Do the poor benefit from devolution policies? Evidence from Malawi's forest co-management program

Land Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 562-581

  Jumbe, Charles Blessings Laurence ^a,b   Angelsen, Arild ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMANAGEMENT; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DEVOLUTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME;

AFRICA; CHIMALIRO FOREST RESERVE; EAST AFRICA; LIWONDE FOREST RESERVE; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33751393450     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.82.4.562     Document Type: Article

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