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Subject: IASCConference name: The Commons in an Age of Global Transition: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities, the Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common PropertyAuthor: Behera, Bhagirath

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    Integrating Institutional and Market Approaches: Collective Action Strategies for Water Management in South India
    (2004) Reddy, V. Ratna; Behera, Bhagirath
    From p. 1: "This paper is an attempt to examine the impact of tank restoration on rural livelihoods in the context of fragile resource regions. Some of the important aspects in this regard include: viability of tank irrigation practices in the context of their size, distribution of water resources across farm size classes and the role of communities in the process. The specific objectives of the study include: 1) to examine the impact of the tank restoration programme on rural livelihoods in terms of changes in crop pattern, crop intensity, yield rates, employment, equity, etc.; and, 2) to critically evaluate the viability, replicability and sustainability of the programme and suggest further interventions for sustainable water resource management in these regions."
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    The Four Levels of Institutional Analysis of Evolution of Joint Forest Management (JFM) in India: A New Institutional Economics (NIE) Approach
    (2004) Behera, Bhagirath; Engel, Stefanie
    "This paper makes an attempt to analyze the evolution of the Joint Forest Management (JFM) institution in India in the light of the New Institutional Economics. To structure the analysis and shed light on different sources of persistent problems related to JFM, the paper uses the four levels of institutional analysis framework developed by Williamson. The First Level emphasizes embeddedness of an institution and highlights conflicts between informal institutions in Indian forest management and formal rules institutions under JFM. In the second level of institutional analysis, the institutional environment (formal rules of the game) is discussed. In particular, it is argued that the shift from state to co- management is a step in the right direction given the realities encountered in India. The incomplete and often incoherent transfer of specific rights from the state to local communities is, however, an important source of incentive problems on the part of communities. The third level of institutional analysis deals with the governance of contractual relations (play of the game). Here, the distribution of rights and responsibilities between forest department and communities, as well as within communities is discussed at a more disaggregate level, using transaction cost economics. A more elaborate discussion of the rule setting process within JFM institutions is also presented. The fourth level of institutional analysis focuses on issues related to incentive structures, individual participation, and rule compliance among the different stakeholders in JFM institutions."