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 productionADMINISTRATION OF THE FOREST REVENUE SYSTEM
Charges for production of non-wood forest products and services
Charges on processed forest products
Charges on forest products trade
Other charges
The process of setting forest chargesTOTAL REVENUE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION
Collection of charges and monitoring
Centralised and decentralised levels of government in revenue collection and administration
Total government revenueGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON FORESTRY
Total forest revenue collection and distribution
Government budget planning and preparationDISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
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
Overall appraisal of the forest revenue systemREFERENCES
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