Motivation to Engage in Social Learning about Sustainability: An Institutional Analysis

Krister Andersson

No 26, CID Working Papers from Center for International Development at Harvard University

Abstract: We need better explanations of why some efforts to create forums for social learning succeed while others fail. I argue that a critical part of such explanations is a better understanding of the institutional constraints that impinge on individual motivations to engage in the coproduction of policy-relevant knowledge. I propose that framing the social learning process as a public-goods dilemma can provide several useful insights for both analysts and promoters of social learning initiatives. My institutional analysis identifies a series of hypothetical contextual conditions that are likely to influence potential participants’ interest in social learning activities. I examine these ideas empirically in a case study of organizational learning within the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

Keywords: social learning; institutional analysis; collective action; incentives; development aid; Sweden; donor organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D7 H4 O2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-12
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