Securing the commons in India: Mapping polycentric governance

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.creator.identifierRuth Meinzen-Dick: 0000-0003-4782-3074
cg.creator.identifierHagar ElDidi: 0000-0002-2685-5416
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133794en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number1944en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorMeinzen-Dick, Ruth S.en
dc.contributor.authorRao, Jagdeesh Puppalaen
dc.contributor.authorChaturvedi, Rahulen
dc.contributor.authorRao, Kaushalendraen
dc.contributor.authorBruns, Bryan Randolphen
dc.contributor.authorKandikuppa, Sandeepen
dc.contributor.authorElDidi, Hagaren
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:14:51Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:14:51Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143527
dc.titleSecuring the commons in India: Mapping polycentric governanceen
dcterms.abstractCommon pool land and water resources in India play vital, but often overlooked, roles in livelihoods and ecosystem services. These resources are subject to the authority of various government departments and are often managed in ways that result in uncertain tenure for the people who depend on these resources for fodder, fuel, water, and other products. An Indian NGO, the Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), has developed a process for “commoning”—assisting communities to secure the commons by forming inclusive local institutions to manage the resources, and to work with different government departments to gain stronger rights to the commons. This paper applies polycentricity theory to examine the institutional arrangements that govern the commons in FES sites in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states and assesses relationships that may affect commons management. It draws on key informant interviews and village-level social network mapping exercises (Net-mapping) to show the complex flows of resources, information, and influence related to the commons among habitation-level organizations, local government, resource agencies, the rural employment guarantee program (MGNREGA), and NGOs. This paper discusses the potential of this methodology as a diagnostic tool to help understand community perceptions of the role of various stakeholders in overall governance of the commons, and can provide guidance for interventions to help communities to strengthen their tenure on the commons and management of those resources.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMeinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Rao, Jagdeesh Puppala; Chaturvedi, Rahul; Rao, Kaushalendra; Bruns, Bryan Randolph; Kandikuppa, Sandeep; and ElDidi, Hagar. 2020. Securing the commons in India: Mapping polycentric governance. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1944. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133794.en
dcterms.extent48 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2020-05-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.02.006en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08416-210338en
dcterms.relationhttp://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1082en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/34935en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/133794en
dcterms.subjectresource managementen
dcterms.subjectnatural resourcesen
dcterms.subjectwateren
dcterms.subjectcapacity developmenten
dcterms.subjectcommonsen
dcterms.subjectgovernanceen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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