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The Impact of Collective Action on Economic Development: Empirical Evidence from Kerala, India

Public participation is generally assumed to be a necessary if not fundamental condition for development. Most studies do not, however, question the kind and level of collective action that would be desirable. This paper provides a novel empirical analysis of the impact of collective action on econo...

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Main Author: PATRICIA JUSTINO
Format: Printed Book
Published: World Development Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 1254-1270, 2006 2006
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/001302.pdf
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