Assessing Collective Action Using Spatial Household Data

Abstract

"The micro-economic theory of agrarian development focuses largely on the effects of economic institutions on the efficiency of resource use, investment, agricultural production and exchange. Four types of agrarian institutions are noted as having fundamental effects on these economic outcomes: property rights, organizations for collective action, factor and output markets, and credit and insurance contracts. The System-Wide Programme for Property Rights and Collective Action is concerned with the effects of property rights and collective action institutions."