The Economics of Deforestation in Eastern Africa
综述了东非森林砍伐的文献，从资源经济学视角分析各参与者的决策，指出为农业开垦的森林砍伐可能对社会有益，但多数研究未一致使用经济价格。
This paper reviews the literature on deforestation paying particular attention to its relevance to the countries of eastern Africa. Much of the conventional wisdom linking deforestation to environmental degradation does not apply in this context, due to its unique environmental situation. The author then adopts a resource economics perspective to demonstrate the financial and economic decisions made by the various actors contributing to deforestation. As is the case with numerous open access resources, no one pays attention to the overall well-being of society or the environment, not even the government. However, particularly when deforestation takes place to clear land for agriculture, deforestation may be socially beneficial. The discussion then turns to an assessment of analyses of afforestation and deforestation. While a number of studies have been carried out, few of them are consistent in their use of economic prices.