An economic analysis of woodfuel management in the Sahel : the case of Chad (English)

The woodlands in some parts of the Sahel are effectively an open-access resource. Under open access, fuelwood cutters have no incentive to allow for benefits that might accrue if the wooded area were managed rather than mined. Those benefits include sustainable streams of fuelwood, fruits, and other tree products, browse for cattle, and ecological services such as nitrogen fixation and erosion prevention. To remedy this problem, some Sahelian areas...

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Chomitz,Kenneth M.;

Griffiths, Charles;
Document Date
1997/06/30
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS1788
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Chad,
Region
Western and Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
An economic analysis of woodfuel management in the Sahel : the case of Chad
Keywords
supply curve

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Chomitz,Kenneth M.; Griffiths, Charles.

An economic analysis of woodfuel management in the Sahel : the case of Chad (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 1788 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/734841468770357873

An economic analysis of woodfuel management in the Sahel : the case of Chad (English)

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