Property rights and collective action for poverty reduction: A framework for analysis

Collective action and property rights for poverty reduction: Insights from Africa and Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 25-48

  Di Gregorio, Monica ^a   Hagedorn, Konrad ^b,c   Kirk, Michael ^d   Korf, Benedikt ^e   McCarthy, Nancy ^f   Meinzen Dick, Ruth ^g   Swallow, Brent ^h   Mwangi, Esther ⁱ   Markelova, Helen ^j  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f LEAD Analytics Inc   (United States)

^g Food Security Research Program   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁱ CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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