Table 3.

National determinants of deforestation in SSA, 2000–2005: spatially lagged regressions. N.B. These multivariate analyses regress a series of independent variables on variations across countries in deforestation rates. The first number in a row is the unstandardized regression coefficient for that independent variable. The number in parentheses is the error term for that coefficient.

	all countries	arid countries (countries in SSA outside Congo Basin)
independent variables
proportion of lands that are unsuitable for agriculture	0.010*** (0.001)	−0.135*** (0.040)
carbon stock density in forests	−0.040*** (0.010)	1.247*** (0.330)
proportion of the population living in urban areas, 2000	0.016*** (0.003)
oil and gas receipts as % of exports	−2.94* (1.57)
cereal imports per capita	−0.046** (0.014)
population growth 1990s (% per annum)		0.202* (0.079)
r2	0.688	0.670
n	38	32

*p < 0.10, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.