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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between macroeconomic policies and industrial forestry developments in Zimbabwe. A principal rationale for the emphasis on macroeconomic aspects is that the macroeconomy provides underlying factors in forestry development. The paper demo...


Kowero, G.S.Mabugu, R.[Macroeconomic policies and industrial wood processing and trade in Zimbabwe]Macroeconomic policies and industrial wood processing and trade in Zimbabwe

The literature on deforestation in Malawi points to a number of causes, including high population in relation to available land, poverty, market and policy failures, drought, and the activity of structural adjustment policies. Agricultural statistics from Malawi indicate substantial increases in ...


Mindle, I.J.Kowero, G.S.Ngugi, D.Luhanga, J.[Agricultural land expansion and deforestation in Malawi]Agricultural land expansion and deforestation in Malawi

How does an oil boom affect the forest cover of tropical oil exporting-countries? Are they more or less likely than non-oil countries to experience forest loss? What macro-economic linkages and policies are decisive? This article summarises research on land-use changes in eight tropical developin...


Wunder, SvenSunderlin, William D.[Oil, macroeconomics, and forests: assessing the linkages]Oil, macroeconomics, and forests: assessing the linkages

Around 27% of aquifers in Tunisia are being overexploited. Groundwater extractions is mainly for the irrigation sector, where more than 40% of the water used for irrigation comes from GW sources. The objective of this study is to critically review and analyze GW management instruments adopted in ...


Frija, AymenDhehibi, B.Chebil, A.Villholth, Karen G.[Performance evaluation of groundwater management instruments: the case of irrigation sector in Tunisia]Performance evaluation of groundwater management instruments: the case of irrigation sector in Tunisia

Ghana’s Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) was begun in 1983 to reverse economic decline through resource mobilisation, public sector and institutional reforms, and market liberalisation in order to promote growth. Recognising the need for agriculture to lead any sustained overall economic gro...


Benhin, J.K.Barbier, Bruno[The structural adjustment programme and deforestation in Ghana]The structural adjustment programme and deforestation in Ghana

This policy brief lays out strategies to improve the contribution of forest markets to local livelihoods. It is offered as a first step in a longer-term effort to promote forest markets that enhance the livelihoods of poor people while conserving forest resources. While forests are providing crit...


Scherr, Sara J.White, A.Kaimowitz, D.[Making markets work for forest communities]Making markets work for forest communities
Autor: Pacheco, P.

This chapter analyses the causes of deforestation and forest degradation in the Bolivian Amazon. The study predicated on the assumption that the factors involved have less to do with the forest sector itself than with events that take place within the country's political, economic, and social are...


Pacheco, P.[Deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia]Deforestation and forest degradation in lowland Bolivia

This book presents an empirical analysis of the development processes and the economic of Brazilian Amazon deforestation using a large data set of ecological and economic variables. It presents summary statistics and analyse trends for a number of important variables as well as developing econome...


Andersen, L.E.Granger, C.W.J.Reis, E.J.Weinhold, D.Wunder, Sven[The dynamic of deforestation and economic growth in the Brazilian Amazon]The dynamic of deforestation and economic growth in the Brazilian Amazon

This paper dicusses the potential impacts of macroeconomic policies on forestry in Zimbabwe. Over the period 1980-2001, macroeconomic policies have swung from a centrally controlled economy to a liberalized economy. In general, Zimbabwe's experience suggests tha macroeconomic policies have had ne...


Mabugu, R.Kowero, G.S.[Macroeconomic policies and forestry in Zimbabwe]Macroeconomic policies and forestry in Zimbabwe

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