Linking outputs and outcomes from devolved forest governance using a Modified Actor-Power-Accountability Framework (MAPAF): Case study from Chilimo forest, Ethiopia

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-31

  Mohammed, Abrar Juhar ^a   Inoue, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Devolution; Environmental outcome; Ethiopia; MAPAF; Policy; Social outcome

Indexed keywords

DEVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOME; ETHIOPIA; MAPAF; SOCIAL OUTCOMES;

CONSERVATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHIOPIA; FORESTRY;

EID: 84891739757     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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