Forestry decentralization and poverty alleviation: A review

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 73, Issue , 2016, Pages 300-307

  Adam, Y O ^a   Eltayeb, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Accountability; Decentralization; Efficiency; Equity; Poverty alleviation; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER;

ACCOUNTABILITY; DECENTRALIZATION; DIRECT MECHANISM; EQUITY; FORESTRY SECTOR; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84969594374     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.05.009     Document Type: Article

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