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The Distributional Impacts of Forest Income on Household Welfare in Rural Nigeria

Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development

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Title The Distributional Impacts of Forest Income on Household Welfare in Rural Nigeria
 
Creator Fonta, William M.
Eme Ichoku, Hyacinth
Ayuk, Elias
 
Description The study examines the distributional implications of forest income on poverty and income inequality in rural Nigeria using Gini and poverty decomposable techniques. The study finds that forest income reduces both income inequality and poverty in rural Nigeria. Analysis of the determinants of forest income using Heckman's 2-step sample selection model indicates that the decision to participate in forest extraction increases with more access to community forest areas, larger and poorer households, membership in forest management committees; and decreases with higher educational attainment and higher transfer income earnings. Likewise, forest income was found to be positively and significantly related to male-headed households, poorer heads of household and households that have more access to forest resources outside the community forestry areas. Furthermore, poverty and inequality simulations revealed that household welfare in rural Nigeria could be improved through policies and programs that; can stimulate increase earnings from minor forest resources, assist households to earn income from alternative sources such as agriculture and commerce.
 
Publisher The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE)
 
Contributor This research was funded by the Swedish Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) through the Centre of Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA), University of Pretoria, South Africa.
 
Date 2011-07-26
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Peer-reviewed Article
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Identifier https://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEDS/article/view/130
 
Source Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development; Vol 2, No 2 (2011); 1-13
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEDS/article/view/130/10
 
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