Benito, Carloshttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.1/3372024-03-29T13:51:14Z2024-03-29T13:51:14ZThe Economic Value of Sonoma Equestrian ActivitiesBenito, CarlosCamaraota, AnnaSundin, Kathleenhttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.1/1202014-11-14T00:07:37Z2008-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Economic Value of Sonoma Equestrian Activities
Benito, Carlos; Camaraota, Anna; Sundin, Kathleen
With a stock of near 14,000 horses in 1999, the vibrant equestrian sector of Sonoma is having a large impact on the county economy. At the same times, it is sustaining the green landscape of the county and a traditional American culture. With a capital stock near three-quarters of a billion dollars, the equestrian economy is generating a production value of 185 million dollars. When we add its multiplier effect on other sectors of the county economy, the equestrian sector impact on the county is above one quarter of a billion dollars. Public policy and planning within the county, therefore, needs to pay special attention to this sector. Together with the grape-wine sector, equestrian activities are means to sustain the green nature of the county endangered by industrial and population growth. They are means to sustain Sonoma quality of life through a traditional American culture. Their contributions to the county economy are large.
2008-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Economic Value of Marin County Equestrian ActivitiesBenito, CarlosSundin, Kathleenhttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.1/1132014-02-06T18:20:14Z2008-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Economic Value of Marin County Equestrian Activities
Benito, Carlos; Sundin, Kathleen
The proximity to the city of San Francisco, beautiful landscapes, a rural historical heritage, and progressive institutions for land conservation, have made Marin County an attractive place to live. These very conditions have also induced population growth and the location of new electronics industries. With population and industrial growth came competition for land uses and therefore a challenge to the viability of the very conditions that made Marin county so attractive. This is particularly true for the survival of its green spaces and rural cultural heritage. The probability that Marin county can maintain its environmental and cultural character will depend both on institutions established through governance, and the economic choices of its inhabitants. It will also depend both on public interventions and private choices. Important expressions of these private choices have been farming and ranching activities and horseback riding. The existence of farming production and horseback riding are being challenged by increasing land prices and by the competition of alternative outdoor activities. Constraints to horseback riding are gradually manifested through fewer open spaces and trails for horseback riding. The following study demonstrates the relatively high significance of the Marin equestrian economy. As a consequence it makes apparent the role that private choices have played in shaping the landscapes and culture of Marin county. Constraints to the equestrian economy, therefore, have significant effects on horseback riding and horse commercial operations that keep Marin County green and pastoral. These constraints also have significant effects on the business and professional opportunities of those who serve the equestrian sector.
2008-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Causes of Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Role of Political Institutions and GovernanceBenito, Carloshttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.1/5302014-02-06T17:34:20Z2000-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Causes of Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Role of Political Institutions and Governance
Benito, Carlos
A large proportion of the 420 million people living in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have begun the Third Millennium living under conditions of poverty. Near 40% of LAC households are poor and 16% extremely poor (CEPAL, 1999.) Poverty is even more widespread and deep in rural areas where 32% of LAC population live and work. Near 55% of rural households are poor and about 33% extremely poor. This is a sad record for LAC --most of its countries constituted themselves as nation states after 1810, under the liberal ideals of equality, liberty and fraternity. Furthermore, all those countries undertook massive economic development programs after WWII many of them financed by the World Bank, the IADB, USAID, UNDP, and many other international agencies and donors.
In this paper, we seek to explain poverty in LAC, by looking at its ultimate causes that we propose include the nature of political institutions and ethnic differentiation.
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