 | Collective Action and Property Rights for Poverty Reduction: Insights from Africa and Asia Subjects: Poverty -- Africa; Right of property -- Economic aspects -- Africa; Community organization -- Economic aspects -- Africa; Poverty -- Asia; Right of property -- Economic aspects -- Asia; Community organization -- Economic aspects -- Asia; This volume examines how collective bargaining and property rights, separately and together, influence the well-being of the rural poor in Africa and Asia and how they can be strengthened to improve livelihoods. Esther Mwangi is a scientist in the Forests and Governance Program of the Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia. Helen Markelova is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Applied Economics of the University of Minnesota, St. Paul. Ruth Meinzen-Dick is a senior research fellow in the Environment and Production Technology Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C. |
