Private Sector Participation in Natural Resource Management: What Relevance in Developing Countries?

Nick Johnstone and Joshua Bishop

International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 2007, vol. 1, issue 1, 67-109

Abstract: In this paper we are concerned with private sector participation in natural resource management in developing countries. The paper addresses both the establishment (or formalisation) of private property rights to natural resources, and the private markets in which such rights are exchanged. The paper examines a number of different natural resources: irrigation water, potable water, fisheries, and forest land. It is argued that private sector participation in natural resource management has the potential to secure significant environmental benefits, but that the optimal form which such participation takes is dependent upon the characteristics of the resource in question. Irrespective of the resource and the form of private sector participation adopted, regulatory capacity is key to securing public environmental benefits.

Keywords: Fishery; Forestry; Land; Water; Renewable Resources and Conservation – Government Policy; Environment and Development; Property Rights; Infrastructure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D23 H54 Q22 Q23 Q24 Q25 Q28 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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