Economic Growth, Biodiversity Conservation, and the Formation of Human Capital in a Developing Country : : The Case of Guatemala.
Can education play a role in fostering economic growth and simultaneously decrease pressure on forests? The aim of this study is to show that it can. Human capital formation is a key element in a development strategy that includes natural resource conservation within the framework of sustained econo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Frankfurt am Main : : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,, 2004. ©2004. |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Goettinger Studien zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (266 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Overview
- Part One Human Capital, Productivity and Economic Growth in Guatemala: A Time Series and Extended Growth Accounting Analysis
- I. Introduction
- II. Patterns of Growth in Guatemala
- III. Measuring the Contribution of Education to Growth
- A. Augmented Solow Model and Endogenous Growth
- B. Some Implications for Empirical Testing
- C. More Evidence on Education and Growth
- D. Summing-Up
- IV. Data Compilation in a Post-Conflict Country
- A. Human Capital Stock
- B. Labor Force
- C. Physical Capital Stock
- D. Quality Indices of Capital and Labor
- V. Empirical Evidence for Guatemala
- A. Methodology
- B. Average Years of Schooling and Growth
- C. Schooling and Growth by Education Level
- D. Mincerian Human Capital Specification
- VI. Additional Explanatory Variables and Robustness Check
- A. Stability of Coefficients
- B. Alternative Data Sources
- C. Additional Explanatory Variables
- D. Summing-Up
- VII. Sources of Growth
- A. Growth Accounting Framework
- B. Sources of Growth in Traditional Framework
- C. Disaggregation by Education Level
- D. Comparison of Results with International Evidence
- VIII. Conclusion
- Part Two What Drives Habitat Loss in Guatemala? An Inquiry into the Causes of Deforestation with an Emphasis on the Role of Education
- I. Introduction
- II. Explaining Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss
- A. Deforestation as Proxy for Biodiversity Loss
- B. Is Deforestation Subsistence or Market Driven?
- C. Potential Effects of Education
- D. Controversial Empirical Evidence
- III. Qualitative Assessment of Deforestation in Guatemala
- A. From Past to Present
- B. Magnitude and Location of Forest Cover Loss
- C. Direct Sources of Deforestation
- D. Underlying Determinants of Deforestation: A Review
- IV. Empirical Evidence on Deforestation and Land Use in Guatemala.
- A. Conceptual Framework
- B. Regional Determinants of Forest Cover Change
- C. Household Determinants of Land Use in Guatemala
- D. Household Determinants of Land Use in the Petén
- V. Conclusion
- Part Three Community-Managed Schools and the Decentralization of Education in Guatemala: The Experience of PRONADE
- I. Introduction
- II. The Context
- A. Key Problems of Guatemala's Education Sector
- B. Education System prior to Peace Accords
- C. Searching for Successful Education Delivery Models: Origins of PRONADE
- D. Education System after Peace Accords
- III. Objectives, Key Actors and Implementation of PRONADE
- A. Objectives and Structure
- B. Key Actors
- C. Implementation Process
- D. Transfer of Funds
- IV. What Has PRONADE Delivered?
- A. Quantitative Expansion
- B. Decentralization and Parental Participation
- C. Mixed Results from Evaluations
- D. Lower Student Achievement in PRONADE Schools?
- V. Conclusion
- Concluding Remarks
- Appendices
- Appendix One
- Appendix Two
- Appendix Three.