The Political Economy of Decision-Making in Forestry : Using Evidence and Analysis for Reform
The use of the phrase, ‘political economy’ originates in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations and is also found in the writings of David Ricardo and Karl Marx. What is presently understood as ‘economics’ was, at that time, termed ‘political economy’. Thi...
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TARIFFS INCENTIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PRODUCTION FOREST MANAGEMENT INTEREST EXPECTATIONS TIMBER PRICES PRODUCERS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS ECONOMIC PROCESSES TIMBER EXPORTS EMISSIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY REVENUES WELFARE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES DISTRIBUTION CAPACITY BUILDING EQUILIBRIUM VARIABLES ECONOMIC POWER MODELS INPUTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ITC WEALTH RISK AVERSE ECONOMIC STRUCTURES BUREAUCRACY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS TRENDS RESOURCE USE DEVELOPMENT INFLUENCE EXPLOITATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OIL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS TRADEOFFS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOOD POLICY RESEARCH NATURAL CAPITAL MONEY RENT DEMOCRACY OPTIONS FAILURES MONOPOLY CRITERIA DEBT DISEQUILIBRIUM DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES FORESTRY POLICY DECISIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS INVENTORIES UTILITY NATURAL RESOURCES WEALTH CREATION WEALTH OF NATIONS EFFICIENCY TAXES ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAND USE RESOURCES EQUITY DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES RURAL COMMUNITIES CAPITAL CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRANSPARENCY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT VALUES VALUE POLICY MAKERS CREDIT DEFORESTATION POLITICAL SCIENCE REPUBLIC SUSTAINABLE USE MINES ECONOMY CONSUMERS AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTS PROPERTY LOGGING DECISION MAKING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ECONOMIC RENTS COST NATION MEASUREMENT PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES ENVIRONMENT MARKET CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE STATE LAND NATION-STATES THEORY INVESTMENT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IDEOLOGY SUPPLY DECENTRALIZATION REVENUE GAME THEORY DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH ECONOMIC LIFE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY PROFITS ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES PUBLIC GOOD SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE PRICES DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OIL SECTOR ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY COMPETITION |
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TARIFFS INCENTIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PRODUCTION FOREST MANAGEMENT INTEREST EXPECTATIONS TIMBER PRICES PRODUCERS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS ECONOMIC PROCESSES TIMBER EXPORTS EMISSIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY REVENUES WELFARE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES DISTRIBUTION CAPACITY BUILDING EQUILIBRIUM VARIABLES ECONOMIC POWER MODELS INPUTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ITC WEALTH RISK AVERSE ECONOMIC STRUCTURES BUREAUCRACY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS TRENDS RESOURCE USE DEVELOPMENT INFLUENCE EXPLOITATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OIL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS TRADEOFFS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOOD POLICY RESEARCH NATURAL CAPITAL MONEY RENT DEMOCRACY OPTIONS FAILURES MONOPOLY CRITERIA DEBT DISEQUILIBRIUM DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES FORESTRY POLICY DECISIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS INVENTORIES UTILITY NATURAL RESOURCES WEALTH CREATION WEALTH OF NATIONS EFFICIENCY TAXES ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAND USE RESOURCES EQUITY DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES RURAL COMMUNITIES CAPITAL CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRANSPARENCY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT VALUES VALUE POLICY MAKERS CREDIT DEFORESTATION POLITICAL SCIENCE REPUBLIC SUSTAINABLE USE MINES ECONOMY CONSUMERS AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTS PROPERTY LOGGING DECISION MAKING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ECONOMIC RENTS COST NATION MEASUREMENT PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES ENVIRONMENT MARKET CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE STATE LAND NATION-STATES THEORY INVESTMENT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IDEOLOGY SUPPLY DECENTRALIZATION REVENUE GAME THEORY DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH ECONOMIC LIFE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY PROFITS ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES PUBLIC GOOD SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE PRICES DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OIL SECTOR ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY COMPETITION Kishor, Nalin Castillo, Selene Nguyen, Nga Phuong The Political Economy of Decision-Making in Forestry : Using Evidence and Analysis for Reform |
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The use of the phrase, ‘political
economy’ originates in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations and is
also found in the writings of David Ricardo and Karl Marx.
What is presently understood as ‘economics’ was, at that
time, termed ‘political economy’. This was understood to
mean ‘conditions of production organization in
nation-states’ (Acemoglu and Robinson, 2012, Beuran,
Raballand and Kapoor, 2011). Venerable scholars such as
Smith, Ricardo, Mills, Rosseau, Ruskin and de Tocqueville,
took a consistently holistic view of the interaction between
economics (technical means of production) and politics
(relationships of production) in their debates on wealth,
prosperity, and international trade, and explanations of
development outcomes. However, subsequently, ‘economics’ and
‘political science’ developed along parallel tracks,
constraining us from fully exploring their interactions and
joint contribution to incomes, livelihoods and to economic
development more generally. For the forestry sector too,
when stakeholders’ power and influence is uneven, vested
interests get to control the resource, and institutions are
weak (or deliberately weakened by the same vested interests)
the result is resource plunder, institutional erosion and
breakdown of the rule of law and concentration of wealth in
a few hands. (In the next section of this chapter, specific
examples from forestry will illustrate these challenges
clearly). If we are to come to grips with the fundamentals
determining sustainable forest management, there is a need
to develop a good understanding of stakeholder interests and
the complex balance of power relationships, via political
economy analysis. Thus, the major objective of this report
is to offer preliminary guidance to conduct a practical
political economy analysis for the forest sector. The report
provides this guidance by considering eight ‘front-runner’
political economy analysis approaches that have emerged over
the last few years. In principle all are capable of being
applied to address political economy challenges in forestry
and the report develops a set of criteria, geared to
political economy considerations for forestry, which would
assist a practitioner in selecting among the available approaches. |
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Kishor, Nalin Castillo, Selene Nguyen, Nga Phuong |
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The Political Economy of Decision-Making in Forestry : Using Evidence and Analysis for Reform |
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The Political Economy of Decision-Making in Forestry : Using Evidence and Analysis for Reform |
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The Political Economy of Decision-Making in Forestry : Using Evidence and Analysis for Reform |
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The Political Economy of Decision-Making in Forestry : Using Evidence and Analysis for Reform |
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The Political Economy of Decision-Making in Forestry : Using Evidence and Analysis for Reform |
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political economy of decision-making in forestry : using evidence and analysis for reform |
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okr-10986-235932021-04-23T14:04:15Z The Political Economy of Decision-Making in Forestry : Using Evidence and Analysis for Reform Kishor, Nalin Castillo, Selene Nguyen, Nga Phuong TARIFFS INCENTIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PRODUCTION FOREST MANAGEMENT INTEREST EXPECTATIONS TIMBER PRICES PRODUCERS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS ECONOMIC PROCESSES TIMBER EXPORTS EMISSIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY REVENUES WELFARE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES DISTRIBUTION CAPACITY BUILDING EQUILIBRIUM VARIABLES ECONOMIC POWER MODELS INPUTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ITC WEALTH RISK AVERSE ECONOMIC STRUCTURES BUREAUCRACY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS TRENDS RESOURCE USE DEVELOPMENT INFLUENCE EXPLOITATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OIL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS TRADEOFFS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOOD POLICY RESEARCH NATURAL CAPITAL MONEY RENT DEMOCRACY OPTIONS FAILURES MONOPOLY CRITERIA DEBT DISEQUILIBRIUM DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES FORESTRY POLICY DECISIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS INVENTORIES UTILITY NATURAL RESOURCES WEALTH CREATION WEALTH OF NATIONS EFFICIENCY TAXES ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAND USE RESOURCES EQUITY DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES RURAL COMMUNITIES CAPITAL CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRANSPARENCY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT VALUES VALUE POLICY MAKERS CREDIT DEFORESTATION POLITICAL SCIENCE REPUBLIC SUSTAINABLE USE MINES ECONOMY CONSUMERS AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTS PROPERTY LOGGING DECISION MAKING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ECONOMIC RENTS COST NATION MEASUREMENT PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES ENVIRONMENT MARKET CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE STATE LAND NATION-STATES THEORY INVESTMENT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IDEOLOGY SUPPLY DECENTRALIZATION REVENUE GAME THEORY DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH ECONOMIC LIFE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY PROFITS ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES PUBLIC GOOD SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE PRICES DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OIL SECTOR ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY COMPETITION The use of the phrase, ‘political economy’ originates in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations and is also found in the writings of David Ricardo and Karl Marx. What is presently understood as ‘economics’ was, at that time, termed ‘political economy’. This was understood to mean ‘conditions of production organization in nation-states’ (Acemoglu and Robinson, 2012, Beuran, Raballand and Kapoor, 2011). Venerable scholars such as Smith, Ricardo, Mills, Rosseau, Ruskin and de Tocqueville, took a consistently holistic view of the interaction between economics (technical means of production) and politics (relationships of production) in their debates on wealth, prosperity, and international trade, and explanations of development outcomes. However, subsequently, ‘economics’ and ‘political science’ developed along parallel tracks, constraining us from fully exploring their interactions and joint contribution to incomes, livelihoods and to economic development more generally. For the forestry sector too, when stakeholders’ power and influence is uneven, vested interests get to control the resource, and institutions are weak (or deliberately weakened by the same vested interests) the result is resource plunder, institutional erosion and breakdown of the rule of law and concentration of wealth in a few hands. (In the next section of this chapter, specific examples from forestry will illustrate these challenges clearly). If we are to come to grips with the fundamentals determining sustainable forest management, there is a need to develop a good understanding of stakeholder interests and the complex balance of power relationships, via political economy analysis. Thus, the major objective of this report is to offer preliminary guidance to conduct a practical political economy analysis for the forest sector. The report provides this guidance by considering eight ‘front-runner’ political economy analysis approaches that have emerged over the last few years. In principle all are capable of being applied to address political economy challenges in forestry and the report develops a set of criteria, geared to political economy considerations for forestry, which would assist a practitioner in selecting among the available approaches. 2016-01-07T21:38:42Z 2016-01-07T21:38:42Z 2015 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25668979/political-economy-decision-making-forestry-using-evidence-analysis-reform http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23593 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research |