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Type:
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Working Paper |
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Author:
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Brown, David; Schreckenberg, K.; Shepherd, Gill; Wells, Adrian |
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Date:
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2002 |
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Agency:
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Overseas Development Institute, London |
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Forestry Briefing, no. 1 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/4868
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Forestry |
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Subject(s):
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forest management
forest policy
poverty
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Abstract:
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"Tropical forestry provides a useful entry point for governance programmes. The very factors which make it a challenging sector for development assistance commend it also as a crucible for governance reform: its inclusive focus, linking the global to the national and local; the high levels of income and other benefits which it generates; its local fiscal base; the centrality of issues of tenure and collective rights; and its importance in rural livelihoods, all reinforce the linkages between good governance, public accountability and poverty alleviation. Ensuring that the forest sector fulfils this brief is a major challenge not just to host country governments but also to the donor community."
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