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Natural resources and decentralization in Nicaragua: are local government up to the job?

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Title Natural resources and decentralization in Nicaragua: are local government up to the job?
 
Creator Larson, A.M.
 
Subject decentralization
local government
resource management
natural resources
forest resources
 
Description Both decentralization and natural resource management literature suggest that natural resources could benefit from the redistribution of centralized management authority. Yet, neither has sufficiently examined the processes already underway in numerous developing countries to decentralize resource management from central to municipal government authorities. This study reviews the role of 21 local governments in forest management in Nicaragua. It finds that most interventions are economically motivated, and that three key factors are needed for local governments to be good resource managers: capacity, incentive and long-term commitment. These three factors are part of a process in which civil society can play a critical role.
 
Date 2002
2012-06-04T09:08:39Z
2012-06-04T09:08:39Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Larson, A.M. 2002. Natural resources and decentralization in Nicaragua: are local government up to the job? . World Development 30 (1) :17-31. ISSN: 0305-750X.
0305-750X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18644
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/1170
 
Language en
 
Source World Development