Title: State building and local democracy in Benin : two cases of decentralised forest management

Authors: Mongbo, Roch

Place: [Mumbai

Publisher: Medknow]

Year: 2008

Journal: Conservation and society

Volume: vol. 6, no. 1

PAGE: 49--61

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, legitimacy of governments, natural resources policy, forest management, benin

Abstract: The Benin decentralisation reform is outlined and issues of legitimacy, agency and power faced by local governments in forest resource management are discussed, using the cases of Lokoly and Toui-Kilibo.

URL: http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/bitstream/handle/10535/2576/cs-6-1-49.pdf

Document type: Portal