Collective action and property rights for sustainable development

Institutions of collective action and systems of property rights shape how people use natural resources, and these patterns of use in turn affect the outcomes of people’s agricultural production systems. Together, mechanisms of collective action and property rights define the incentives people face for undertaking sustainable and productive management strategies, and they affect the level and distribution of benefits from natural resources. The linkages between property rights, collective action, and natural resource management have important implications for technology adoption, economic growth, food security, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. Yet despite their importance in people’s lives, property rights and collective action are often undervalued, and when they are recognized, often misunderstood.1. Overview; Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Monica Di Gregorio; 2. Understanding Collective Action; Elinor Ostrom; 3. Understanding Property Rights; Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Rajendra Pradhan, and Monica Di Gregorio; 4. Local-Level Public Goods and Collective Action; Nancy McCarthy; 5. Property Rights, Collective Action, and Agroforestry; Frank Place, Keijiro Otsuka, and Sara Scherr; 6. Irrigation, Collective Action, and Property Rights; Douglas L.Vermillion; 7. Collective Action and Property Rights in Fisheries Management; Mahfuzuddin Ahmed, K. Kuperan Viswanathan, and R.A.Valmonte-Santos; 8. Collaborative Management of Forests; Eva Wollenberg, Bruce Campbell, Sheona Shackleton, David Edmunds, and Patricia Shanley; 9. Institutional Options for Managing Rangelands; Tidiane Ngaido and Nancy McCarthy; 10. Property Rights, Collective Action, and Plant Genetic Resources; Pablo Eyzaguirre, Nancy McCarthy, Monica Di Gregorio, and Evan Dennis; 11. Collective Action in Pest Management; Helle Munk Ravnborg; 12. Property Rights and Collective Action in Watersheds; Brent Swallow, Nancy Johnson, Anna Knox, and Ruth Meinzen-Dick; 13. Property Rights, Collective Action, and Agribusiness; Nancy Johnson and Julio A. Berdegué; 14. Farmer Research and Extension; Anna Knox and Nina Lilja; 15. Strengthening Collective Action; Bryan Bruns and Pakping Chalad Bruns; 16. Strengthening Property Rights for the Poor; John W. Bruce.Non-PRIFPRI1; Governance; CAPRi; 2020EPTD; DG