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Relevant Literature

Methodological and theoretical orientation

Will Cavendish produced a very readable background paper in 2003 that deals with both conceptual and methodological issues related to PEN: How Do Forests Support, Insure And Improve The Livelihoods Of The Rural Poor? A Research Note.
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A paper with a broader scope, reviewing key issues, theories and summarize some research findings is the CIFOR Occasional Paper no. 40 by Arild Angelsen and Sven Wunder (2003): Exploring the Forest - Poverty Link: Key concepts, issues and research implications.
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One carefully designed study from Zimbabwe is Campbell et al (2002): Household Livelihoods in Semi-Arid Regions. Options and Constraints.
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A comprehensive and highly relevant study from India is the paper by Urvashi Narain, Shreekant Gupta and Klaus Van't Veld (2005) on "Poverty and the Environment: Exploring the Relationship between Household Incomes, Private Assets, and Natural Assets", available at: http://www.rff.org/Documents/RFF-DP-05-18.pdf

Overview papers

Sunderlin et al. (2003), in a Chapter on Forests and Poverty in FAO’s “State of the World’s Forests 2003” report, present a brief synopsis of the key issues in the debate.
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Kaimowitz (2002) provides an overview and discussion of the forest benefits to rural livelihoods in Africa.
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Wunder (2001): 'Poverty alleviation and tropical forests - what scope for synergies?', discusses the poverty reduction potentials to natural forests and their products but also deals with the reverse link, from poverty to forest condition.
See the review in POLEX
Byron and Arnold (1999): What Futures for the People of the Tropical Forests?, disaggregates the term ‘forest-dependent people’ into more functional socioeconomic sub-groups, and provide important insights.
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Topical papers

Arnold (2001): CIFOR occasional paper 33 : Forestry, poverty and aid. It focuses on the poverty alleviation role of forestry aid, and critically reviews the impact of different types of forest aid.
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Neumann and Hirsch (2000): Commercialisation of Non-Timber Forest Products: Review and Analysis of Research. Among the most comprehensive reviews of the poverty alleviation potentials of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs).
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Arnold et al. (2003): CIFOR occasional paper 39: Fuelwood Revisited: What Has Changed in the Last Decade?, is a thorough review of the fuelwood debate and literature.
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Scherr, S.J.; White, A.; Kaimowitz, D.2002. Making markets work for forest communities. Policy BriefWashington, DC, Forest Trends and CIFOR. 22p.
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Smith and Scherr (2002): CIFOR occasional paper 37: Forest Carbon and Local Livelihoods: Assessment of Opportunities and Policy Recommendations. Assess the opportunities for selling forest carbon under the Clean Development Mechanism, and how the poor may benefit from carbon trade.
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