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100			_aWatson, E.E.
245			_aExamining the potential of indigenous institutions for development: a perspective from Borana, Ethiopia
260			_c2003
300			_ap.287-309.
362			_aApr
520			_aThis article examines an institutional approach to development in which indigenous institutions are viewed as a resource for achieving development. It concentrates on indigenous natural resource management (NRM) institutions which have been seen by some development agencies to be a means to address the needs of people and the environment in a way that is also participatory. Using material from Borana, Ethiopia, the article describes the indigenous NRM institutions and examines the outcome of one attempt to work with them. In the process, it shows that partnerships between development agencies and indigenous NRM institutions are often fragile, and tend to dissolve when they fail to meet the preconceptions of the developers. Through an examination of this approach to development, the article also examines the usefulness of recent broad approaches to institutions. - Reproduced.
650			_aNatural resources
650			_aResources development
773			_aDevelopment and Change
909			_a57392
999			_c57392 _d57392