Title:
Recentralizing while decentralizing : how national governments reappropriate forest resources
Authors:
Ribot, Jesse C. and Agrawal, Arun and Larson, Anne M.
Year:
2006
Journal:
World development
Volume:
34(2006)11
PAGE:
1864--1886
Subject:
Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
Keywords:
social justice, decision-making, environmental management, natural resources, decentralization in government, uganda, senegal, nepal, nicaragua, indonesia, bolivia
Abstract:
Decentralization initiatives worldwide rarely achieve their purported efficiency and equity benefits. This paper shows how central governments in six countries use a variety of strategies to obstruct the democratic decentralization of resource management and, hence, retain central control.
URL:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~arunagra/papers/Recentralizing%20While%20Decentralizing.pdf
Document type:
E-article