Does the opportunity cost approach indicate the real cost of REDD+ ?

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Does the opportunity cost approach indicate the real cost of REDD+ ? [1]

The focus of this paper is that the contextual issues influencing the adequacy and appropriateness of opportunity cost as a proxy for payments required to get successful REDD+ can be major ones in most tropical developing countries; and resolving them can be expensive and time consuming.

Publication Date:

01/06/2010

Author(s): & et al [2], Hans Gregersen [3], Hosny El Lakany [4], Alain Karsenty [5]

Source: Rights and Resources Initiative [6]

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