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Workshop on the Use of Financial Incentives for Industrial Forest Plantations: Proceedings
(07/95, En)
This document presents the proceedings of a one-day workshop on financial incentives for industrial
forest plantations, held at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on January 19, 1995. The
workshop served as a forum for the exchange of ideas regarding the relevance of financial incentives
for industrial forest plantations, and an opportunity to examine whether the IDB should be involved in
the financing of programs that use such incentives.
Presentations were given by specialists from the IDB, Jaakko Poyry Consulting (UK), Ohio State University, and the World Bank. Participants discussed the economic conditions for the development of industrial forest plantations, explored experiences with the implementation of forest incentives in Argentina and Chile, and analyzed tree plantations in the economic, political, environmental, social and institutional framework of Ecuador. Three groups were organized to discuss whether, given recent market-oriented reforms, the use of financial incentives for industrial plantations in Latin America is justified, and, if so, under what circumstances. Participants were also consulted about whether the IDB should get involved in the financing of industrial plantation programs that receive financial incentives from the government.
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