Breakdown in Pakistan
Subtitle: how aid is eroding institutions for collective action
By: Masooda Bano
Publisher: Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780804781329
Subjects: Non-governmental organizations; Economic assistance; Associations, institutions; Civil society; Cooperation
Description: Thirty percent of foreign development aid is channelled 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Revisiting the collective action dilemma; title: Intrinsic or extrinsic incentives : the evolution of cooperative groups in Pakistan; title: Why cooperate? : motives and decisions of initiators and joiners in other-regarding groups; title: Why cooperate? : motives and decisions of initiators and joiners in self-regarding groups; title: Does aid break down cooperation?; title: Why aid breaks down cooperation; title: Fixing incentives : the way forward.