Title:
Democratic decentralization in sub-Saharan Africa : its contribution to forest management, livelihoods, and enfranchisement
Authors:
Ribot, Jesse C. and Lund, J.F. and Treue, T.
Place:
[Cambridge
Publisher:
Cambridge university press]
Year:
2010
Journal:
Environmental conservation
Volume:
vol. 37, no. 1
PAGE:
35--44
Subject:
Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
Keywords:
decentralization in government, forest management, popular participation, development strategies, poverty alleviation, africa south of sahara
Abstract:
In this article forestry decentralization reforms in sub-Saharan Africa are reviewed to identify progress on the ground. Major constraints to achieving improvements in forest management and livelihood improvement are identified. Efforts at popular participation through devolution are analysed.
URL:
http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FENC%2FENC37_01%2FS0376892910000329a.pdf&code=90ce10428f7df854533e435a6523a1b7
Document type:
Portal