Philipps-University, Marburg
Contact: Michael Kirk (kirk[at]staff.uni-marburg.de)

University of Agriculture, Cambodia; Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction; GTZ; Cambodian Development Research Institute

The project analyzes the linkages between property right regimes and collective action for the development of local-level institutions and governance structures to stabilize rural livelihoods in Cambodia. It explores how collective action in a risky political and natural environment can contribute to the build up of secure assets and income streams for and by the poor to reduce rural poverty. Examples of collective activities include community forestry, participatory land use planning, fisheries management, and a variety of agricultural and non-agricultural production systems. The main purpose is to provide policy makers, civil society organizations, and communities with insights on the links between institutions of collective action and property rights and poverty reduction in order to improve policies for poverty alleviation and local institution building in Cambodia.

Quantitative and qualitative data; secondary data sources such as stakeholder information of the region (NGO, ODA programs, administration, religious and social groups, etc.).

• Collective action and natural resource management in rural Cambodia
  Anne Weingart. Paper presented at IASCP Biannual Conference in Bali, June 2006.