Understanding Forests' Contribution to Poverty Alleviation
This paper develops a broad framework to conceptualize the multiple ways forests contribute to poverty reduction and inform interventions in forest landscapes. The paper identifies five key strategies for reducing poverty in forest landscapes: (a) improvements in the productivity of forest land and labor; (b) strengthened community, household, and women's rights over forests and land; (c) regional complementary investments in institutions, infrastructure, and public services that facilitate poverty reduction for the forest poor; (d) increased access to markets for timber or non-timber forest products; and (e) mechanisms that enhance and enable the flow of benefits from forest ecosystem services to the poor. The practical utility of the framework is tested through a portfolio review of forestry lending by the World Bank Group, the largest public investor in the forestry sector. The paper concludes with a discussion of some key issues that need to be addressed for forest-related investments in poverty reduction to succeed.
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018-05
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| Subjects: | FORESTS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, PRODUCTIVITY, GENDER, POVERTY REDUCTION, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, COMMUNITY RIGHTS, ACCESS TO MARKETS, FORESTRY LENDING, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/315121527791764064/Understanding-forests-contribution-to-poverty-alleviation-a-framework-for-interventions-in-forested-areas https://hdl.handle.net/10986/29891 |
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