Migration, Remittances and Forests : Disentangling the Impact of Population and Economic Growth on Forests

Tiwari, Sailesh; Bhattarai, Keshav

dc.creator	Tiwari, Sailesh
dc.creator	Bhattarai, Keshav
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:06:40Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:06:40Z
dc.date	2011-12-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:01:29Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:01:29Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111212125003
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3676
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244640
dc.description	International migration has increased rapidly in recent decades and this has been accompanied by a remarkable increase in transfers made by migrants to their home countries. This paper investigates the effect of the rural economic growth brought about by migration and remittances on Nepal's Himalayan forests. The authors assemble a unique village-panel dataset combining remote sensing data on land use and forest cover change with data from the census and multiple rounds of living standards surveys to test various inter-relationships between population, economic growth and forests. The results suggest that rural economic growth spurred by remittances has had an overall positive impact on forests. The paper also finds that remittances caused an increase in rural wages and an increase in income, but a decrease in land prices. Considered together, however, the relationship between forests and remittances is driven largely through the income channel, indicating that the demand for amenities provided by forests in the rural Nepali setting may have been more important than factor prices in influencing land use changes for the period of the study.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5907
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ABSOLUTE VALUE
dc.subject	ADULT POPULATION
dc.subject	ADVERSE WEATHER
dc.subject	AFFORESTATION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL ENCROACHMENT
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL LAND
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	ALLOCATION OF LAND
dc.subject	BARREN LAND
dc.subject	BRAIN DRAIN
dc.subject	CAPITAL MARKETS
dc.subject	CENSUSES
dc.subject	CHANGE IN POPULATION
dc.subject	CHILD LABOR
dc.subject	CIVIL WAR
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	COAL
dc.subject	COASTAL AREAS
dc.subject	COMMON LAND
dc.subject	COMMUNITY FOREST
dc.subject	COMMUNITY FORESTRY
dc.subject	COMMUNITY FORESTS
dc.subject	COMPETITIVE MARKETS
dc.subject	CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION
dc.subject	CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subject	CULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subject	CULTURAL PRACTICE
dc.subject	DEFORESTATION
dc.subject	DEGRADED FOREST
dc.subject	DEGRADED FOREST LAND
dc.subject	DEMAND FOR SERVICES
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DISASTERS
dc.subject	DROUGHT
dc.subject	DRY SEASON
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
dc.subject	ECONOMICS
dc.subject	ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENT AND POPULATION
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL SHOCK
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL SHOCKS
dc.subject	EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject	ETHNIC GROUPS
dc.subject	EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	FAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subject	FERTILITY
dc.subject	FIREWOOD
dc.subject	FLOW OF INFORMATION
dc.subject	FLOW OF PEOPLE
dc.subject	FODDER
dc.subject	FOREST
dc.subject	FOREST ACT
dc.subject	FOREST AREA
dc.subject	FOREST AREAS
dc.subject	FOREST CONDITIONS
dc.subject	FOREST COVER
dc.subject	FOREST COVER CHANGE
dc.subject	FOREST DEGRADATION
dc.subject	FOREST EXTRACTION
dc.subject	FOREST GROWTH
dc.subject	FOREST LABOR
dc.subject	FOREST LAND
dc.subject	FOREST OFFICERS
dc.subject	FOREST PRODUCT
dc.subject	FOREST PRODUCTS
dc.subject	FOREST RESOURCES
dc.subject	FOREST SECTOR
dc.subject	FOREST USE
dc.subject	FOREST USER
dc.subject	FORESTRY
dc.subject	FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	FORESTRY SECTOR
dc.subject	FORESTS
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	GREEN REVOLUTION
dc.subject	HOST COUNTRY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN SETTLEMENT
dc.subject	ILLEGAL LOGGING
dc.subject	IMMIGRANTS
dc.subject	IMPACT OF MIGRATION
dc.subject	IMPACT OF POPULATION
dc.subject	INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subject	INFLOW OF REMITTANCES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL BORDERS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
dc.subject	ISSUES
dc.subject	KINSHIP
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LABOR INPUTS
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject	LAND ALLOCATION
dc.subject	LAND AREA
dc.subject	LAND COVER
dc.subject	LAND COVER CHANGE
dc.subject	LAND COVER TYPE
dc.subject	LAND RECLAMATION
dc.subject	LAND RENTAL
dc.subject	LAND RENTS
dc.subject	LAND USE
dc.subject	LAND USE CHANGES
dc.subject	LAND USE DATA
dc.subject	LAND USE DECISIONS
dc.subject	LAND-COVER
dc.subject	LANDSCAPE
dc.subject	LARGE TRACTS OF FOREST
dc.subject	LIVESTOCK
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	LOCAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	LOCAL COMMUNITY
dc.subject	LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	LOGGING
dc.subject	MARGINAL PRODUCT
dc.subject	MARGINAL REVENUE
dc.subject	MATURE FORESTS
dc.subject	MIGRANT
dc.subject	MIGRANT WORKERS
dc.subject	MIGRANTS
dc.subject	MIGRATION
dc.subject	MIGRATION FLOWS
dc.subject	MINES
dc.subject	MOUNTAINOUS AREAS
dc.subject	MOUNTAINS
dc.subject	MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE
dc.subject	NATIONAL FORESTS
dc.subject	NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF MIGRANTS
dc.subject	OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	PEACE
dc.subject	POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POLITICAL INSTABILITY
dc.subject	POPULATION CENSUS
dc.subject	POPULATION DENSITIES
dc.subject	POPULATION DENSITY
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	POPULATION SIZE
dc.subject	POPULATION VARIABLE
dc.subject	POTENTIAL MIGRANTS
dc.subject	PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
dc.subject	PRIVATE FORESTS
dc.subject	PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PUBLIC GOOD
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subject	RAINFALL
dc.subject	REFUGES
dc.subject	REMITTANCE
dc.subject	REMITTANCES
dc.subject	REMOTE SENSING DATA
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	ROAD DENSITY
dc.subject	ROADS
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	RURAL POPULATION
dc.subject	RURAL POVERTY
dc.subject	SATELLITE DATA
dc.subject	SATELLITE IMAGERY
dc.subject	SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	SOCIAL MOBILIZATION
dc.subject	SPATIAL MOBILITY
dc.subject	SPILLOVER
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
dc.subject	TEMPORARY MIGRATION
dc.subject	TIMBER
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN CENTER
dc.subject	URBAN CENTERS
dc.subject	USE OF FORESTS
dc.subject	VEGETATION
dc.subject	VILLAGE FOREST
dc.subject	VILLAGES
dc.subject	WAGES
dc.subject	WAR
dc.subject	WARS
dc.subject	WEATHER SHOCK
dc.subject	WEATHER SHOCKS
dc.subject	WORK FORCE
dc.subject	WORKFORCE
dc.subject	WORKING POPULATION
dc.subject	WORLD POPULATION
dc.title	Migration, Remittances and Forests : Disentangling the Impact of Population and Economic Growth on Forests
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	Asia
dc.coverage	Nepal