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Forests in Sustainable Development: guidelines for forest sector development cooperation
European Commission Directorate-General for Development, 1998Paper defines a strategy for forest sector development, and translates it for practical application. In response to the causes of deforestation and desertification, which are rooted in a complex web of socio-economic factors (both inside and, mainly, outside the forests) these guidelines are centred on the needs of people living in and making a living from forests.DocumentHabari ya maendeleo ya Tanzania - 28. A bibliography on recent articles on Tanzanian development studies
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1997Regularly published index to journal articles on TanzaniaDocumentFuelwood Consumption and Forest Degradation: A Household Model for Domestic Energy Substitution in Rural India [Rajasthan]
Development Economic Research Group, Denmark, 1998Paper examines domestic energy supply and demand in Northwest India. A household model is set up to analyse the links between forest scarcity and household energy consumption, focusing on the substitution of fuels from the forests and commons and the private domain. The model is estimated using recently collected data from villages bordering Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, India.DocumentNew Institutional Economics: A Survey of Property Rights and Natural Resource Management [case study from Rajasthan]
Development Economic Research Group, Denmark, 1998In this paper, the results of a recent case study of forest conservation and management in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, India are reported. Changes in land use, grazing, household fuelwood collection and inadequate management institutions are identified as key factors causing forest degradation.DocumentLand-Poor in a "Land-Abundant" Setting: Unraveling a Paradox in Mozambique
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1998DocumentFighting an Uphill Battle: Population Pressure and Declining Land Productivity in Rwanda.
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1996Report draws attention to the structure of landholding as a set of mechanisms through which demographic changes in agrarian societies can alter the natural environment: demographically-induced change in the structure of landholding: farm holdings generally become smaller as an ever-increasing number of households enter the agricultural work force and seek to derive their livelihood from thDocumentPopulation and Sustainability: Understanding Population, Environment, and Development Linkages
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1998The triple challenge of rapid population growth, declining agricultural productivity, and natural resource degradation are not isolated from one another; they are intimately related.DocumentLand Use, Soil Loss and Sustainable Agriculture in Rwanda.
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1996DocumentContestation over Political Space: The State and Demobilisation of Party Politics in Kenya
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998Appraises political liberalization and subsequent contestation over political space in Kenya. The discussion centres on how, from the colonial period, elite politics have precluded organization and crystallization of popular democracy.The paper specifically examines the historicity of political factionalism and attendant decline of multi-partyism.