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Reform of fiscal policies in the context of national forest programmes in Africa

Regional forestry meeting: Abuja, Nigeria: 13-16 November 2001 - synthesis of country reports

Year of publication 2001

Pages 29

Author Forestry Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title Forest Finance: Working Paper

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper summarises the information presented in the country reports on forest revenue systems and government expenditure on the forestry sector in Africa. It compares and contrasts the many different ways in which forest revenue systems are designed and implemented in different countries and presents some estimates of the total financial flows between government and the forestry sector.

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