Publications
Social and Behavioral Effects of Decentralization on Health Services Delivery: Evidence from the Honduran Health Sector (Forthcoming). Adriana Molina-Garzón, Tara Grillos, Alan Zarychta, Krister P. Andersson. International Journal of Public Administration.
Synergies between interventions: The Cadastro Ambiental Rural (CAR) and REDD+ in the Brazilian Amazon (2026). Adriana Molina-Garzón, Carolina Gueiros, Erin O. Sills. Land Use Policy, 166, 108026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108026
Environmental motivations in an ongoing PES program in the Colombian Amazon (2026). Adriana Molina-Garzón, Lina M. Moros, Santiago Izquierdo-Tort, Ivan Savin, Esteve Corbera. Ecosystem Services. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041626000550
Payments for Ecosystem Services and crowding: exploring the driving conditions for success or failure — Introduction to the special issue (2026). Lina M. Moros, Santiago Izquierdo-Tort, Adriana Molina-Garzón, Esteve Corbera. Ecosystem Services. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2026.101906
Place-based solutions for global social-ecological dilemmas: An analysis of locally grounded, diversified, and cross-scalar initiatives in the Amazon (2023). Londres, M., Salk, C., Andersson, K. P., Tengö, M., Brondizio, E. S., Lopes, G. R., Sacha M.O.S., Molina-Garzón, A., Sonetti-González T., Rázuri Montoya, D., Futemma, C., de Castro, F., Tourne D.C.M. Global Environmental Change, 82, 102718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102718
Enforcement and inequality in collective PES to reduce tropical deforestation: effectiveness, efficiency and equity implications (2022). Naime Sanchez-Henkel J., Angelsen A., Molina-Garzón A., Carillho C., Selviana V., Demarchi G., Duchelle A., Martius C. Global Environmental Change. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102520
Can Decentralization Increase Social Capital Among Bureaucrats? (2021). Adriana Molina-Garzón, Tara Grillos, Alan Zarychta, Krister P. Andersson. American Journal of Political Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12606
Making place-based sustainability initiatives visible in the Brazilian Amazon (2021). Brondizio E., Andersson K., de Castro F., Futemma C., Salk C., Tengo M., Londres M., C.M. Tourne D., González T., Molina-Garzón A., Russo G., Siani S. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2021.03.007
Voluntary Leadership and the Emergence of Institutions for Self-Governance (2020). Krister Andersson, Kimberlee Chang, Adriana Molina-Garzón. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(44), 27292–27299. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2007230117
Framed Field Experiment on Resource Scarcity & Extraction: Path-dependent generosity within sequential water appropriation (2015). Alexander Pfaff, Maria Alejandra Vélez, Pablo Ramos, Adriana Molina. Ecological Economics, 120, 416–429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.06.002
Registered Protocols
Can interventions reduce extreme poverty and conserve the environment in rural areas? Evidence from RCTs: a Systematic Review Protocol (2025). Adriana Molina-Garzón, Valena McEwen, Aemro Worku, Sacha Siani, Lakshmi Iyer, Ellis Adams, Krister Andersson, Daniel C. Miller. PROCEED-24-00309. https://doi.org/10.57808/proceed.2025.2
The Potential of Participatory Processes for Collective Action in Contexts of Wealth Inequality: a Systematic Review Protocol (2026). Laura García-Montoya, Adriana Molina-Garzón, Christinne Jean Louis, Juan Felipe Ortiz-Riomalo, Finn Radtke. PROCEED-26-00541. https://doi.org/10.57808/proceed.2026.39
Work in Progress
Expanding Healthcare Access through Drone Technology: Welfare Effects on Rural Households
(with Karen Ortiz Becerra and Aleksandr Michuda)
Status: Analysis of Baseline Data
Street Protests and the Environment: When Does Civil Society Engage?
(With Ximena Velasco Guachalla)
Status: Data Collection
The Impact of Climate Change on Human Capital: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis
(with A. Patrick Behrer, T. Dean Arnold, Teevrat Garg, Alaka Holla and Trinh Pham)
Status: Data Analysis and Manuscript Drafting
Transformative Change Potential of Anti-Poverty Interventions: Insights from Randomized Controlled Trials
(with Lakshmi Iyer, Ellis A. Adams, Krister P. Andersson, and Daniel C. Miller)
Status: Manuscript Submitted
Linkages between Land and Water Tenure Systems: A Conceptual Framework
(Ewan Robinson, lead author; with Ellis Adams, Poulomi Ghosh, and Adriana Molina-Garzón)
Status: Under Review, Global Environmental Change
Can Interventions Reduce Rural Poverty While Conserving the Environment?
(with Valena McEwen, Aemro Worku, Sacha Siani, Lakshmi Iyer, Ellis Adams, Krister Andersson, and Daniel C. Miller)
Status: Revise & Resubmit, World Development
Between Incentives and Enforcement: How REDD+ Shapes Government Legitimacy in Forest Communities
(with Julia Del Carmen Naime and Arild Angelsen)
Status: Submitted, Awaiting Outcome
REDD+ impacts on forest conservation and local livelihoods: a longitudinal assessment in the Brazilian Amazon
(with Cauê D. Carrilho, Julia Naime, Carla Morsello, and Colas Chervier)
Status: Manuscript Drafting
REDD+ and Perceived Land Tenure Security in the Brazilian Amazon
(solo-authored)
Status: Data Analysis
Adriana Molina Garzón 