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Assessing the distributional impact of community forest income

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Purpose – Emerging evidence revealed a high rate of dependence of marginal people on forest resources
in developing countries for both subsistence use and cash income. The purpose of this paper is to
examine the rural livelihoods welfare dimensions of community forest income in south-western Nigeria.
Design/methodology/approach – Forest activities and income pattern data were collected from
160 rural households’ selected using multistage sampling approach. Descriptive statistics and Gini
decomposition technique were used to analyse the data.
Findings – The result shows that forest income accounts for about 38.2 per cent of total household
income and was the first ranked source of income in the study area. The Gini decomposition analysis
showed that access to forest income is income inequality reducing in the study area. The study
findings suggests that household welfare in rural Nigeria could be improved through policies and
programmes that can stimulate sustainable access to forest resources and assist households to earn
income from alternative sources such as agriculture.
Originality/value – The result of the study helped provide information on the uses and benefits of
community forests as it affects the well-being of rural people. Also, it provides the benchmark for
policy makers, government agencies and NGO’s involved in rural livelihood outcome of forest
communities.

Keywords Income distribution, Environmental economics, Sustainable development,Welfare economics

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Judul Seri

International Journal of Social Economics

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: Emerald Group., 2014

Deskripsi Fisik

International Journal of Social Economics Vol. 41 No. 11, 2014 pp. 1101-1109

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English

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Asmawati/Syahrial

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