Crowding out from external support

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Gibson et al. (2005) refer to situations in which external support, e.g., foreign financial aid to developing countries, state promoted projects for natural resource use at local levels, such as irrigation systems (External Support), run the risk of crowding out exisisting or potential local self-organized initiatives and responsibility (Collective Action).

A lack of proportionality (Proportionality) between the benefits (higher) and costs (lower) of infrastructure or institutional development for natural resource use may result in a misperception of the actual costs of such investments among the beneficiaries. This, in turn, will motivate irresponsible behavior towards the use and long term maintenance of that infrastructure, institutions, and/or resources (Commons Condition Trend).

This theory is also referred to as the Samaritan's dilemma, and is a complex theory. 

 

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