Building institutions for markets: Experiences and lessons from China's rural forest sector

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 333-351

  Yin, Runsheng ^a   Xu, Jintao ^b   Li, Zhou ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Economic reforms; Forestry; Liberalization; Markets; Tenure arrangement

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND RIGHTS; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CHINA;

EID: 0142123116     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025768727924     Document Type: Conference Paper

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