Trust, regulation and participatory forest management: Micro-level evidence on forest governance from Ethiopia
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Trust, regulation and participatory forest management : Micro-level evidence on forest governance from Ethiopia. / Kahsay, Goytom Abraha; Bulte, Erwin.
In: World Development, Vol. 120, 2019, p. 118-132.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Trust, regulation and participatory forest management
T2 - Micro-level evidence on forest governance from Ethiopia
AU - Kahsay, Goytom Abraha
AU - Bulte, Erwin
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - A small literature investigates the co-evolution of culture and institutions (formal regulation). We present new micro-level evidence on the relationship between culture and institutions in forest resource management. Using data on forest user groups in Ethiopia, we document a negative correlation between various measures of trust and the degree of formalization of forest monitoring and extraction. Additional analysis suggests the nature of this relation is causal: groups with low level of trust implement more extensive rules to govern monitoring and extraction of their forest resource. This is consistent with the idea that trust and rules are substitutes in natural resource management.
AB - A small literature investigates the co-evolution of culture and institutions (formal regulation). We present new micro-level evidence on the relationship between culture and institutions in forest resource management. Using data on forest user groups in Ethiopia, we document a negative correlation between various measures of trust and the degree of formalization of forest monitoring and extraction. Additional analysis suggests the nature of this relation is causal: groups with low level of trust implement more extensive rules to govern monitoring and extraction of their forest resource. This is consistent with the idea that trust and rules are substitutes in natural resource management.
U2 - 10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.04.007
DO - 10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.04.007
M3 - Journal article
VL - 120
SP - 118
EP - 132
JO - World Development
JF - World Development
SN - 1873-5991
ER -
ID: 217109511