Deforestation

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POLICY PAPER

Creating a Multilateral Wealth Fund for a Global Public Good: Proposed Governance Arrangements for a Tropical Forest Finance Facility
Michele de Nevers et al.
June 14, 2018
This paper outlines the proposed governance arrangements for the TFFF. The performance payments would be allocated as part of a global offer, available to all countries with extensive tropical forests that meet the performance standards.
WORKING PAPER

Creating a Multilateral Wealth Fund for a Global Public Good: Proposed Approach to Assessing Performance and Awarding Returns for a Tropical Forest Finance Facility
Michael Wolosin et al.
June 14, 2018
This paper explains proposed options for assessing performance and allocating returns to the TFFF to achieve these objectives.
WORKING PAPER

Does Deforestation Increase Malaria Prevalence? Evidence from Satellite Data and Health Surveys - Working Paper 480
Sebastian Bauhoff
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Jonah Busch
March 22, 2018
In this paper we combine fourteen years of high-resolution satellite data on forest loss with individual-level survey data on malaria in more than 60,000 rural children in 17 countries in Africa, and fever in more than 470,000 rural children in 41 countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. W...
Blog Post

Does Deforestation Increase Malaria Rates? Not in Africa, We’re Surprised to Find
Sebastian Bauhoff
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Jonah Busch
March 22, 2018
Deforestation isn’t associated with higher malaria prevalence in children in 17 African countries. Nor is it associated with higher fever in children in 41 countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. That’s the surprising conclusion of our new CGD working paper.