Browsing by Author "Dutilly-Diane, Celine"

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About Efficiency of Collective Provision of NRM Investments in Burkina Faso
(2004) Dutilly-Diane, Celine; McCarthy, Nancy
"This paper presents an analysis of the importance of collective action for the realization of Natural Resource Management (NRM) investments and its effect on community-level efficiency in the provision of NRM investments. This study is based on survey data collected in 2002 in 78 villages of northeastern Burkina Faso. The general cooperative capacity of each community is first recovered for any type of collective activity and is then used to explain the probability of a community undertaking reforestation activities and/or stone bunds construction, as well as to explain the efficiency level in the realization of those investments. Empirical results show that greater cooperative capacity indeed increases the likelihood of NRM investments to be undertaken at the community level; however, greater cooperative capacity also appears to lead to inefficient provision of these public goods."
Cooperation, collective action and natural resources management in Burkina Faso: A Methodological Note
(2002) McCarthy, Nancy; Dutilly-Diane, Celine; Drabo, Boureima
This paper presents a detailed description of the applied methodology used to study collective action in natural resource management (NRM). Data were collected in 48 villages in northeastern Burkina Faso, at the community, institutional, household and market levels. The paper first discusses the analytical framework underlying the study of collective action, and then describes in detail the methods used to measure collective action and community-level cooperative capacity, and the determinants of cooperative capacity. We also describe data collection methods as well as potential problems in eliciting unbiased information. The impact of cooperative capacity on a variety of outcomes observed at both the community and household level is then presented in order to highlight practical applications.
Could Payments for Environmental Services Improve Rangeland Management in Central Asia, West Asia and North Africa?
(2007) Dutilly-Diane, Celine; McCarthy, Nancy; Turkelboom, Francis; Bruggeman, Adriana; Tiedemann, James; Street, Kenneth; Serra, Gianluca
"Although several institutional and management approaches that address the degradation of the rangelands have been tested in the dry areas of Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA), impact has been limited. Nonetheless, the development of National Action Plans to combat desertification highlights the interest of governments to tackle this issue. Payment for Environmental Services (PES) may be a viable policy option, though, to date, most PES programs have focused on the management of different resources (forests, watersheds). The purpose of this paper is to examine whether PES could be a viable option to promote sustainable rangelands management in the dry rangelands of CWANA. Specifically, it focuses on the scientific gaps and knowledge related to the local and global environmental services produced by rangelands and addresses questions related to the beneficiaries of these services. Institutional conditions necessary for the implementation of such schemes are discussed."
Institutions, Action Collective et Utilisation des Ressources Pastorales Dans le Sahel Burkinabe
(2001) Drabo, Boureima; Dutilly-Diane, Celine
"The sahelian zone of Burkina Faso was traditionally characterized as being overwhelmingly geared towards livestock production heavily reliant on mobility. However, with the process of sedentarization of the population, the region is more accurately depicted as agro-pastoral population, though livestock products still comprise the largest share in combined value of cash income and home consumption. Nevertheless, most pastoral land is still 'owned' in common, which means that the success of provision and management of most natural resources relies on cooperation between villagers. This cooperation can be informal or established formally through rules and activities by institutions dealing with natural resources management (NRM). Given this environment, our goal in this paper is twofold: first, to determine the external and internal factors influencing the way NRMs institutions work and second, how this affects the level of the resource use, observed in this study through stock densities and land allocation. Using data collected in 2000 in 48 villages of Oudalan and Seno provinces, our preliminary results show that structure, conduct and performance of NRMs institutions are quite correlated with many external (projects/NGOs presence, external users of pastoral zone) and internal (population, heterogeneity, alphabetization) village characteristics. In addition, our conclusion confirms empirical observation that population pressure leads both to higher stock densities and a greater share of land allocated to crops. Furthermore, in communities with a relatively high degree of non-cooperation - proxied by an index developed from information on the conduct and performance of NRM institutions - both stock levels and land allocated to crops are higher."