Organized Communities and Potable Water Public Utilities in Colombia: Advocacy for the Third Economic Option Based on the Common-pool Resources Theory
Based on the theory and institutional principles proposed by Elinor Ostrom, this paper explores whether Colombian organized communities are able to provide potable water public utility in a sustainable manner and manage it as a common-pool resource (CPR). For this purpose, a set of Colombian communi...
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| author | Jhonny Moncada Mesa Carolina Pérez Muñoz Germán Darío Valencia Agudelo |
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| description | Based on the theory and institutional principles proposed by Elinor Ostrom, this paper explores whether Colombian organized communities are able to provide potable water public utility in a sustainable manner and manage it as a common-pool resource (CPR). For this purpose, a set of Colombian community aqueducts is selected and compared against the eight principles proposed by this theory. The results have shown that, in general it complies with institutional principles but it also highlights difficulties, particularly in regards to the "minimal recognition of organization rights" principle. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-01a2fdd41ccd418e818f2b2fa6be71812022-12-22T01:02:39ZengUniversidad EAFITEcos de Economía1657-42062013-11-0117371251591895Organized Communities and Potable Water Public Utilities in Colombia: Advocacy for the Third Economic Option Based on the Common-pool Resources TheoryJhonny Moncada Mesa0Carolina Pérez Muñoz1Germán Darío Valencia Agudelo2Universidad De AntioquiaCooperativa Financiera ConfiarUniversidad de AntioquiaBased on the theory and institutional principles proposed by Elinor Ostrom, this paper explores whether Colombian organized communities are able to provide potable water public utility in a sustainable manner and manage it as a common-pool resource (CPR). For this purpose, a set of Colombian community aqueducts is selected and compared against the eight principles proposed by this theory. The results have shown that, in general it complies with institutional principles but it also highlights difficulties, particularly in regards to the "minimal recognition of organization rights" principle.http://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/ecos-economia/article/view/2301Acueductos comunitariosRecursos de uso comúnInstitucionesServicio público domiciliarioAcción colectiva. |
| spellingShingle | Jhonny Moncada Mesa Carolina Pérez Muñoz Germán Darío Valencia Agudelo Organized Communities and Potable Water Public Utilities in Colombia: Advocacy for the Third Economic Option Based on the Common-pool Resources Theory Ecos de Economía Acueductos comunitarios Recursos de uso común Instituciones Servicio público domiciliario Acción colectiva. |
| title | Organized Communities and Potable Water Public Utilities in Colombia: Advocacy for the Third Economic Option Based on the Common-pool Resources Theory |
| title_full | Organized Communities and Potable Water Public Utilities in Colombia: Advocacy for the Third Economic Option Based on the Common-pool Resources Theory |
| title_fullStr | Organized Communities and Potable Water Public Utilities in Colombia: Advocacy for the Third Economic Option Based on the Common-pool Resources Theory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Organized Communities and Potable Water Public Utilities in Colombia: Advocacy for the Third Economic Option Based on the Common-pool Resources Theory |
| title_short | Organized Communities and Potable Water Public Utilities in Colombia: Advocacy for the Third Economic Option Based on the Common-pool Resources Theory |
| title_sort | organized communities and potable water public utilities in colombia advocacy for the third economic option based on the common pool resources theory |
| topic | Acueductos comunitarios Recursos de uso común Instituciones Servicio público domiciliario Acción colectiva. |
| url | http://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/ecos-economia/article/view/2301 |
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