Land resources in darfur region, Sudan: Prisoners' dilemma or coase outcome?

J. F. Morton

Journal of Development Studies, 1996, vol. 33, issue 1, 63-80

Abstract: The article tests institutional models of environmental pressure, for example, the Tragedy of the Commons, against evidence from Darfur region, Sudan. Three aspects are considered in detail: rangeland degradation, rangeland enclosure and the implicit rent gained from range destocking. A methodology to estimate the latter is presented and demonstrated using survey data. It is concluded that strong circumstantial evidence of a Tragedy of the Commons -famine, drought and insecurity - is misleading. Social institutions such as land tenure are both adapted to the existing resource endowment and flexible enough to accommodate changes in it.

Date: 1996
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