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Debt for nature: a swap whose time has gone?

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  • Jha, Raghbendra
  • Schatan, Claudia

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This paper purports to review the performance of the Debt for Nature Swap (DNS) Programs in light of their dual objectives of lowering deforestation rates as well as the cost of debt servicing. It evaluates the performance of private and Public DNS and inquires whether such swaps have made any significant dent on the debt and deforestation problems besetting many developing countries. It also assesses the prospects for such swaps in the future. We argue that since the prospects for DNS are limited, a more conducive solution for the deforestation problem in many developing countries may lie in generalized resource transfers to these countries of the sort envisaged in recent proposals for a World Environmental Organization (WEO).

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  • Jha, Raghbendra & Schatan, Claudia, 2001. "Debt for nature: a swap whose time has gone?," Estudios y Perspectivas – Sede Subregional de la CEPAL en México 4961, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
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