Title: Commerce, Kings and local government in Uganda : decentralizing natural resources to consolidate the central state

Authors: Muhereza, Frank Emmanuel

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: World resources institute

Year: 2003

Journal: Environmental governance in Africa working papers

Volume: 8

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: forest management, forestry, privatization, illegality, community participation, decentralization in government, natural resources policy, governance, natural resources, environmental management, uganda

Abstract: This study explores the decentralization of forest management powers in Uganda in order to determine the extent to which powers have shifted to popularly elected and downwardly accountable local governments. The experience of decentralization in Uganda’s forestry sector is highly uneven.

URL: http://pdf.wri.org/eaa_wp8.pdf

Document type: Other