Implementing natural resources management policy in Africa: A document and literature review

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6759616

Brinkerhoff, D W; Gage, J D; Yeager, J A

The organizational and management tasks involved in implementing natural resource management (NRM) policy in Africa are examined in the desk study. There are two main chapters. The first reviews 19 A.I.D. projects and programs in forestry/agroforestry, sustainable agriculture, and protected areas/biodiversity conservation in Africa. The study also identifies several troublesome features of NRM policies: the underlying contradiction between sustainable NRM and the prevailing economic development paradigm; the nature of NRM costs and benefits; the negative orientation of NRM regulations; and the tendency of NRM issues to generate conflict. A final section presents a set of strategic questions as a way to begin clarifying the complexity and multiplicity of factors and linkages that characterize NRM.

• Research Organization: Management Systems International, Inc., Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6759616
• Report Number(s): PB-93-180610/XAB; CNN: AID-DHR-5451-C-00-0109-00
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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FORESTRY
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ORGANIC WASTES
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REGULATIONS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
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TASK SCHEDULING
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