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Research on Property Rights, Decision-making Processes, and Resource Use of Local Residents in Chittagong Hill Tract, Bangladesh

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16H03012
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Environmental policy and social systems
Research InstitutionKwansei Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

HIGASHIDA Keisaku  関西学院大学, 経済学部, 教授 (10302308)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 田中 健太  武蔵大学, 経済学部, 教授 (30633474)
高橋 遼  早稲田大学, 政治経済学術院, 准教授 (40748349)
樋口 裕城  名古屋市立大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 准教授 (60757269)
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥15,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Keywords共有資源 / 自主的資源管理 / 社会選好 / 合意形成 / 共有資源管理 / 所有権構造
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted the mapping of 237 village common forests (VCFs) in Rangamati District in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, through fieldworks. Then, we conducted vegetation surveys and satellite image analysis, by which we have elucidated the resource stocks of those VCFs. Moreover, because headmen, the chief of villages, play a key role in determining the land use, such as shifting and plain-land cultivation, in this area, we conducted lab-in-the field experiments and questionnaire survey. Then, we clarified (i) experience as a chief increases (decreases) her/his honesty (competitiveness), (ii) the other-regarding preference of headmen negatively influences honest behavior, and (iii) the other-regarding preference of headmen positively (negatively) influences the scale of shifting cultivation (resource stocks).

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで存在していなかった共有林の明確な境界の地図を作成し資源量を捉えることで、住民自身が共有林の状態を知り管理をしていくためのデータ蓄積の仕組みを作ることができた。また村落群の長(headman)の行動を明らかにすることで、持続的森林資源利用のための制度作りの土台を提供することができたと考えている。森林資源の変化は自然条件の変化だけではなく住民行動にも影響を受けているが、どの立場の住民のどのような選好が強く効いているかについての研究はまだ十分ではない。本プロジェクトは、土地利用の権限を持つheadmanの選好を明らかにすることで、この分野の研究にも貢献できたと考えている。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2020 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Chittagong/North South University(バングラデシュ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Community Management for Sustainable Resource Use:2019

    • Author(s)
      田中 健太
    • Journal Title

      Organizational Science

      Volume: 53 Issue: 2 Pages: 25-32

    • DOI

      10.11207/soshikikagaku.53.2_25

    • NAID

      130007829562

    • ISSN
      0286-9713, 2187-932X
    • Year and Date
      2019-12-20
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The efficiency of conservation banking schemes with inter-regionally tradable credits and the role of mediators2019

    • Author(s)
      Higashida Keisaku、Tanaka Kenta、Managi Shunsuke
    • Journal Title

      Economic Analysis and Policy

      Volume: 62 Pages: 175-186

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.eap.2019.02.002

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Disaster Aid Targeting and Self-Reporting Bias: Natural Experimental Evidence from the Philippines2019

    • Author(s)
      Yuki Higuchi, Nobuhiko Fuwa, Kei Kajisa, Takahiro Sato, and Yasuyuki Sawada
    • Journal Title

      Sustainability

      Volume: 11(3) Issue: 3 Pages: 1-13

    • DOI

      10.3390/su11030771

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Informal Recycling and Social Preferences: Evidence from Household Survey Data in Vietnam2018

    • Author(s)
      Hide-Fumi Yokoo, Kosuke Kawai, Yuki Higuchi
    • Journal Title

      Resource and Energy Economics

      Volume: 54 Pages: 109-124

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.reseneeco.2018.08.001

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Factors Affecting Collusion & Cheating among Community Leaders: A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Bangladesh2020

    • Author(s)
      Keisaku Higashida
    • Organizer
      64th Annual Conference of Australian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Factors affecting collusion and cheating behavior among community leaders: A lab-in-the-field experiment in Bangladeshi mountain regions2019

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Tanaka
    • Organizer
      Australasian Public Choice Conference 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Do Resource Depletion Experiences Affect Fisherman's Preference?-Analysis Using Field Experimental Data on Fishers in the Philippines and Indonesia2019

    • Author(s)
      田中健太
    • Organizer
      15th WEAI(Western Economic Association International) International Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 経験と行動:フィリピン、インドネシアのフィールド実験から2018

    • Author(s)
      東田啓作
    • Organizer
      国際漁業学会2018年度大会シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Do resource depletion experiences affect social cooperative preferences? Analysis using field experimental data on fishers in the Philippines and Indonesia2017

    • Author(s)
      田中健太
    • Organizer
      23rd Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Do resource depletion experiences affect social cooperative preferences? Analysis using field experimental data on fishers in the Philippines and Indonesia2017

    • Author(s)
      田中健太
    • Organizer
      The 7th Congress of the East Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Experimental evidence on voluntary choices of pooling systems for fisheries management and harvesting decisions2017

    • Author(s)
      東田啓作
    • Organizer
      The 2017 AERE Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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