Palmer, Charles 
ORCID: 0000-0002-1252-179X and Engel, Stefanie
(2007)
For better or for worse?: local impacts of the decentralization of Indonesia’s forest sector.
World Development, 35 (12).
pp. 2131-2149.
ISSN 0305-750X
Abstract
This paper quantifies the local impacts of mechanized logging on forest-dependent communities in Indonesia, before and after decentralization. A conceptual framework incorporates financial, social, enforcement, rent-seeking, and environmental impacts. Using data from 60 communities in East Kalimantan, the empirical results suggest that significantly more households received financial and in-kind benefits after decentralization compared to before. Many communities engaged in self-enforcement activities against firms both before and after decentralization. Post-decentralization, a significantly higher proportion of households perceived community forest ownership. There were few significant differences in perceived environmental impacts. Little evidence exists of a post-decentralization trade-off between environmental and financial contractual provisions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescriptio... |
| Additional Information: | © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD100 Land Use H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory D History General and Old World > DS Asia |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2010 09:19 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2025 17:24 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/27919 |
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