China: From Afforestation to Poverty Alleviation and Natural Forest Management (Evaluation Country Case Study Series)

410 Pages·2000·1.04 MB·English

by  Scott Rozelle

China : Natural Forest Management World
title:
Bank Operations Evaluation Study
author: Huang, Jikun
publisher: World Bank
isbn10 | asin: 0821347594
print isbn13: 9780821347591
ebook isbn13: 9780585373232
language: English
Forest management--China, Forests and
subject forestry--Economic aspects--China, World
Bank.
publication date: 2000
lcc: SD221.C465 2000eb
ddc: 333.75/152/0951
Forest management--China, Forests and
subject: forestry--Economic aspects--China, World
Bank.
China from Afforestation to Poverty Alleviation
and Natural Forest Management
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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China from Afforestation to Poverty Alleviation
and Natural Forest Management
Evaluation Country Case Study Series
Scott Rozelle
Jikun Huang
Syed Arif Husain
Aaron Zazueta
www.worldbank.org/html/oed
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword vii
Acknowledgments xi
Acronyms xv
Summary xvii
1. Introduction 1
Part I: The State of China's Forests
2. Role of the Forest Sector in China's Economy 5
3. Forest Resource Management 9
4. Forest Resource Status and Trends 13
Timber 14
Shelterbelts and Commercial Plantations 17
Accounting for Forest Cover Changes 18
China's Forest Volume 19
5. Land Degradation and Other Rural Environmental 23
Problems
The State of China's Rural Environment and Resource 25
Base
6. Policy Reforms in China's State and Collective Forest 29
Regions
Reforming the State-Run Sector 30
Reforming the Collective Sector 30
Reforms in the Rest of the Economy 31
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7. Rural Environment Protection Policy 33
Laws 33
Institutions 35
Environmental Policy Implementation Problems in 37
China
Fiscal Environment 39
8. Land Tenure and ForestsEvidence from China's Villages 41
General Findings 42
Changes in Forest Land Tenure 42
Population Growth and Changes in Agricultural 43
Production
Shifting the Structure of Forest Land Use 44
Land Tenure and Afforestation 44
Results of Multivariate Analysis 44
Part II: Influence and Impact of the World Bank
9. The Bank Portfolio in China 47
Portfolio Analysis 47
Forest and Forest Component Projects in China 49
Quality Assurance Group Ratings for China Projects 49
Operations Evaluation Department Ratings for China 50
Projects
Non-Lending Activities 52