Why do foresters plant trees? Testing theories of bureaucratic decision-making in central India

World Development

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-74

  Fleischman, Forrest D ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Ethnography; Forests; India; Plantations; Public sector reform

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; DECISION MAKING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PUBLIC SECTOR; REFORM PROCESS; TREE PLANTING;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA;

EID: 84901638603     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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