Natural resource institutions in transformation: the tragedy and glory of the private
Natural resource institutions in transformation: the tragedy and glory of the private
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转型中的自然资源机构:私人的悲剧与荣耀
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2010
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S. Thieme
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C. Bichsel;G. Fokou;A. Ibraimova;U. Kasymov;B. Steimann;S. Thieme
The present article focuses on continuity and change in natural resource
institutions in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan. Two main trends have characterised
the management of water, agricultural land and pastures since the country
became independent in 1991. First, while natural resources were collective
and state-owned during the Soviet period, they are now being gradually privatised and passed into individual or group ownership. Second, by contrast
with central administration under the Soviet regime, after independence
natural resource management has been and is increasingly being decentralised to the community level. We suggest that these processes have created
a new concept of the ‘private’, defined as clearly assigned property rights as
opposed to ‘commons’, and individual or group ownership as opposed to
‘public’ ownership. We attempt here to analyse how privatisation and decentralisation have created new property relations and new forms of natural
resource governance. We conclude that these processes have yielded both
favourable and unfavourable outcomes.