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The paper explores collective action in Peru through community level case studies. It asks why extreme inequality between groups has persisted for so long and whether a weak propensity to collective action is part of the answer. Significant evidence of constructive meso-level collective action is found; but it is restricted by a corrupt, self-seeking political system. The analysis shows how in relatively...
Group formation has great potential to empower and raise the incomes of poor people. However, the chronically poor are disadvantaged in group formation, and this may form a significant part of the vicious circle and dynamics of chronic poverty. These disadvantages include a lack of assets, isolation, and low levels of access to political institutions. Successful groups formed among the poor often...
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