Collective action and property rights for poverty reduction : insights from africa and asia /
This volume examines how collective bargaining and property rights, separately and together, influence the well-being of the rural poor in Africa and Asia and how they can be strengthened to improve livelihoods.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
Publication Dates: |
[2012] ©2012 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
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Summary: |
This volume examines how collective bargaining and property rights, separately and together, influence the well-being of the rural poor in Africa and Asia and how they can be strengthened to improve livelihoods. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (448 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | 17 illus. |
ISBN: | 9780812207873 |
Index Number: | HC800 |
CLC: | F113.9 |
Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction and Overview / 2 Property Rights and Collective Action for Poverty Reduction: A Framework for Analysis / 3 Burial Societies in Rural Ethiopia / 4 Shocks, Groups, and Networks in Bukidnon, the Philippines / 5 Rural Institutions and Imperfect Agricultural Markets in Africa: Experiences from Producer Marketing Groups in Kenya / 6 Community Watershed Management in Semiarid India: The State of Collective Action and Its Effects on Natural Resources and Rural Livelihoods / 7 Enabling Equitable Collective Action and Policy Change for Poverty Reduction and Improved Natural Resource Management in the Eastern African Highlands / 8 The Role of Collective Action in Securing Property Rights for the Poor: A Case Study in Jambi Province, Indonesia / 9 The Transformation of the Afar Commons in Ethiopia: State Coercion, Diversification, and Property Rights Change among Pastoralists / 10 Unmaking the Commons: Collective Action, Property Rights, and Resource Appropriation among (Agro-)Pastoralists in Eastern Ethiopia / 11 Escaping Poverty Traps? Collective Action and Property Rights in Postwar Rural Cambodia / 12 Collective Action and Property Rights for Poverty Reduction: A Synthesis / 13 Conclusions and Implications for Policy, Practice, and Research / Contributors -- Index. |