The first woman to win the Nobel Prize - CNN Article
Elinor Ostrom's research on how humans interact with ecosystems, unpacking the concept of the "commons," seems to prove that local communities managing resources from the inside seems to work more efficiently than when an outside authority tries to manage resources for the community.
I can think of so many examples of the truth to this statement - anyone who is living, working, interacting, engaging with one's own community will not only have knowledge, but experience, of how things will work to serve one's own community. Someone outside of that dynamic will NOT. Thus, (logical conclusion) the people who are living, working, struggling, rejoicing, in that community are the most well-informed decisionmakers about that particular community.
Particular relevance: Her work in western Nepal looking at conflict and resource management.
Resources:
Governing the Commons (book)
Rules, Games, and common-pool resources (book)
Polycentric Games and Institutions: Chapter 16
There's much more, but I need some online research training. (I just don't get these online databases, yet. Back in my day..... we went to the card catologue. I don't feel that old :/)
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