TY - BOOK ID - 12024206 TI - Breakdown in Pakistan PY - 2012 SN - 080478132X 0804781842 9780804781848 9780804781329 PB - Stanford, CA Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Associations, institutions, etc - Pakistan. KW - Associations, institutions, etc. -- Pakistan. KW - Civil society - Pakistan. KW - Civil society -- Pakistan. KW - Cooperation - Pakistan. KW - Cooperation -- Pakistan. KW - Economic assistance - Social aspects - Pakistan. KW - Economic assistance -- Social aspects -- Pakistan. KW - Non-governmental organizations - Pakistan. KW - Non-governmental organizations -- Pakistan. KW - Economic assistance KW - Non-governmental organizations KW - Associations, institutions, etc KW - Civil society KW - Cooperation KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic History KW - Social aspects KW - Associations, institutions, etc. KW - Collaborative economy KW - Cooperative distribution KW - Cooperative movement KW - Distribution, Cooperative KW - Peer-to-peer economy KW - Sharing economy KW - Institutions, associations, etc. KW - Networks (Associations, institutions, etc.) KW - Organizations KW - Voluntary associations KW - Voluntary organizations KW - INGOs (International agencies) KW - International non-governmental organizations KW - NGOs (International agencies) KW - Nongovernmental organizations KW - Organizations, Non-governmental (International agencies) KW - Private and voluntary organizations (International agencies) KW - PVOs (International agencies) KW - Economic aid KW - Foreign aid program KW - Foreign assistance KW - Grants-in-aid, International KW - International economic assistance KW - International grants-in-aid KW - Economics KW - Profit-sharing KW - Social contract KW - Social groups KW - Voluntarism KW - International agencies KW - Nonprofit organizations KW - Economic policy KW - International economic relations KW - Conditionality (International relations) KW - E-books KW - Community organization KW - Development aid. Development cooperation KW - Pakistan UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:12024206 AB - Thirty percent of foreign development aid is channeled through NGOs or community-based organizations to improve service delivery to the poor, build social capital, and establish democracy in developing nations. However, growing evidence suggests that aid often erodes, rather than promotes, cooperation within developing nations. This book presents a rare, micro level account of the complex decision-making processes that bring individuals together to form collective-action platforms. It then examines why aid often breaks down the very institutions for collective action that it aims to prom ER -