Property Rights, Institutions and Source of Fuel Wood in Rural Ethiopia

Abebe Damte () and Steven Koch
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Abebe Damte: Department of Economics, University of Pretoria

No 201110, Working Papers from University of Pretoria, Department of Economics

Abstract: This study examines the relationship between property rights, defined by land tenure security, the strength of local-level institutions, and household demand for fuel wood, as measured by the source from which fuel wood is collected. A multinomial regression model is applied to survey data collected in rural Ethiopia. Results from the discrete choice model indicate that active local-level institutions reduce the dependency on community forests, but, otherwise, increase household dependency on open access forests. However, property rights do not increase demand for fuel wood collected from private forests. The results suggest that there is a need to bring more open access forests under the management of the community and increase the quality of community forestry management in order to realize improvements in forest conservation.

Keywords: Property rights; institutions; fuel wood rural; Ethiopia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2011-04
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