Conducted in the East, South, and Northwest Provinces, this study aims to provide an explanation and understanding of the organizational and institutional infrastructure of decentralized management of Cameroon’s forest—also referred to as “local forest management”—and the mechanisms of the transf...
Oyono, P.R.
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[Institutional deficit, representation, and decentralized forest mangement in Cameroon: elements of natural resource sociology for social theory and public policy]
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Institutional deficit, representation, and decentralized forest mangement in Cameroon: elements of natural resource sociology for social theory and public policy
The report summarises some Swedish experiences in assistance to forestry. Sweden's development from forestry mining in the last century to sustainable forestry is discussed as is the impact of assistance to Swedish forestry during 150 years. Forestry assistance has gone through a number of phases...
Persson, R.
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[From industrial forestry to natural resources management - lessons learnt in forestry assistance]
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From industrial forestry to natural resources management - lessons learnt in forestry assistance
This synthesis paper gives an economic perspective on the analysis of deforestation. Ecuador provides a versatile picture of factors affecting forest loss throughout different periods, regions and ecosystems. The main fieldwork was carried out over 18 months in 1994-5 and focused on semi-structur...
The study was based on initial research during 2000 and 2002 in the districts of Kapuas, Central Kalimantan, supplemented with interviews with policy makers in Jakarta during July-August 2001. This paper considers how the decentralization process involves legal and institutional changes that enco...
McCarthy, J.F.
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[Changing to gray: decentralization and the emergence of volatile socio-legal configurations in central Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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Changing to gray: decentralization and the emergence of volatile socio-legal configurations in central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Examines how livestock services are financed in different African countries, analyses the factors which seem to determine the present pattern of government recurrent expenditure and staffing, the relationship between policy instruments employed by governments and the quantity and quality of servi...
Anteneh, A.
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[The financing and staffing of livestock services in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross country analysis]
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The financing and staffing of livestock services in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross country analysis
The authors started the discussion with the fundamental question: why are property rights important? The central hypothesis of this collaborative venture is that inappropriate property rights institutions lead to resource degradation. Two cases were distinguished: single-user resources and multip...
Hazell, P.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Relevant policy questions related to property rights and resource management]
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Relevant policy questions related to property rights and resource management
Kaimowitz, D.
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[Livestock and deforestation in Central America in the 1980s and the 1990s: a policy perspective]
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Livestock and deforestation in Central America in the 1980s and the 1990s: a policy perspective
Okumu, B.N.
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Russell, N.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Colman, D.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Pender, J.L.
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[Technology, policy and population growth impacts on economic performance, nutrient flows and soil erosion at watershed level: the case of Ginchi in Ethiopia]
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Technology, policy and population growth impacts on economic performance, nutrient flows and soil erosion at watershed level: the case of Ginchi in Ethiopia
This study quantifies the impacts resulting from a significant policy change associated with ILRI’s collaborative smallholder dairy research and policy advocacy activities: the policy shift toward legalisation of small scale raw milk marketing, in Kenya. A multi-market model was developed to quan...
Salasya, B.
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Karl, R.
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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Kaitibie, S.
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Omore, Amos O.
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Freeman, H.A.
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Staal, Steven J.
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[Quantifying the economic impacts of a policy shift towards legalizing informal milk trade in Kenya]
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Quantifying the economic impacts of a policy shift towards legalizing informal milk trade in Kenya
Discusses livestock policy making and analysis in Africa, with particular reference to policy objectives & instruments (drawing examples from the field of dairy marketing), criteria for setting priorities, and the need for designing better policies and forecasting results.