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Poverty-Forests Linkages Toolkit : Overview and National Level Engagement

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dc.contributor.authorPROFOR
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-11T15:19:36Z
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dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractOver the past few years there has been a growing interest in the role that forests play in supporting the poor, in reducing their vulnerability to economic and environmental shocks, and in reducing poverty itself. International workshops in Italy, Scotland, Finland and Germany have focused on the contribution of forests to livelihoods and the policies needed to strengthen that contribution. At the same time, Forestry Ministries, though they are now beginning to feel challenged to demonstrate the ways in which forests contribute to poverty reduction, are for the most part moving only slowly to collect new kinds of data to meet this challenge. There are two main reasons why the role of forests in poverty reduction has not so far been reflected in any significant way in either national level Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) processes or in national forest programs (NFPS). First, most countries have little data available to illustrate how forests contribute to the livelihoods of poor households. Second, the data that does exist rarely gets presented in ways that are meaningful to those designing PRSPs and NFPS. On the poverty side, there is a tendency to underestimate the contribution of forests and off farm natural resources in general, to livelihoods. On the forestry side, reporting is typically in terms of the physical resource (trees planted, forest cover improved, timber sold) rather than livelihoods, with the sole exception of recording the number of people formally employed in the forest sector. Such reporting sheds no light on the contributions made by forests to the lives of the poor. Their previous experience of data collection has not prepared them for this. The objective of the partnership was four-fold: first, to devise a rapid methodology for appraising forest-livelihood linkages from field exercises; second, to undertake more extended research through a series of case studies in six countries; and third, and most importantly, the objective was to devise ways by which locally gathered data could enrich national level and in due course national level processes such as PRSPs (Poverty Reduction Strategy Processes) and NFPS. Finally, the availability of this data would better equip countries for international country reporting on forests, and for participation in the international dialogue on forests. This toolkit is the key product from the partnership. It has been tested in Indonesia, Tanzania, Cameroon, Ghana, Madagascar and Uganda, with the help of external agencies. It is also worth noting that as the toolkit methodology is directed at strengthening the 'voice of the poor' in national policy debates it has relevance to other policy processes beyond poverty reduction.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16561348/poverty-forests-linkages-toolkit-overview-national-level-engagement
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/12618
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/12618
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
dc.subjectCAPACITY OF FORESTS
dc.subjectCASH INCOME
dc.subjectCATCHMENT
dc.subjectCHRONICALLY POOR
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCOLLECTION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY FOREST
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY FORESTRY
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION RATE
dc.subjectDIMENSIONAL NATURE OF POVERTY
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectFODDER
dc.subjectFOOD AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectFOOD BASKET
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectFOREST ACCESS
dc.subjectFOREST AREA
dc.subjectFOREST AREAS
dc.subjectFOREST CONTROL
dc.subjectFOREST COVER
dc.subjectFOREST DATA
dc.subjectFOREST DEGRADATION
dc.subjectFOREST DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectFOREST INVENTORIES
dc.subjectFOREST LAWS
dc.subjectFOREST LEGISLATION
dc.subjectFOREST LOSS
dc.subjectFOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFOREST MANAGERS
dc.subjectFOREST PRODUCT
dc.subjectFOREST PRODUCTS
dc.subjectFOREST RESEARCH
dc.subjectFOREST RESOURCE
dc.subjectFOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectFOREST RESOURCES
dc.subjectFOREST SECTOR
dc.subjectFOREST SERVICES
dc.subjectFOREST STAKEHOLDERS
dc.subjectFOREST TYPES
dc.subjectFOREST USE
dc.subjectFOREST UTILISATION
dc.subjectFORESTERS
dc.subjectFORESTRY COMMISSION
dc.subjectFORESTRY DEPARTMENT
dc.subjectFORESTRY INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectFORESTRY MINISTRIES
dc.subjectFORESTRY PERSONNEL
dc.subjectFORESTRY PROGRAM
dc.subjectFORESTRY PROGRAMS
dc.subjectFORESTS
dc.subjectFORM OF POVERTY
dc.subjectGLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOMES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME POVERTY
dc.subjectINDICATORS FOR POVERTY
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
dc.subjectLACK OF INFORMATION
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLOCAL FOREST PRODUCTS
dc.subjectNATIONAL FOREST PROGRAM
dc.subjectNATIONAL FOREST PROGRAMS
dc.subjectNATIONAL FORESTRY
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS
dc.subjectPLANTING
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOOR WOMEN
dc.subjectPOORER HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY DATA
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCREASE
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDICATORS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVELS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MAPS
dc.subjectPOVERTY MONITORING SYSTEM
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS
dc.subjectQUALITY OF LIFE
dc.subjectREDUCTION OF INCOME
dc.subjectREDUCTION OF POVERTY
dc.subjectREFORESTATION
dc.subjectREGIONAL ADMINISTRATION
dc.subjectREGIONAL OFFICE
dc.subjectREGIONAL TRAINING
dc.subjectREGIONAL WORKSHOP
dc.subjectREMOTE AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL INCOMES
dc.subjectRURAL LIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectRURAL PEOPLE
dc.subjectRURAL PEOPLES
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE FOREST
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectTIMBER
dc.subjectTIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS
dc.subjectTIMBER PRODUCTION
dc.subjectTIMBER SALES
dc.subjectTREES
dc.subjectTROPICAL FORESTRY
dc.subjectTROPICAL FORESTRY RESEARCH
dc.subjectTROPICAL FORESTS
dc.subjectUNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY
dc.subjectVEGETABLES
dc.subjectVILLAGE LEVEL
dc.subjectWAR
dc.subjectWILDLIFE
dc.subjectWOODLAND
dc.titlePoverty-Forests Linkages Toolkit : Overview and National Level Engagementen
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaClimate Change
okr.date.disclosure2012-07-11
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T09:56:44.698797Z
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Poverty Study
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16561348/poverty-forests-linkages-toolkit-overview-national-level-engagement
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeAgriculture
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000386194_20120801020724
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum16561348
okr.identifier.report70528
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okr.topicRural Development::Forestry
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Regional Economic Development
okr.unitEnvironment Department (ENV)
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