Evaluating the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity: Impact evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis and other approaches

Katia Karousakis
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No 141, OECD Environment Working Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: This report provides an overview of methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity, covering impact evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis and other more commonly used approaches. It then provides an inventory of biodiversity-relevant impact evaluation studies, across both terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The report concludes with lessons learned, policy insights and suggestions for further work.

Keywords: Allocative Efficiency; Biodiversity Conservation; Cost–Benefit Analysis; Microeconomic Policy: Formulation; Implementation; and Evaluation; Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D04 D61 Q20 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-12-13
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