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Table 54: The authority viewed as best suited at managing REDD+, KilosaDistrict, Tanzania, 2010DisagreeDisagreesomewhatAgreesomewhatAgreeMean%Government officials 43 5 34 18 2.27Village leader(s) 21 6 31 42 2.94Specially elected village 13 3 25 59 3.29committeeNGOs 13 5 15 67 3.37Variations within our data showed some differences in opinion though. For instancein terms of government or village leaders the poorest were the most positive togovernment officials (21%) with 18% and 15% from the middle and least poor. It wasthe opposite when they considered village leaders though, where in this case the leastpoor and the middle income groups were slightly more in favour, with 33%/43%agreeing somewhat and agreeing fully, as opposed to 26%/40% from those poorest.The fact that more people were members of the village council within the middleincome and least poor (28% compared to 19% within the poorest) might speak for theslightly higher belief in their village leaders. They also seemed to have more contactwith their village leaders and more involved in the community than the poorest. Thebiggest difference was the view towards a specially elected village committee. Also inthis case the poorest were the least in favour with 74% agreeing somewhat andagreeing fully compared to 89% from those with a higher income. Again, the lessinvolvement from poorer households in community matters might account for this.In terms of differences between villages it follows the same trend as previously,where overall villagers were more positive inclined in Lunenzi than in particularlyNyali but also Masugu. For example whereas 61% in Lunenzi were in favour of theirvillage leaders as the main authority under REDD only 29% in Nyali and 36% inMasugu felt the same. Concerning an elected REDD committee, the majority in allvillagers were in favour and roughly 85% in all villages agreed to some extent.However villagers in Lunenzi seemed surer on the matter with 68% agreeingcompletely compared to 59% in Nyali and 49% in Masugu. Masugu were, aspreviously deliberated upon, the most heterogeneous out of the three villages andappeared to have the weakest community bond between them, which might be areason for this view. They in turn seemed to prefer an NGO to have the main237