Why May Forest Devolution Not Benefit the Rural Poor? Forest Entitlements in Vietnam's Central Highlands

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2010-2025

  Sikor, Thomas ^a   Nguyen, Tan Quang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asia; devolution; forest; livelihoods; poverty; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

DEVOLUTION; POVERTY; POWER RELATIONS; RURAL ECONOMY; WELFARE PROVISION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAY NGUYEN; VIET NAM;

EID: 35748956847     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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