Collective action and property rights for poverty reduction : insights from Africa and Asia / edited by Esther Mwangi, Helen Markelova, and Ruth Meinzen-Dick.

Other author Mwangi, Esther.
Other author Markelova, Helen.
Other author Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxx, 426 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Poverty--Africa.
Right of property--Economic aspects. --Africa.
Community organization--Economic aspects. --Africa.
Poverty--Asia.
Right of property--Economic aspects. --Asia.
Community organization--Economic aspects. --Asia.

SeriesInternational Food Policy Research Institute
International Food Policy Research Institute (Series) ^A532272
Contents Introduction and overview / Esther Mwangi, Helen Markelova, Ruth Meinzen-Dick -- Property rights and collective action for poverty reduction: a framework for analysis / Monica Di Gregorio ... [et al.] -- Burial societies in rural Ethiopia / Stefan Dercon ... [et al.] -- Shocks, groups, and networks in Bukidnon, the Philippines / Agnes R. Quisumbing, Scott McNiven, Marie Godquin -- Rural institutions and imperfect agricultural markets in Africa: experiences from producer marketing groups in Kenya / Bekele Shiferaw ... [et al.] -- Community watershed management in semiarid India: the state of collective action and its effects on natural resources and rural livelihoods / Bekele Shiferaw, Tewodros A. Kebede, V. Ratna Reddy -- Enabling equitable collective action and policy change for poverty reduction and improved natural resource management in the Eastern African highlands / Laura German ... [et al.] -- The role of collective action in securing property rights for the poor: a case Study in Jambi Province, Indonesia / Heru Komarudin ... [et al.] -- The transformation of the afar commons in Ethiopia: state coercion, diversification, and property rights change among pastoralists / Bekele Hundie, Martina Padmanabhan -- Unmaking the commons: collective action, property rights, and resource appropriation among (agro-)pastoralists in eastern Ethiopia / Fekadu Beyene, Benedikt Korf -- Escaping poverty traps? Collective action and property rights in postwar rural Cambodia / Anne Weingart, Michael Kirk -- Collective action and property rights for poverty reduction: a synthesis ; Conclusions and implications for policy, practice, and research / Esther Mwangi, Helen Markelova, Ruth Meinzen-Dick.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011032478
ISBN9780812243925 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0812243927 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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