The author wishes to acknowledge the contribution of several people to the completion of this publication and the underlying research. Special thanks go to Richard Roberts and Anthon Slangen for their support during the various stages of this process. The author greatly appreciates the time and effort devoted to carefully reviewing and commenting on the various drafts by Doyle Baker, Andrew Shepherd and David Kahan in FAO, and Thorsten Giehler and Dirk Steinwand in GTZ.
Juan Buchenau (International Project Consult), Manfred Zeller (University of Goettingen) and Richard Meyer (Ohio State University) deserve special thanks for their comments and suggestions on the final draft. The inputs of Heywood Fleisig (Center for the Economic Analysis of Law), John Lindsay and David Palmer in FAO are highly appreciated.
The field research would not have been possible without the contributions of Fabiana Pastor, Rosario Henriquez de Guereca (Bolivia), Alex Buenaventura and Kathryn Lopez (the Philippines), Nipath Kwasakul (Thailand), Paul Zille, Gerhard Coetzee and Johann Haman (South Africa), Sriram Shankar Mankar (India) and Chet Aeschliman (Ghana). The logistical support provided by Martina Wiedmaier-Pfister and Marie Luise Haberberger of GTZ was instrumental for the field work in Bolivia and Thailand.
The author further wishes to thank Lynn Ball for her thorough editing of the final draft.
