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Decentralized environmental management and popular participation in Coastal Ghana

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  • Gina Porter

    (Department of Geography, University of Durham, UK)

  • Einir Young

    (CAZS, University of Wales, Bangor, UK)

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Decentralization has been promoted by the World Bank as an element of 'good governance'. In Ghana District Assemblies are being given increasing responsibility, including management of the environment, through recently established District Environmental Management Committees. This paper reviews current environmental conditions and management in three coastal districts and assesses the extent of local-level participation. It concludes that DEMCs are falling far short of the role government seems to have envisaged they would play in decentralized environmental management, not least because of funding inadequacies. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Gina Porter & Einir Young, 1998. "Decentralized environmental management and popular participation in Coastal Ghana," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 10(4), pages 515-526.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:10:y:1998:i:4:p:515-526
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199806)10:4<515::AID-JID542>3.0.CO;2-1
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    2. Wiggins, Steve & Marfo, Kofi & Anchirinah, Vincent, 2004. "Protecting the Forest or the People? Environmental Policies and Livelihoods in the Forest Margins of Southern Ghana," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 32(11), pages 1939-1955, November.

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