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The purpose of this paper is to outline
an approach for Bank engagement in forests, trees, and
woodlands on farms in Sub-Saharan Africa for the coming five
years. The paper takes the framework of the Africa
development strategy, which has two main pillars: supporting
employment and competitiveness, and building resilience and
reducing vulnerability; and one underlying foundation:
strengthening capacity and governance. It is consistent with
the pillars of the bank forest strategy from 2002, which
highlight the contribution of forests to economic
development, poverty reduction, and protection of global
public goods. Several other World Bank corporate strategies
are also relevant for the implementation of this action
plan. The primary messages of this paper are linked:
enhanced forest, tree and woodland management can play a key
role in achieving the goals of the Africa Strategy.
Employment generation, improving competitiveness as well as
building resilience and reducing vulnerability are the
overall objectives of the World Bank's forest
engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa; and in many countries the
most effective approaches will be outside the traditional
forestry institutions and will involve working through
operations and reforms supported through other sectors.
