Who benefits from taxation of forest products in Nepal's community forests?

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-125

  Lund, Jens Friis ^a   Baral, Keshab ^b   Bhandari, Nirmala Singh ^c   Chhetri, Bir Bahadur Khanal ^b   Larsen, Helle Overgaard ^a   Nielsen, Øystein Juul ^a   Puri, Lila ^b   Rutt, Rebecca Leigh ^a   Treue, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c REDD Forestry and Climate Change Cell   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Asia; Distribution; Equity; Poverty; Public services; Revenue

Indexed keywords

ASIA; DISTRIBUTION; EQUITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC SERVICES;

EARNINGS; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; TAXATION;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; INVESTMENT; TAXES;

EID: 84888028880     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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