Property Rights Regimes and Natural Resources: A Conceptual Analysis Revisited

World Development

Volumn 93, Issue , 2017, Pages 337-349

  Sikor, Thomas ^a   He, Jun ^b   Lestrelin, Guillaume ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

China; compensated exclusion; forests; governance; Laos; natural resource; property rights

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING THEORY; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CHINA; LAOS;

EID: 85027920374     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.12.032     Document Type: Article

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