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| Antinori, Camille; Rausser, Gordon C.. |
| Current natural resource policy emphasizes devolved control to local levels of government and stakeholder groups. Effective strategies are as yet unclear, given mixed results in devolutionary efforts and few empirical analyses. Using original community-level survey data from Oaxaca, Mexico, a region with 90% common property forestland, the study describes how existing community governance structures accommodate an increasing local role in managing forest land. Multidimensional performance indicators for forest condition and group rule conformance are constructed and regressed on measures of democratic involvement and attendance rate at general meetings within the community setting. Empirical results show that community officials and foresters working... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; O17; Q23. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25076 |
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| Antinori, Camille; Rausser, Gordon C.. |
| This report summarizes preliminary findings of the Mexican National Database and Community Survey Project which examines linkages between institutional characteristics in Mexico’s common property forestry sector and economic and environmental outcomes. Framing the Mexican agrarian community as a unit of analysis characterized by its history, individual members, resources, civic structure and property rights, we use institutional economic analysis to motivate project design and research on three aspects of Mexican community forestry governance: first, how communities have engaged forest resources to participate in forestry markets; second, how internal models of forestry management are reflect historical circumstances and practices, policy trends and... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Forest management; Forest policy; Forest products; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90936 |
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