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Multilevel assessment of a large-scale programme for poverty alleviation and wetland conservation: lessons from South Africa

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  • Aiora Zabala
  • Caroline A. Sullivan

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The implementation of large-scale programmes for environment and development presents two main challenges: the tensions between both goals and the disconnect across policy levels. To contribute to overcoming these challenges, we assess a national multi-partnership programme for poverty alleviation and wetland restoration in South Africa: Working for Wetlands. We analyse this innovative polycentric programme at the macro and micro levels. At the national level, we assess the policy development and implementation model. At the local level, we analyse its impact on livelihoods and on opinions about development and the environment at a specific location. We use data from in-depth interviews across scales, household surveys (n = 47) and focus group discussions. The strengths of this programme can inform more effective design of further large-scale environment and development policies. However, critical issues originated at the national scale are likely to hinder the permanence of improvements at the micro level.

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  • Aiora Zabala & Caroline A. Sullivan, 2018. "Multilevel assessment of a large-scale programme for poverty alleviation and wetland conservation: lessons from South Africa," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 61(3), pages 493-514, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:61:y:2018:i:3:p:493-514
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2017.1319344
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    1. M. Pasgaard & N. Fold, 2024. "How to Assess Livelihoods? Critical Reflections on the Use of Common Indicators to Capture Socioeconomic Outcomes for Ecological Restoration workers in South Africa," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 175(1), pages 49-69, October.
    2. Hugo Mazzero & Arthur Perrotton & Abdou Ka & Deborah Goffner, 2021. "Unpacking Decades of Multi-Scale Events and Environment-Based Development in the Senegalese Sahel: Lessons and Perspectives for the Future," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-22, July.
    3. Rasmussen, Laura Vang & Fold, Niels & Olesen, Rasmus Skov & Shackleton, Sheona, 2021. "Socio-economic outcomes of ecological infrastructure investments," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 47(C).

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