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| Title: | The Impact of International Cooperation on Rural Producer Organizations: Case Study of a Dairy Association in Bolivia |
| Authors: | Serrano, Emma Estela Saavedra |
| Keywords: | Donor agencies
rural producers’ organizations
external dependence |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Abstract: | Bolivia is one of the largest developing countries in
South America that has been received the aid from the
international cooperation since the seventies. Many
programmes and projects were implemented across the
territories of the country in the aim to reduce the poverty.
However, the experiences claim that despite of some important
results obtained, the international cooperation is one of the
main actors responsible for the external dependence on the
territories and their commitment to build up a sustainable
model of rural development that can overcome the problem of
poverty fails. At the same time, it is demonstrated that the
most successful experiences of local producers’ organizations
are heavily depended on the external aid showing the
economical fragility on local organizations to face the market
competence without the external aid. This research, based on
Samaritan’s dilemma behaviour in the powerful organization,
tries to answer how the rural producer organization
performance is influenced by international cooperation? This
investigation focuses on the analysis of the patterns of
interactions of both organizations. The case study considers a
dairy farming association in the country that was funded for
almost 15 years and their economical sustainability remains
vulnerable despite the efforts bring to make the organization
competitive. The main results remark that the unequal
distribution of power in both organizations is one of the factors
that cause the strong influence of the international cooperation
on rural producers’ organizations, and consequently the
international cooperation is co-responsible in the external
dependence on the local organization, as well as, to be
responsible of the influence on the cultural factors in the
community. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/44410 |
| Institution/Association: | European Association of Agricultural Economists>2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium |
| Total Pages: | 13 |
| Collections: | 2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium
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