Roots for Good Forest Outcomes : An Analytical Framework for Governance Reforms

Poor governance is a major impediment to achieving development outcomes of the forest sector. It results in losses of income, employment, government revenues, and local and global environmental services. However, at present, no comprehensive guide...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Other Agricultural Study
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
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spelling okr-10986-31032021-04-23T14:02:07Z Roots for Good Forest Outcomes : An Analytical Framework for Governance Reforms World Bank BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CARBON SEQUESTRATION DEFORESTATION DEGRADATION FOREST GOVERNANCE REFORM FOREST HEALTH FOREST PROTECTION FOREST RESOURCES RESEARCH Poor governance is a major impediment to achieving development outcomes of the forest sector. It results in losses of income, employment, government revenues, and local and global environmental services. However, at present, no comprehensive guide to reforming forest governance has been developed. Although usually it is relatively easy to recognize that the forest sector in a country is failing to deliver all its potential benefits, the lack of an appropriate analytical framework makes it much harder to identify the major shortcomings and to propose a fitting response. This economic and sector work (ESW) is the first step in creating a reformer's tool to diagnose forest governance weaknesses and pinpoint appropriate reforms. Section one of these studies explores the consequences of poor governance and the need for and the track record of forest governance reforms. It highlights some key gaps in our understanding of the governance challenge that provide the rationale for this report. Section two reviews the available literature and extant initiatives on describing and measuring governance. It looks at existing general indicators of governance and an indicator aim specifically at the forest sector and highlights the main lessons learned. Section three presents a comprehensive conceptual framework with which forest governance diagnostics can be undertaken in a country. Finally, section four summarizes the material and offers conclusions. 2012-03-19T17:24:34Z 2012-03-19T17:24:34Z 2009-01-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20090910005834 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3103 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Economic & Sector Work :: Other Agricultural Study The World Region
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topic BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
CARBON SEQUESTRATION
DEFORESTATION
DEGRADATION
FOREST GOVERNANCE REFORM
FOREST HEALTH
FOREST PROTECTION
FOREST RESOURCES
RESEARCH
spellingShingle BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
CARBON SEQUESTRATION
DEFORESTATION
DEGRADATION
FOREST GOVERNANCE REFORM
FOREST HEALTH
FOREST PROTECTION
FOREST RESOURCES
RESEARCH
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Roots for Good Forest Outcomes : An Analytical Framework for Governance Reforms
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description Poor governance is a major impediment to achieving development outcomes of the forest sector. It results in losses of income, employment, government revenues, and local and global environmental services. However, at present, no comprehensive guide to reforming forest governance has been developed. Although usually it is relatively easy to recognize that the forest sector in a country is failing to deliver all its potential benefits, the lack of an appropriate analytical framework makes it much harder to identify the major shortcomings and to propose a fitting response. This economic and sector work (ESW) is the first step in creating a reformer's tool to diagnose forest governance weaknesses and pinpoint appropriate reforms. Section one of these studies explores the consequences of poor governance and the need for and the track record of forest governance reforms. It highlights some key gaps in our understanding of the governance challenge that provide the rationale for this report. Section two reviews the available literature and extant initiatives on describing and measuring governance. It looks at existing general indicators of governance and an indicator aim specifically at the forest sector and highlights the main lessons learned. Section three presents a comprehensive conceptual framework with which forest governance diagnostics can be undertaken in a country. Finally, section four summarizes the material and offers conclusions.
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title Roots for Good Forest Outcomes : An Analytical Framework for Governance Reforms
title_short Roots for Good Forest Outcomes : An Analytical Framework for Governance Reforms
title_full Roots for Good Forest Outcomes : An Analytical Framework for Governance Reforms
title_fullStr Roots for Good Forest Outcomes : An Analytical Framework for Governance Reforms
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