The forest revenue system and government expenditure on forestry in Ethiopia


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The forest revenue system and government expenditure on forestry in Ethiopia

A paper prepared for the FAO work-programme component

on financing sustainable forest management

Working paper: FSFM/WP/04



 

The forest revenue system and government expenditure on forestry in ETHIOPIA

Million Bekele

Ministry of Agriculture,

Addis Ababa,

Ethiopia

Forestry Policy and Planning Division, Rome

Regional Office for Africa, Accra

July 2001

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INFORMATION NOTE ON THE FAO PROGRAMME ON FOREST FINANCE

ABSTRACT

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

LIST OF ACRONYMS USED IN THE REPORT

DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREST REVENUE SYSTEM

Charges for roundwood production

Charges for production of non-wood forest products and services

Charges on processed forest products

Charges on forest products trade

Other charges

ADMINISTRATION OF THE FOREST REVENUE SYSTEM

The process of setting forest charges

Collection of charges and monitoring

Centralised and decentralised levels of government in revenue collection and administration

TOTAL REVENUE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Total government revenue

Total forest revenue collection and distribution

GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON FORESTRY

Government budget planning and preparation

Federal government expenditure on the forestry sector

Expenditure on forestry by other government institutions

Income and expenditure of state forestry enterprises

Grants and subsidies to the forestry sector

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

Overall appraisal of the forest revenue system

The impact of the forest revenue system on sustainable forest management

Government expenditure on sustainable forest management

The effect of policies in other sectors on sustainable forest management

Attitudes to change

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