Discussion
A number of important findings emerge from the preceding
analyses. Because of the extensive analysis in the preceding
sections, we summarize the main findings of the paper in Table 8.
In this paper we asked two questions, first ‘‘what determines
women’s participation in forest management institutions?’’, and
second, ‘‘how does this participation affect outcomes from forest
management?’’ To answer these questions we used the theoretical
framework of Agarwal (2001) to identify a number of important
explanatory variables