The general distinctions between open access, state property, common proerty and private property are now well established in the academic literature. When applied to African rangelands, however, common property admits a wide variety of resource management regimes. To formulate effective policies...
Swallow, B.M.
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Bromley, D.W.
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[Institutions, governance and incentives in common property regimes for African rangelands]
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Institutions, governance and incentives in common property regimes for African rangelands
This paper reviews the studies of property institutions that have been undertaken by researchers affiliated with the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA) since 1980. Particular attention is given to the systems studies and an ongoing study of the impacts of trypanosomiasis control on ...
About 14 % of the world's cattle and 21 % of its sheep and goats are found in Africa on a land base that comprises 25 % of the world's total area of rangelands. Most of these rangelands are or have in the past been managed under traditional systems of communal tenure. Regrettably, the wide variet...
Swallow, B.M.
,
Bromley, D.W.
,
[LPA Brief No. 1. Institutions, governance and incentives in common property regimes for African rangelands]
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LPA Brief No. 1. Institutions, governance and incentives in common property regimes for African rangelands