The Impact of Common Property Right Forestry: Evidence from Ethiopian Villages

World Development

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 395-406

  Gelo, Dambala ^a,b   Koch, Steven F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community forestry; Matching and Ethiopia; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LABOR SUPPLY; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PROBABILITY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84904544191     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.06.020     Document Type: Article

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