Resource Endowments and Agricultural Development: Africa versus Asia

Platteau, Jean‐Philippe; Hayami, Yūjirō; Dasgupta, Partha

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-26928-0_12

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“…As hinted at above, the prevailing redistributive norms are often backed by powerful sanctions that include social pressures, constant harassment and the use of effective mechanisms of ideological intimidation, most notably witchcraft accusations and practices. Witchcraft accusations are especially threatening when they are based on the allegation that economic success of a particular individual is the result of some hidden and treacherous exploitation of fellow villagers (see Platteau and Hayami [1998]; Platteau [2000a: Ch.5], for illustrations and references). They can eventually lead to banishment.…”

Section: Sharing Normsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Participatory Development in the Presence of Endogenous Community Imperfections

Platteau

Ábrahám

2002

Journal of Development Studies

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The participatory or decentralised approach to development is now favoured by most bilateral and multilateral aid organisations. At the root of this approach lies the belief that rural communities can be an effective channel of development if they receive a genuine delegation of powers and responsibilities. This article argues that there unfortunately exists a widespread tendency to downplay the community imperfections that plague many rural societies while simultaneously stressing market and state failures. In fact, such imperfections, as illustrated in the case of lineage-based societies of Africa, increase as development proceeds by way of expanding economic opportunities, growing resource scarcity, as well as rising aspiration and education levels. Under these circumstances, any early implementation of the approach runs a high risk of causing considerable disillusionment, as well as undue appropriation, by local elites operating within a logic of patronage, of the resources channelled through rural communities in this way.decentralised approach, participatory development, community imperfections,

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Section: Sharing Normsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Participatory Development in the Presence of Endogenous Community Imperfections

Platteau

Ábrahám

2002

Journal of Development Studies

225

126

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“…Undoubtedly many collective beliefs are acquired over time and fall within the category of traditions that are part of a group's cultural heritage. Yet, many beliefs, in the realm of politics, religion and commerce, are purposely created by powerful 125 Platteau and Hayami (1998). 126 North (2005a, p. 58).…”

Section: Rules Of the Gamementioning

confidence: 99%

Douglass North’s Theory of Institutions: Lessons for Law and Development

Faúndez

2016

Hague J Rule Law

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This paper offers a critical overview and assessment of North's work on institutions and economic change, focusing on aspects of his work that are of interest to law and development scholars. It examines North's approach to institutions through his historical work focusing on his concept of credible commitment and his interpretation of the effect of the Glorious Revolution on property rights, focusing especially on the role he assigns to property rights in bringing about the Industrial Revolution. The paper also examines North's theory of institutions focusing on three main issues: the pervasive influence of the principles of neo-classical economics; the focus on an end-point model based on successful Western economies; and the failure adequately to account for the role of organizations in the process of change. Finally, the paper discusses the role of law in North's theory. The objective of this section of the paper is to clarify whether law, according to North is a protagonist in the process of institutional change or is merely a by-product of changes taking place elsewhere in society.

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“…If the state in question has specified no limitations on alienation of these rights, these processes can, over time, result in widespread individualization and subsequent accumulation on fewer hands also of indigenous rights to land and water. Doubts have, however, been raised regarding the economic rationale of demarcating strict individual property rights in precarious ecologies like the meagre pastures of the high north or the drier areas of Africa (Platteau and Hayami, 1998;Platteau, 2000), and there has thus been much renewed interest in the 'middle form of ownership' that is neither public nor private, and which is neither governed by hierarchies nor by markets. These different types of self-governing common property arrangements have thus been seen as functional alternatives to privatization in the efforts of the state to transfer ownership to civil society.…”

Section: New Roles For the Statementioning

confidence: 99%

Property rights and ecosystem properties

Sandberg¹

2007

Land Use Policy

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Resource Endowments and Agricultural Development: Africa versus Asia

Cited by 53 publications

References 42 publications

Participatory Development in the Presence of Endogenous Community Imperfections

Participatory Development in the Presence of Endogenous Community Imperfections

Douglass North’s Theory of Institutions: Lessons for Law and Development

Property rights and ecosystem properties

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