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Title: | Community groups and livelihoods in remote rural areas of Ghana: how small-scale farmers sustain collective action |
Author: | Lyon, Fergus |
Year: | 2003 |
Periodical: | The Community Development Journal: An International Journal for Community Workers |
Volume: | 38 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 323-331 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ghana |
Subjects: | self-help associations community development small farms |
External link: | http://cdj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/38/4/323 |
Abstract: | Community groups such as those involved in food trading, micro finance and road building can play an important role in sustaining the livelihoods and reducing poverty in rural Africa. While many groups collapse without donor support, the factors that allow some groups to be sustained are examined by looking at a range of community development related groups. The study draws on a survey carried out in off-road communities in Central and Brong Ahafo Regions of Ghana. The use of subsidies is questioned as it can result in groups becoming dependent on donors. The ability to build up trust and cooperation is shown to be based on long-term learning processes, simple flexible rules established by members, the ability to enforce rules and by allowing people to manage their own income. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract] |