Impacts of Community Forest Management on Human Economic Well-Being across Madagascar

Conservation Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 346-353

  Rasolofoson, Ranaivo A ^a,b   Ferraro, Paul J ^c   Ruta, Giovanni ^d   Rasamoelina, Maminiaina S ^d   Randriankolona, Patrick L ^d   Larsen, Helle O ^a   Jones, Julia P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Community Forest Management; effectiveness; falsification test; impact evaluation; Madagascar; matching; placebo test; poverty; REDD+; welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979021411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12272     Document Type: Letter

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