Institutional Arrangements for Rural Poverty Reduction and Resource Conservation

This paper introduces a special issue featuring a set of papers on institutional arrangements for reconciling rural poverty reduction with renewable natural resources conservation in the low-income tropics. Collectively, these papers make four core points. First, synergies do not naturally emerge ju...

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Published in:World development 2005-02, Vol.33 (2), p.193-197
Main Authors: Barrett, Christopher B., Lee, David R., McPeak, John G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community participation
community-based natural resources management
Conflict resolution
Conservation
Costa Rica
Deforestation
Development programmes
Development strategies
Economic conditions
environment
Environmental management
Forest management
Human development
Kenya
Latin America
Low income groups
Marine resources
Mexico
multiscalar approaches
Natural resources
Nature conservation
Nutrition
Pastoralism
Payments
Philippines
Poverty
Poverty alleviation
Poverty relief
Resource conservation
Rural areas
Rural communities
Rural development
Rural poverty
Studies
Supply and demand
sustainability
Sustainable development
Tropics
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Summary:This paper introduces a special issue featuring a set of papers on institutional arrangements for reconciling rural poverty reduction with renewable natural resources conservation in the low-income tropics. Collectively, these papers make four core points. First, synergies do not naturally emerge just because rural poverty reduction and renewable natural resources conservation are each appealing goals with common drivers and some intrinsic interlinkage. Second, it matters less which rules a community or country adopts than how well they monitor and enforce the rules they set. Third, flexibility and adaptability in design are critical to establishing cooperative partnerships that can advance both conservation and development goals. Fourth, multiscalar approaches are commonly desirable.
ISSN:0305-750X
1873-5991
DOI:10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.07.008