Do the poor benefit from devolution policies?: evidence from Malawi’s forest co-management program

Do local people, especially vulnerable households, benefit from devolution of forest management? The authors apply the propensity-score matching and decomposition techniques on household data from Chimaliro and Liwonde forest reserves under the pilot forest co-management program in Malawi. After con...

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Main Authors: Jumbe, C.B.L., Angelsen, A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19535
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author Jumbe, C.B.L.
Angelsen, A.
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description Do local people, especially vulnerable households, benefit from devolution of forest management? The authors apply the propensity-score matching and decomposition techniques on household data from Chimaliro and Liwonde forest reserves under the pilot forest co-management program in Malawi. After controlling for selection bias, they find that while the program raises forest income for participants in Chimaliro, it reduces revenue for participants in Liwonde. Interestingly, results indicate that the program raises forest income for female and low-income participants, although male and richer participants capture more benefits due to discrimination and endowment differences accounting for 100% and 60%of the inter-group income disparity, respectively.
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spelling CGSpace195352025-01-24T14:12:43Z Do the poor benefit from devolution policies?: evidence from Malawi’s forest co-management program Jumbe, C.B.L. Angelsen, A. forestry research Do local people, especially vulnerable households, benefit from devolution of forest management? The authors apply the propensity-score matching and decomposition techniques on household data from Chimaliro and Liwonde forest reserves under the pilot forest co-management program in Malawi. After controlling for selection bias, they find that while the program raises forest income for participants in Chimaliro, it reduces revenue for participants in Liwonde. Interestingly, results indicate that the program raises forest income for female and low-income participants, although male and richer participants capture more benefits due to discrimination and endowment differences accounting for 100% and 60%of the inter-group income disparity, respectively. 2006 2012-06-04T09:09:33Z 2012-06-04T09:09:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19535 en Jumbe, C.B.L., Angelsen, A. 2006. Do the poor benefit from devolution policies?: evidence from Malawi’s forest co-management program . Land Economics 82 (4) :562û581. ISSN: 0023-7639.
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Do the poor benefit from devolution policies?: evidence from Malawi’s forest co-management program
title Do the poor benefit from devolution policies?: evidence from Malawi’s forest co-management program
title_full Do the poor benefit from devolution policies?: evidence from Malawi’s forest co-management program
title_fullStr Do the poor benefit from devolution policies?: evidence from Malawi’s forest co-management program
title_full_unstemmed Do the poor benefit from devolution policies?: evidence from Malawi’s forest co-management program
title_short Do the poor benefit from devolution policies?: evidence from Malawi’s forest co-management program
title_sort do the poor benefit from devolution policies evidence from malawi s forest co management program
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