Assistance to forestry: what have we learnt?
Assistance given to forestry, such as official development assistance in general, presents problems. It is well known that commitment and ownership are needed to achieve success. However, projects are still very much donor-driven. The best way to overcome current problems is to support developing co...
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| description | Assistance given to forestry, such as official development assistance in general, presents problems. It is well known that commitment and ownership are needed to achieve success. However, projects are still very much donor-driven. The best way to overcome current problems is to support developing countries' own strategies for development in general or in selected sector but such an approach is not very likely. Support for capacity building, research, learning, strengthening of analytical capacity and other 'basics' should then be favoured as a second 'best bet'. The main objective must be to strengthen domestic capacity within developing countries so that they can better appreciate the importance of forestry and take full charge of their own forestry development. Conditions imposed by donors or the pushing of donor agendas do not work in the long run. |
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| spelling | CGSpace181772025-01-24T14:12:25Z Assistance to forestry: what have we learnt? Persson, R. development development aid forestry developing countries Assistance given to forestry, such as official development assistance in general, presents problems. It is well known that commitment and ownership are needed to achieve success. However, projects are still very much donor-driven. The best way to overcome current problems is to support developing countries' own strategies for development in general or in selected sector but such an approach is not very likely. Support for capacity building, research, learning, strengthening of analytical capacity and other 'basics' should then be favoured as a second 'best bet'. The main objective must be to strengthen domestic capacity within developing countries so that they can better appreciate the importance of forestry and take full charge of their own forestry development. Conditions imposed by donors or the pushing of donor agendas do not work in the long run. 2000 2012-06-04T09:06:10Z 2012-06-04T09:06:10Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18177 en Open Access Persson, R. 2000. Assistance to forestry: what have we learnt? . International Forestry Review 2 (3) :218-223. ISSN: 1465-5489. |
| spellingShingle | development development aid forestry developing countries Persson, R. Assistance to forestry: what have we learnt? |
| title | Assistance to forestry: what have we learnt? |
| title_full | Assistance to forestry: what have we learnt? |
| title_fullStr | Assistance to forestry: what have we learnt? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assistance to forestry: what have we learnt? |
| title_short | Assistance to forestry: what have we learnt? |
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| topic | development development aid forestry developing countries |
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