India: alleviating poverty through forest development

395 Pages·2000·5.65 MB·English

by  Nalini Kumar

India : Participatory Forestry Development
title:
World Bank Operations Evaluation Study
author: Alagh, Yoginder K.
publisher: World Bank
isbn10 | asin: 0821347624
print isbn13: 9780821347621
ebook isbn13: 9780585373416
language: English
Forestry projects--India, Forests and
subject forestry--Economic aspects--India, Forest
policy--India, World Bank.
publication date: 2000
lcc: SD387.P74I53 2000eb
ddc: 333.75/15/0954
Forestry projects--India, Forests and
subject: forestry--Economic aspects--India, Forest
policy--India, World Bank.
India
OPERATIONS EVALUATION DEPARTMENT
ENHANCING DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS
THROUGH EXCELLENCE AND INDEPENDENCE IN
EVALUATION
The Operations Evaluation Department (OED) is an independent unit
within the World Bank; it reports directly to the Bank's Board of
Executive Directors. OED assesses what works, and what does not;
how a borrower plans to run and maintain a project; and the lasting
contribution of the Bank to a country's overall development. The goals
of evaluation are to learn from experience, to provide an objective
basis for assessing the results of the Bank's work, and to provide
accountability in the achievement of its objectives. It also improves
Bank work by identifying and disseminating the lessons learned from
experience and by framing recommendations drawn from evaluation
findings.
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India
Alleviating Poverty through Forest Development
Evaluation Country Case Study Series
Nalini Kumar
Naresh Saxena
Yoginder Alagh
Kinsuk Mitra
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword vii
Acknowledgments xi
Acronyms xiii
Methodology xv
Summary xix
1. Introduction 1
Part I: Forests and the Forest Sector in India
2. Changes in Forests and the Forest Sector since 1991 7
How Much Forest Is There? 7
What Is the Value of the Forest? 9
What Are the Pressures on the Forest? 12
Who Controls the Forests? 16
What National and International Support Does the 21
Forest Sector Receive?
Part II: The World Bank and India
3. The World Bank and the Forests since 1991 25
What Degree of Influence Does the Bank Have? 25
Analysis of the Bank Program: Post-1991 Lending 39
How Has the Bank Fared on Key Sectoral Issues? 51
How Has the Bank Performed? 77
Findings and Lessons 87
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Annexes 95
A. The 1991 Forest Strategy 95
B. Forestry in India, A Time Line 97
C. Data Tables on Forest Resources in India 98
D. Projects in Agriculture, Environment, Infrastructure, 105
and Energy Sectors in the Period 199299
E. Summary Information on States with SLSW Projects 107
F. Alternative Positions on Policy Issues Concerning 108
Raw Material Needs of the Paper Industry in India
G. Factors that Supported Policy Reversal in 1988 121
H. Reforms in Post-1991 Projects: Madhya Pradesh 123
Forestry
I. Gender Issues in the Forest Sector 124
J. How Many People Are Economically Dependent on 127
Forests?
K. Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh)A Success Story 131
L. World Bank Lending Portfolio for India 133
M. Summary Proceedings of New Delhi Workshop 154
Endnotes 167
Bibliography 181