Collective Action and Property Rights for Poverty Reduction: Insights from Africa and Asia

Helen Markelova, Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Esther Mwangi

No 71, Issue briefs from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Collective action and property rights are two institutions that can significantly contribute to poverty reduction. Collective action aids in the efficient use and protection of natural resources and helps the poor secure land rights by advocating for themselves and their best interests. Secure individual or communal property rights to natural resources, such as land, water, trees, livestock, fish, and genetic resources, are vital to rural people’s livelihoods because they ensure income and provide incentives to invest in productive technologies and sustainably manage resources.

Keywords: Poverty; Right of property Economic aspects Africa.; Community organization Economic aspects Africa; Poverty; Right of property Economic aspects Asia; Community organization Economic aspects Asia; Property rights; Poverty reduction; Hunger; Economic aspects; Collective action; evaluation; Vulnerability; Power; Institutions; Wellbeing; Market access; Risk; Smallholders; Natural resources; govern (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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