Liu, C. and Wang, S. and Liu, H. and Zhu, W. (2013) The impact of China's Priority Forest Programs on rural households’ income mobility. Land Use Policy, 31. pp. 237-248.
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Abstract
Over the past two decades, China has undertaken unprecedented forest programs in an effort to restore damaged ecosystems and increasing farmers’ income. Using survey results of 2070 rural households in 15 counties of six provinces, we estimate the effects of China's Priority Forest Programs (PFPs) on rural households’ income mobility. The effects of the area enrolled in the PFPs on rural households are mixed. It appears that larger area enrolled in the Industrial Timber Plantation Program and the Sloping Land Conversion Program pushed up rural households’ income mobility, whereas greater area enrolled in the Natural Forest Protection Program constrained their income mobility, and the size of enrollment in the Desertification Combating Program around Beijing and Tianjin and the Shelterbelt Development Program in the Three-North Regions and the Yangtze River Basin seem to have little effect on rural households’ income mobility.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | We appreciate the assistance of the research team members of “Poverty Reduction in the Priority Forestry Programs” and “The Effects of Priority Forestry Programs on Rural Household Income and Poverty Reduction Status in China” (No. 10-RG-12095-Liu) in collecting the household data. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Priority Forest Programs; Income mobility; Rural development; Forest economics; Policy |
| Author Affiliation: | China National Forestry Economics and Development Research Center, 100714 Beijing, China |
| Subjects: | Environmental Science > Ecology |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr Balakrishna Garadasu |
| Date Deposited: | 09 May 2013 05:21 |
| Last Modified: | 09 May 2013 05:21 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.07.004 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/10484 |
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