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Rosewood democracy

In: Corruption, Natural Resources and Development

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  • Oliver Remy

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Political transitions are often rife with corruption, and aid conditionality is occasionally deployed to stop corrupt logging practices amidst electoral processes. This powerful story of the resurgent trade in rosewood in northeastern Madagascar shows how a group of local timber traders leveraged illicit wealth to become elected members of Madagascar’s Fourth Republic. Their influence over national forest policies paved the way for continued rosewood exploitation despite the government repeatedly agreeing to a logging moratorium, notably in exchange for foreign aid. Keywords: Madagascar, rosewood trade, illegal logging, elections, corruption, aid conditionality

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  • Oliver Remy, 2017. "Rosewood democracy," Chapters, in: Aled Williams & Philippe Le Billon (ed.), Corruption, Natural Resources and Development, chapter 11, pages 142-153, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:16729_11
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