It takes a village to raise a Pigovian tax...or does it take more? Prospects for devolved watershed management in developing countries

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2001

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After years of failed attempts at centralized control over watershed management (WSM), the conventional wisdom among the donor "community" and many LDC governments themselves has now turned decisively in favor of local approaches. In many parts of the developing world, this shift coincides with the decentralization of numerous other government functions.

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Local policy, Watershed management, Government policy, Environmental law, Decentralization, Abatement costs, Jurisdictional boundaries, Local administration, Water resource management, Rate of natural resource depletion, Governance Watershed

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Paper presented at the SANREM CRSP Research Scientific Synthesis Conference, Athens, GA, 28-30 November 2001