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Author: Robinson, Elizabeth J.Z.

Title: To Bribe or Not to Bribe: Incentives to Protect Tanzania´s Forest

Summary: Where participatory forest management has been introduced into Tanzania, “volunteer” patrollers take responsibility for enforcing access restrictions, often receiving a share of the fine revenue that they collect as an incentive. We explored how this shared revenue and alternative sources of forest products for villagers determine the effort patrollers put into enforcement and whether they choose to take a bribe from illegal harvesters rather than honestly reporting the illegal activity. Using an optimal enforcement model, we show that, without transparency or funds to pay and monitor the volunteers undertaking enforcement, policymakers face tradeoffs between efficiency, enforcement effectiveness, and revenue collection.

Details: Tanzania: Environment for Development, 2009. 26p.

Source: Internet Resource: Discussion Paper Series::, Efd DP 09-17: Accessed July 19, 2012 at: http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/to-bribe-or-not-to-bribe-incentives-to-protect-tanzanias-forest

Year: 2009

Country: Tanzania

URL: http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/to-bribe-or-not-to-bribe-incentives-to-protect-tanzanias-forest

Shelf Number: 125689

Keywords:
Forest Management
Forests (Tanzania)
Illegal Logging
Offenses Against the Environment
Volunteers in Law Enforcement