive Management in Mexico.”

Katharine (Kate) Sims is a Professor in the Economics and Environmental Studies Departments at Amherst College. She studies how policies simultaneously affect environmental protection and economic development and how changes in policy design can improve the balance between multiple social goals. She has led long-term evaluations of land conservation policies including protected areas, payments for environmental services and community forestry in Mexico, Thailand, Nepal and the U.S. Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, the World Bank’s Impact Evaluation to Development Impact program, the Andrew Carnegie Fellows program, the USDA, and the Highstead Foundation.

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