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: A Latin American Journal of Applied Economics

Germán Darío Valencia Agudelo¹  Jhonny Moncada Mesa¹  Carolina Pérez Muñoz² 

[1] Universidad de Antioquia;Cooperativa Financiera Confiar

关键词: Community aqueducts;    Common-pool resources;    Institutions;    Public utilities;    Collective action;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Universidad Eafit

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

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