Assessing the Potential for Payments for Watershed Services to Reduce Poverty in Highland Guatemala

agricultural land agricultural research aquifers domestic water engineering environmental degradation extreme poverty farmers groundwater household budget households hydroelectric power hydrology income irrigation irrigation systems lakes land tenure land use marginal areas municipal governments natural resources nutrition population density population growth poverty alleviation poverty reduction power generation rivers rural areas rural poor rural population sanitation smallholder farmers surface water targeting transaction costs urban areas water quality water scarcity water supply water use water users watershed management watersheds wells