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Author Bano, Masooda

Title Breakdown in Pakistan : how aid is eroding institutions for collective action
Published Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (238 pages)
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
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 promote
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Subject Economic assistance -- Social aspects -- Pakistan
Non-governmental organizations -- Pakistan
Associations, institutions, etc. -- Pakistan
Civil society -- Pakistan
Cooperation -- Pakistan
Associations, institutions, etc.
Civil society
Cooperation
Economic assistance -- Social aspects
Non-governmental organizations
Pakistan
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780804781848
0804781842