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dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:25:52Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:25:52Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn09512748
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09512748.2014.948565
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/65594
dc.description.abstractThe return of the World Bank Group (WBG) to Burma after some 25 years' absence, along with other international financial organizations, follows a series of extraordinary political reforms that have taken place in the country since 2010. Burma has made a transition from 50 years of authoritarian rule to what its leaders call 'disciplined democracy'. This paper examines the likely consequences of the Bank's return for the forestry sector in Burma and the potential outcomes in forestry governance given the evolution of its development agenda over the past 25 years. While measures to address deforestation have been applied in Southeast Asia, the success of forestry governance reforms depends to a large extent on their endorsement and adoption by local power structures and political figures, as well as on the nature of the political regime itself. The record on forestry governance in Southeast Asia is particularly poor and international financial organizations continue to neglect the local political economy of deforestation. Comparatively, few studies have attempted to investigate the relationship between types of political regimes and rates of deforestation. The paper examines two other new democracies in Southeast Asia (Indonesia and Cambodia), and the impact that governance reforms have had on their deforestation trends and land use, in order to contextualize the potential impact of the WBG's return to Burma. In Southeast Asia, powerful vested interests continue to outweigh the support inside governments or civil society for the forestry governance norms promoted by international organizations. The cases of Indonesia, Cambodia and Burma illustrate that deep patrimonial interests operate within the region and that local politics cannot be ignored by international organizations designing policy reforms. The WBG should effectively engage wherever possible with the local communities and a broad range of civil society groups before developing further initiatives.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom755
dc.relation.ispartofpageto778
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalThe Pacific Review
dc.relation.ispartofvolume27
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical Science not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommunication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and Administration not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and Administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical Science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommunication and Media Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160699
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode200199
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160599
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1605
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1606
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2001
dc.titleNorm diffusion and the limits to forestry governance reform in Southeast Asia's new democracies
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of International Business and Asian Studies
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMcCarthy, Stephen N.


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