Making Environmental Management More Responsive to Local Needs: Decentralisation and Evidence-Based Policy in Ghana

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Type:	Working Paper
Author:	Amanor, Kojo S.; Brown, David
Date:	2003
Agency:	Overseas Development Institute, London
Series:	Forestry Briefing, no. 3
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/4870
Sector:	Forestry General & Multiple Resources
Region:	Africa
Subject(s):	decentralization environmental policy forest policy local governance and politics
Abstract:	"This paper reports on research in Ghana’s Brong-Ahafo Region concerning the implications of democratic decentralisation on management of the natural environment, particularly forest resources. It argues that, despite nominal decentralisation, environmental policy remains largely unresponsive to rural interests. The paper considers the types of interventions which could enhance the flow of information between rural dwellers and policy makers, so as to strengthen local-level influence."

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