Can income programs reduce tropical forest pressure? Income shocks and forest use in Malawi

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dc.contributor.authorFisher, Monica M.en
dc.contributor.authorShively, Gerald E.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialMalawien
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:55:24Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:55:24Zen
dc.date.issued2005en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractSeasonal household data from Malawi are used to study links between income shocks and forest use. A Tobit model is estimated to examine whether household forest use responds to receipt of a positive income shock (delivered as a technology assistance package), and the characteristics of households reliant on forests for shock coping. Results show households experiencing an income boost had lower forest extraction compared to households that did not receive such a shock, ceteris paribus. We find households most dependent on forests for natural insurance are those located near woodlands and headed by an individual who is relatively young and male.en
dc.description.notesSysCoor-5 (Policy and Governance)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier949en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Development 33(7): 1115-1128en
dc.identifier.issn0305-750Xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65847en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2005 Elsevier Ltd.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectAgroforestryen
dc.subjectDeforestationen
dc.subjectAfforestationen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectForest ecosystemsen
dc.subjectConsumption smoothingen
dc.subjectSafety netsen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectDeforestationen
dc.subjectMalawien
dc.subjectAfricaen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.titleCan income programs reduce tropical forest pressure? Income shocks and forest use in Malawien
dc.typeAbstracten
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