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Samad, MadarAheeyar, Mohamed M.M.Royo-Olid, J.Arulingam, Indika[The political and institutional context of the water sector in Sri Lanka: an overview]The political and institutional context of the water sector in Sri Lanka: an overview
Wunder, Sven[Oil wealth and the fate of the forest: linking resource booms, macroeconomics, and the environment]Oil wealth and the fate of the forest: linking resource booms, macroeconomics, and the environment

The overall aim of this study was to explore what the development community can do, or facilitate, to significantly improve livelihoods in semi-arid systems.The authors based their analysis on two case-study sites in the communal lands of southern Zimbabwe. The main tool was a detailed livelihood...


Campbell, Bruce M.Jeffrey, S.Kozanayi, W.Luckert, M.Mutamba, M.Zindi, C.[Household livelihoods in semi-arid regions: options and constraints]Household livelihoods in semi-arid regions: options and constraints

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 purpose of this lecture note is to summarise different research results about the impact of macro-level factors and “extra-sectoral” policies on tropical forest cover. Specifically, we are interested in the forest margins - i.e. the spatial transition zone between tropical forests and convert...


Wunder, SvenVerbist, B.[The impact of trade and macroeconomic policies on frontier deforestation]The impact of trade and macroeconomic policies on frontier deforestation
Autor: Wunder, Sven

Gabon’s oil wealth coincides with the fact that it is one of the most forested countries in Africa; about four-fifths of its land area is covered by forests. But this is not really a coincidence. The central hypothesis of this report is that oil rents have enabled a series of pro-urban, anti-rura...


Wunder, Sven[When the Dutch disease met the French connection: oil, macroeconomics and forests in Gabon]When the Dutch disease met the French connection: oil, macroeconomics and forests in Gabon
Autor: Wunder, Sven

Gabon’s oil wealth coincides with the fact that it is one of the most forested countries in Africa; about four-fifths of its land area is covered by forests. But this is not really a coincidence. The central hypothesis of this report is that oil rents have enabled a series of pro-urban, anti-rura...


Wunder, Sven[Quand le syndrome Neerlandais: petrole, macroeconomie et forets au Gabon]Quand le syndrome Neerlandais: petrole, macroeconomie et forets au Gabon
Autor: Wunder, Sven

This study analyzes how long-run macroeconomic fluctuations have affected timber production levels in five tropical oil-producing countries: Gabon, Cameroon, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Venezuela, and Ecuador. The core hypothesis is that oil booms, foreign borrowing and other major foreign exchange i...


Wunder, Sven[Macroeconomic change, competitiveness and timber production: a five-country comparison]Macroeconomic change, competitiveness and timber production: a five-country comparison

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