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

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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, cooperati...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bano, Masooda
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Economic assistance > Social aspects > Pakistan.
Non-governmental organizations > Pakistan.
Associations, institutions, etc. > Pakistan.
Civil society > Pakistan.
Cooperation > Pakistan.
Aide économique > Aspect social > Pākistān.
Organisations non gouvernementales > Pākistān.
Associations > Pākistān.
Société civile > Pākistān.
Associations, institutions, etc.
Civil society
Cooperation
Economic assistance > Social aspects
Non-governmental organizations
Pakistan
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Table of 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.

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