Breakdown in Pakistan : how aid is eroding institutions for collective action / Masooda Bano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bano, Masooda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance--Social aspects--Pakistan.

Economic assistance.

Non-governmental organizations--Pakistan.

Non-governmental organizations.

Associations, institutions, etc--Pakistan.

Associations, institutions, etc.

Civil society--Pakistan.

Civil society.

Cooperation--Pakistan.

Cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thirty percent of foreign development aid is channeled through NGOs or community-based organizations to improve service delivery to the poor, build social capital, and establish democracy in developing nations. However, growing evidence suggests that aid often erodes, rather than promotes, cooperation within developing nations. This book presents a rare, micro level account of the complex decision-making processes that bring individuals together to form collective-action platforms. It then examines why aid often breaks down the very institutions for collective action that it aims to prom

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. Revisiting the Collective Action Dilemma; 2. Intrinsic or Extrinsic Incentives: The Evolution of Cooperative Groups in Pakistan; 3. Why Cooperate? : Motives and Decisions of Initiators and Joiners in Other-Regarding Groups; 4. Why Cooperate? : Motives and Decisions of Initiators and Joiners in Self-Regarding Groups; 5. Does Aid Break Down Cooperation?; 6. Why Aid Breaks Down Cooperation; 7. Fixing Incentives: The Way Forward; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804781848

0804781842

OCLC:

779828610