Decentralization and environmental conservation: gender effects from participation in joint forest management

This paper analyzes how women’s participation affects institutional outcomes related to the decentralized governance of community forests in Madhya Pradesh, India. The analysis is based on data from a representative sample of 641 cases of joint forest management, India’s flagship program to involve...

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Main Authors:	Agrawal, Arun, Yadama, Gautam, Andrade, Raul, Bhattacharya, Ajoy
Format:	Artículo preliminar
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Food Policy Research Institute 2006
Subjects:	forestry gender equity decentralization community forestry forest management natural resources environmental protection gender collective action environmental management
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160342