Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 12. Participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities: An application to watershed development in Ethiopia
Limitations of both the market and the state have caused a growing interest in the potentialities of local-level collective action for development. The burgeoning literature on collective action suffers from two main weaknesses. First, theoretical studies typically fail to describe inter-agent inter...
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1998
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| author | Gaspart, F. Jabbar, M.A. Melard, C. Platteau, J.P. |
| author_browse | Gaspart, F. Jabbar, M.A. Melard, C. Platteau, J.P. |
| author_facet | Gaspart, F. Jabbar, M.A. Melard, C. Platteau, J.P. |
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| description | Limitations of both the market and the state have caused a growing interest in the potentialities of local-level collective action for development. The burgeoning literature on collective action suffers from two main weaknesses. First, theoretical studies typically fail to describe inter-agent interactions in a satisfactory manner. Second, empirical studies do not provide adequate hard data and quantitative analysis to allow us to advance our knowledge about individual motives for co-operation and conditions conductive to the emergence and evolution of co-operative behaviour. This study is a modest attempt to fill this gap in knowledge by depicting collective action in the provision of an indivisible public good in a simple game-theoretical framework. It systematically investigates the joint role of leadership and private interests as key determinants of farmer participation in the construction of a local public good, namely a central drainage channel, in a watershed area of the Ethiopian highlands. |
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| spelling | CGSpace500782025-11-04T14:10:36Z Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 12. Participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities: An application to watershed development in Ethiopia Gaspart, F. Jabbar, M.A. Melard, C. Platteau, J.P. watershed management drainage households Limitations of both the market and the state have caused a growing interest in the potentialities of local-level collective action for development. The burgeoning literature on collective action suffers from two main weaknesses. First, theoretical studies typically fail to describe inter-agent interactions in a satisfactory manner. Second, empirical studies do not provide adequate hard data and quantitative analysis to allow us to advance our knowledge about individual motives for co-operation and conditions conductive to the emergence and evolution of co-operative behaviour. This study is a modest attempt to fill this gap in knowledge by depicting collective action in the provision of an indivisible public good in a simple game-theoretical framework. It systematically investigates the joint role of leadership and private interests as key determinants of farmer participation in the construction of a local public good, namely a central drainage channel, in a watershed area of the Ethiopian highlands. 1998 2014-10-31T06:08:46Z 2014-10-31T06:08:46Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50078 en Open Access application/pdf International Livestock Research Institute |
| spellingShingle | watershed management drainage households Gaspart, F. Jabbar, M.A. Melard, C. Platteau, J.P. Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 12. Participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities: An application to watershed development in Ethiopia |
| title | Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 12. Participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities: An application to watershed development in Ethiopia |
| title_full | Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 12. Participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities: An application to watershed development in Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 12. Participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities: An application to watershed development in Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 12. Participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities: An application to watershed development in Ethiopia |
| title_short | Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 12. Participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities: An application to watershed development in Ethiopia |
| title_sort | livestock policy analysis brief no 12 participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities an application to watershed development in ethiopia |
| topic | watershed management drainage households |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50078 |
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