dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2021-03-31T17:08:28Z
dc.date.available	2021-03-31T17:08:28Z
dc.date.issued	2021-03
dc.description.abstract	Liberia is the most forested country in West Africa, with more than two thirds of its land surface covered by forest. In 2019, 47.5 percent of the Liberian households (HHs) lived in proximity to and were significantly dependent on the country’s forests. Results from the recent sample-based National Household Forest Survey (NHFS 2019) conducted in these forest-proximate areas reveal a high dependence on forest products both for direct consumption and as a source of income. These forest products, ranging from fuelwood to medicinal plants, also provide HHs with an important social safety net during natural and economic shocks and crises, such as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. At the same time, Liberia is one of the world’s poorest countries. The NHFS found that the average income for these forest proximate HHs which is substantially below the country’s average annual HH income. This points to the need to maximize the potential of forests for poverty reduction in a sustainable manner. Using the data collected from the recent NHFS, this policy note unpacks the HH and forest interactions, for forest-proximate HHs. The note: (1) identifies the sources within forestry and other sectors from which HHs derive their subsistence and income needs; (2) looks at the income generating potential of various activities that a HH participates in and its labor time allocation; and (3) highlights the gender aspects of poverty, particularly as they relate to the forestry sector.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/35343
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/35343
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	FOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	POVERTY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	FOREST ENTERPRISES
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.title	Harnessing Forests as Pathways to Prosperity in Liberia	en
dc.title.subtitle	Policy Note	en
dc.type	Policy Note	en
dc.type	Document de politique générale	fr
dc.type	Documento de políticas	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Harnessing Forests as Pathways to Prosperity in Liberia
okr.date.disclosure	2021-03-26
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-07T10:53:44.387507Z
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-06-14T02:16:16.795429Z
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::Policy Note
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/184771616750748881/Harnessing-Forests-as-Pathways-to-Prosperity-in-Liberia-Policy-Note
okr.guid	184771616750748881
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	090224b088426c9a_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	32946199
okr.identifier.report	AUS0002098
okr.imported	true	en
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/184771616750748881/pdf/Harnessing-Forests-as-Pathways-to-Prosperity-in-Liberia-Policy-Note.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.administrative	Africa Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.country	Liberia
okr.topic	Agriculture::Climate Change and Agriculture
okr.topic	Agriculture::Forestry Management
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Development
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Rural Development
okr.topic	Private Sector Development::Small and Medium Size Enterprises
okr.topic	Rural Development::Rural Labor Markets
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unit	AFR ENR PM 4 (SAWE4)

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