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The role of corruption in the misappropriation of tropical forest resources and in tropical forest destruction
Transparency International, 1998There exists broad evidence that in many countries corruption has been, or still is, a driving force behind misappropriation of forest resources and tropical forest destruction. The following examples were gathered rather randomly and are far from giving a complete picture of corruption in relation with tropical forests.DocumentThe WWF-World Bank Alliance Global Collaboration for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use -- Thoughts on Making It Work
Macroeconomics for Sustainable Development Programme Office, WWF, 1998Taking the broad objectives and specific instruments of the WWF-World Bank Alliance as a starting point, the purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of major economic and political forces driving the deforestation/degradation process which need to be considered and addressed to maximize the achievement and effectiveness of the Alliance.DocumentMainstreaming Public Participation in Economic Infrastructure Projects
Overseas Development Institute, 1998In the last ten years, participation has become central to the social development sectors of official development assistance – smallholder agriculture, community forestry, health care, education, urban sanitation, small-scale water supplies, etc.DocumentContestation 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.DocumentGlobalization, Uneven Development and Poverty: Recent Trends and Policy Implications
Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP, 1998Paper outlines recent trends in economic growth, income distribution and poverty in the context of globalization.DocumentA Framework for Assessing the Relationship between Trade Liberalization and Biodiversity Conservation
Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 1998Paper develops an analytical framework for assessing the effects of trade liberalization on biodiversity conservation. The framework is designed for individuals preparing or analyzing country biodiversity studies who require a conceptual and analytical tool for a systematic accounting of the relationships between trade liberalization and biodiversity conservation.DocumentGoing places: Cambodia's future on the move [illegal logging]
Global Witness, 1998Report on illegal logging of Cambodia's forest resources, the government's complicity and the role of Thailand and Vietnam in the export of logs.DocumentRational exploitations: economic criteria & indicators for sustainable management of tropical forests
Center for International Forestry Research, 1998Covers the economic dimensions and issues associated with the of criteria and design of indicators on the sustainable management of tropical forests.DocumentCameroon's Logging Industry: Structure, Economic Importance and Effects of Devaluation
Center for International Forestry Research, 1998Aims to describe the current structure of the Cameroon logging industry, assess its importance within Cameroon's economy, and analyse recent development which the industry has experienced since the devaluation of the CFA franc in January 1994.DocumentMonitoring and Enforcement of Environmental Policy
New Ideas in Pollution Regulation, World Bank, 1998Paper begins with a fundamental question - why do firms comply with environmental laws? Then considers the various economic theories of government behavior and how they have been used to help explain observed enforcement behavior.Pages