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dc.contributor.authorKihiu, Evelyne N.
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-06T15:19:18Z
dc.date.available2018-07-06T15:19:18Z
dc.date.issued2016-03
dc.identifier.citationEcological Economics, 123, 23-34.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.01.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1701
dc.description.abstractCollective action, such as common resource user groups, has gained importance in the management of pastoral natural resources. This study aims at analyzing the effects of basic capabilities, among other factors, on households' decisions to participate in collective management of pastoral resources in Narok County, Kenya. A zero-inflated beta model, in addition to alternative econometric model specifications, is applied on cross-sectional data collected through a household survey. The results confirm the key role of the capability concept in explaining the management of natural resources. Increased basic capabilities, that is, the ability to achieve some minimally acceptable levels of functioning reduce cooperation levels in collective management of pastoral resources. Social capital, neighborhood social influences, resource system characteristics, socioeconomic factors and institutional factors also emerge as key determinants of collective management of pastoral resources. Policy implications drawn by this study encourage strategies to build social capital and facilitate adoption of improved range management technologies where communal management of land is likely to be abandoned for exclusive property rights.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectCollective actionen_US
dc.subjectCapabilitiesen_US
dc.subjectPastoral and agro-pastoral systemsen_US
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titleBasic Capabilities Effect: Collective Management of Pastoral Resources in South Western Kenya.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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