Managing common land: the Sahel experience

Managing common land: the Sahel experience

Published Jan 2002

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Ced Hesse, Pippa Trench, false

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Managing common land: the Sahel experience

As decentralisation and tenure reform sweeps through the Sahel, doubts remain whether communities can look after commonly owned land. Is privatisation or state control the best means of preventing the degradation of resources? Can local communities forge institutional mechanisms to regulate competing claims on common resources?

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