Do the Poor Benefit from Devolution Policies? Evidence from Malawi's Forest Co-Management Program
研究了马拉维森林共管项目对参与者森林收入的影响，发现项目在奇马利罗提高了收入，但在利翁代降低了收入，且女性和低收入参与者受益更多，但男性和较富裕参与者因歧视和禀赋差异获得了更大份额。
<i>Do local people, especially vulnerable households, benefit from devolution of forest management? We apply the propensity-score matching and decomposition techniques on household data from Chimaliro and Liwonde forest reserves under the pilot forest co-management program in Malawi. After controlling for selection bias, we find that while the program raises forest income for participants in Chimaliro, it reduces revenue for participants in Liwonde. Interestingly, results indicate that the program raises forest income for female and low-income participants, although male and richer participants capture more benefits due to discrimination and endowment differences accounting for 100% and 60% of the inter-group income disparity, respectively.</i>