Poor maintenance of water supply systems is a critical issue in sub-Saharan Africa. Using survey data on users of motorized piped water supply systems in rural southern Senegal, this paper examines what motivates resource users to contribute financially to the management of water supply system...

Studies of commons management make it clear that collective action for resource management is a highly complex process in which the impact of different conditions often will vary according to physical and socio-economic contexts. This paper attempts to contribute to the understanding of this...

In contrast to the current discussion on Capacity Development (CD), which is mostly made from the donors’ aid-effectiveness point of view, this paper attempts to explore what foreign donors can learn about CD by tracing the endogenous and long-running CD process from insiders’ perspectives....

One of the most important qualities for human beings to have is agency: a core capacity/competence for making decisions, entering into agreements, and acting by and for themselves. Agency is a crucial dimension also in the promotion of gender equality. In practice, women in developing countries...

1 Introduction: What Moves Researchers to Take Initiatives to This Interdisciplinary Research Project -- Part I Understanding Agency and Its Development -- 2 Beyond Aloof Cynicism: A Critical Overview of Anthropological Perspectives on Agency and Its Development -- 3 A Psychological Perspective...

1 Einleitung: Was Forscher dazu bewegt, die Initiative zu diesem interdisziplinären Forschungsprojekt zu ergreifen -- Teil I Verständnis von Agency und ihrer Entwicklung -- 2 Jenseits von distanziertem Zynismus: Ein kritischer Überblick über anthropologische Perspektiven auf Agency und ihre...