REPRESENTATION AND EQUITY RESEARCH at WRI LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

The document is a publication catalog from the WRI Institutions and Governance Program, detailing research on the structure and outcomes of natural resource decentralizations. It lists reports, journal articles, and working papers stemming from a 2001 comparative project and subsequent initiatives focused on institutional choice, recognition, and commodity chain analysis. The research covers a wide array of countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, examining the intersection of local democracy, property rights, and environmental governance.

• WRI launched a comparative policy research project in 2001 titled "Accountability, Decentralization and the Environment: Local Democracy and Natural Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa," which synthesized its findings in the publication "Waiting for Democracy: The Politics of Choice in Natural Resource Decentralization."
• The research program expanded from initial cases in Mali, Cameroon, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and South Africa to include Mozambique, Tanzania, and Senegal, as well as countries in Latin America (Nicaragua, Bolivia, Brazil, and Mexico) and Asia (China, Mongolia, India, Indonesia, and Nepal).
• WRI developed two subsequent research initiatives: "Institutional Choice and Recognition in Democratic Decentralization," which focuses on representation in decentralization reforms, and "Commodity Chain Analysis as a policy Tool," which examines the distribution of economic benefits resulting from natural resource decentralization.
• The program's output includes a dedicated "Representation, Equity and Environment Working Paper Series" (formerly the "Environmental Governance in Africa" series), which contains at least 38 working papers covering topics such as forest management in Senegal, land rights in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, and fisheries management in Malawi.
• The research utilizes multimedia to communicate findings, including a film titled "Weex Dunx and the Quota: Plucking Local Democracy in Senegal," which illustrates the tensions between elected local officials and powerful notables regarding the exercise of new decentralization powers over forests.

APA

World Resources Institute (2008). REPRESENTATION AND EQUITY RESEARCH at WRI LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. https://pdf.wri.org/epe_publications_catalog.pdf

Chicago

World Resources Institute. REPRESENTATION AND EQUITY RESEARCH at WRI LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 2008. https://pdf.wri.org/epe_publications_catalog.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2008representation, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{REPRESENTATION AND EQUITY RESEARCH at WRI LIST OF PUBLICATIONS}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2008}, month = aug, url = {https://pdf.wri.org/epe_publications_catalog.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }