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This article explores the effects that gender composition of forest user groups has on property rights and forestry governance, based on data from 290 forest user groups in Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. Findings indicate gender composition of user groups is important, but not always in the ...


Sun, Y.Mwangi, E.Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.[Is gender an important factor influencing user groups’ property rights and forestry governance?: Empirical analysis from East Africa and Latin America]Is gender an important factor influencing user groups’ property rights and forestry governance?: Empirical analysis from East Africa and Latin America

It is widely acknowledged that the involvement of small farmers into markets can contribute to higher productivity and income growth, which in turn can enhance food security, poverty reduction efforts, and overall economic growth. In Africa, as in other parts of the developing world, agricultural...


Markelova, H.Mwangi, E.[Collective action for smallholder market access: evidence and implications for Africa]Collective action for smallholder market access: evidence and implications for Africa
Mwangi, E.[The struggle to understand: Elinor Ostrom and institutions for the governance of forests]The struggle to understand: Elinor Ostrom and institutions for the governance of forests

This paper presents a comparative study of forest management across four countries in East Africa and Latin America: Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. It focuses on one question: Do varying proportions of women (low, mixed, high) in forest user groups influence their likelihood of adopting fore...


Mwangi, E.Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.Yan Sun[Gender and sustainable forest management in East Africa and Latin America]Gender and sustainable forest management in East Africa and Latin America

This review charts out recent developments in gender research in forestry research, with a focus on tropical and dry forests in developing countries. We reviewed 121 publications extracted from the Web of Knowledge database and publications by the Center for International Forestry Research for th...


Mai, Y.H.Mwangi, E.Wan, M.[Gender analysis in forestry research: looking back and thinking ahead]Gender analysis in forestry research: looking back and thinking ahead

Watersheds, especially in the developing world, are increasingly being managed for both environmental conservation and poverty alleviation. How complementary are these objectives? In the context of a watershed, the actual and potential linkages between land and water management and poverty are co...


Johnson, Nancy L.García, J.Rubiano Mejía, Jorge EliécerQuintero, MarcelaEstrada, R.D.Mwangi, E.Peralta, A.Granados, S.[Water and poverty in two Colombian watersheds]Water and poverty in two Colombian watersheds
Autor: Mwangi, E.

For close to two decades Maasai herders in Southwestern Kenyan have been struggling to subdivide their collectively held group ranches into individually owned and titled parcels. Scholars have indicated that conflicts over property assignment are resolved where more powerful individuals can eithe...


Mwangi, E.[Bumbling bureaucrats, sluggish courts and forum-shopping elites]Bumbling bureaucrats, sluggish courts and forum-shopping elites
Mogoi, JObonyo, EOngugo, POeba, VMwangi, E.[Communities, property rights and forest decentralisation in Kenya: early lessons from participatory forestry management]Communities, property rights and forest decentralisation in Kenya: early lessons from participatory forestry management

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