Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/74290 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 91.2007
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
Corruption in the forest sector of Swat, Pakistan is impairing the sustainable management of forest. We analyze corruption in a case study setting against the backdrop of the reform options that are most often cited as possible solutions. As we highlight in this study, the ‘crime and punishment’ approach is not feasibly implemented if the overall institutional environment is weak. Since countrywide overhaul of corruption through sweeping reform programs, the other reform approach, is a difficult and lengthy task, there is a need for an alternative kind of reform. In the case of a corruption-ridden centralised forest management regime, institutional reform should move away from enforcement of existing institutions and promote communal management of natural resources by locals.
Subjects: 
Corruption
Forest Management
Environmental Policy
Institutional Reform
JEL: 
D73
Q24
Q57
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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