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Title: | How African States Keep Their People Poor: The Legal Issues |
Author: | Veit, Peter G. |
Year: | 2006 |
Periodical: | South African Journal of International Affairs |
Volume: | 13 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 33-52 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Africa Cameroon Uganda |
Subjects: | inequality government policy forest policy natural resource management revenue allocation Politics and Government Economics and Trade Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10220460609556801 |
Abstract: | Inequalities in income and in health, educational, and environmental outcomes are a stark fact of life in many developing countries. This article addresses the role of government in shaping the distribution of environmental benefits and in establishing the winners and losers in Africa. Two cases are presented to highlight the issues involved: the regulation of forest access in Cameroon and the allocation of public (including nature-based) revenues in Uganda. Four principal conclusions can be drawn from these two cases: for some environmental goods, certain actors or regions capture disproportionately large shares of the total benefits; government policies can influence the distribution of environmental benefits; in some cases, there is a disjuncture between government policy on environmental distributions and actual practice; the stated objectives of government distribution policies are not always achieved. Policy recommendations for the fairer distribution of environmental benefits in Cameroon and Uganda conclude the article. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] |