Understanding Forests' Contribution to Poverty Alleviation
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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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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FORESTS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, PRODUCTIVITY, GENDER, POVERTY REDUCTION, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, COMMUNITY RIGHTS, ACCESS TO MARKETS, FORESTRY LENDING