Understanding Forests' Contribution to Poverty Alleviation
| dc.creator | Shyamsundar, Priya | |
| dc.creator | Ahlroth, Sofia | |
| dc.creator | Kristjanson, Patricia | |
| dc.creator | Onder, Stefanie | |
| dc.date | 2018-06-18T20:50:46Z | |
| dc.date | 2018-06-18T20:50:46Z | |
| dc.date | 2018-05 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-01T00:39:25Z | |
| dc.description | 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. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.format | text/plain | |
| dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/315121527791764064/Understanding-forests-contribution-to-poverty-alleviation-a-framework-for-interventions-in-forested-areas | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/29891 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.1596/1813-9450-8462 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/408462 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
| dc.relation | Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8462 | |
| dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo | |
| dc.rights | World Bank | |
| dc.subject | FORESTS | |
| dc.subject | POVERTY ALLEVIATION | |
| dc.subject | PRODUCTIVITY | |
| dc.subject | GENDER | |
| dc.subject | POVERTY REDUCTION | |
| dc.subject | LABOR PRODUCTIVITY | |
| dc.subject | COMMUNITY RIGHTS | |
| dc.subject | ACCESS TO MARKETS | |
| dc.subject | FORESTRY LENDING | |
| dc.title | Understanding Forests' Contribution to Poverty Alleviation | |
| dc.title | A Framework for Interventions in Forested Areas | |
| dc.type | Working Paper | |
| dc.type | Document de travail | |
| dc.type | Documento de trabajo |