Governing Access to Forests in Northern Ghana: Micro-Politics and the Rents of Non-Enforcement

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1887-1906

  Andrew Wardell, D ^a   Lund, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Africa; decentralization; forests; Ghana; governance; local politics

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEGISLATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33749533797     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.11.021     Document Type: Article

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