Precolonial institutions and deforestation in Africa

We find that local institutions inherited from the precolonial era continue to play an important role in natural resource governance in Africa. Using satellite image data, we find a significant and robust relationship between deforestation and precolonial succession rules of local leaders (local chi...

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Main Authors: LARCOM, S., VAN GEVELT, Terry, ZABALA, A.
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/43
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1042/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S0264837715003415_main.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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