Review of implementation of the forest sector policy
Xiaoming Zhang | Heng-fu Zou
This report reviews implementation of the 1991 forest policy and assesses the continued relevance of the guidance and direction it provides. Because the review has been conducted only three years after the policy was issued, it is too early to identify development impacts. Instead, the review assesses changes in (a) the breath and depth of analysis undertaken in forestry sector work, (b) the content of recently approved free-standing forestry projects, and (c) the design of projects in other sectors that may affect forests. The policy paper was built on operational experience and the findings of a 1991 Operations Evaluation Department review. It was explicitly a forest, not a forestry, policy in recognition of the importance of the impact of macroeconomic and other sectoral policies on how forests are used. The policy paper diagnosed macroeconomic and sectoral policy failures, as well as market failures, as the principal causes of excessive harvest and inadequate investment in tree planting. It challenged governments, donors, and the Bank to reform policies, institutions, and investment priorities and called for significant changes in how forestss are valued and used.
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