Cooperation and the management of local common resources in remote rural communities: Evidence from Odisha, India
It is widely recognized that local management of common pool resources can be more efficient and more effective than private markets or top-down government management, especially in remote rural communities in which the institutions necessary for the enforcement of centrally-imposed regulations may...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2020
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| author | Ward, Patrick S. Alvi, Muzna Makhija, Simrin Spielman, David J. |
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| description | It is widely recognized that local management of common pool resources can be more efficient and more effective than private markets or top-down government management, especially in remote rural communities in which the institutions necessary for the enforcement of centrally-imposed regulations may be weak or prone to elite capture. In this paper, we explore the propensity for cooperation in the management of local common resources by introducing a variant of a public goods game among remote rural communities in the state of Odisha, in eastern India. We explore various patterns of cooperation, including free riding behavior, unconditional cooperation (altruism), and conditional cooperation, in which individuals' propensity toward cooperation is tied to their beliefs about the level of cooperation among their peers. We find that a significant portion of our sample fall into this latter category, but also that their expectations about the level of contributions among their peers is somewhat malleable, and beneficial activities from external actors such as NGOs can foster increased social cohesion which increases both the level of these expectations and the manner in which these expectations are translated into subsequent cooperative behavior. We also find that cooperation is somewhat fragile, with group heterogeneity and risk in the returns to cooperative behavior posing a threat to the stability of the cooperative system. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1435252025-12-02T21:03:03Z Cooperation and the management of local common resources in remote rural communities: Evidence from Odisha, India Ward, Patrick S. Alvi, Muzna Makhija, Simrin Spielman, David J. public goods resources experimental devices capacity development non-governmental organizations risk rural areas cooperation governance It is widely recognized that local management of common pool resources can be more efficient and more effective than private markets or top-down government management, especially in remote rural communities in which the institutions necessary for the enforcement of centrally-imposed regulations may be weak or prone to elite capture. In this paper, we explore the propensity for cooperation in the management of local common resources by introducing a variant of a public goods game among remote rural communities in the state of Odisha, in eastern India. We explore various patterns of cooperation, including free riding behavior, unconditional cooperation (altruism), and conditional cooperation, in which individuals' propensity toward cooperation is tied to their beliefs about the level of cooperation among their peers. We find that a significant portion of our sample fall into this latter category, but also that their expectations about the level of contributions among their peers is somewhat malleable, and beneficial activities from external actors such as NGOs can foster increased social cohesion which increases both the level of these expectations and the manner in which these expectations are translated into subsequent cooperative behavior. We also find that cooperation is somewhat fragile, with group heterogeneity and risk in the returns to cooperative behavior posing a threat to the stability of the cooperative system. 2020-05-01 2024-05-22T12:14:51Z 2024-05-22T12:14:51Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143525 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ward, Patrick S.; Alvi, Muzna Fatima; Makhija, Simrin; and Spielman, David J. 2020. Cooperation and the management of local common resources in remote rural communities: Evidence from Odisha, India. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1940. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133790. |
| spellingShingle | public goods resources experimental devices capacity development non-governmental organizations risk rural areas cooperation governance Ward, Patrick S. Alvi, Muzna Makhija, Simrin Spielman, David J. Cooperation and the management of local common resources in remote rural communities: Evidence from Odisha, India |
| title | Cooperation and the management of local common resources in remote rural communities: Evidence from Odisha, India |
| title_full | Cooperation and the management of local common resources in remote rural communities: Evidence from Odisha, India |
| title_fullStr | Cooperation and the management of local common resources in remote rural communities: Evidence from Odisha, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cooperation and the management of local common resources in remote rural communities: Evidence from Odisha, India |
| title_short | Cooperation and the management of local common resources in remote rural communities: Evidence from Odisha, India |
| title_sort | cooperation and the management of local common resources in remote rural communities evidence from odisha india |
| topic | public goods resources experimental devices capacity development non-governmental organizations risk rural areas cooperation governance |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143525 |
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