Thursday, January 14, 2010
Expectations of the rich and the poor
While conducting surveys I have observed that the people who were economically backward were more willing to spend time with us and cooperate with us. But it was not the case with some of the rich people.What could be the reasons for this difference in the behaviour of people belonging to different classes? A fraction of the people was ready to cooperate because they expected some positive outcome from it and the other class of people had a different view about it. So the perspective and the expectations of the people belonging to different classes can influence their decisions.
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The pertinent question remains as how to make a cooperative action attractive for a large number of people including the rich and the poor. Large farmers do not participate for economic benefits as they can incur the transaction costs of the input and output market. Some possible solutions could be political or social motives.
Whether people cooperate or not, is not always based on the class they belong too. In my field work people cooperated with us even though they belonged to different classes depending on how they perceived us .According to some people that if they interact with us, the exchange of ideas might be beneficial whereas others considered it as waste of time... Generally people are ready to cooperate if they find the benefits are more than the investment (time to interact) in long run.
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