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xvii Acknowledgments This book is the product of the decade and a half of collaborations, networks, and friendships built among a wide range of stakeholders in the Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi), a program of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The volume itself is the product of collective action among researchers at CGIAR research centers, German universities, and national universities and agricultural research centers in seven countries. Without the work of each of the contributors and their respective research teams, this volume would not have been possible. They organized and participated in numerous research meetings to discuss the conceptual framework for the book and to draw common lessons from the case studies’ findings. Those with field experience often challenged the design of the research so as to make it more relevant for policymakers and practitioners. We thank all of them for their perseverance in the research for and preparation of this volume. Their names and affiliations can be found in the list of contributors at the end of the book, and the longer-form versions of their chapters can be found in the CAPRi working paper series (http://www.capri.cgiar.org/pubs.asp). Of special importance were the people who assisted in different ways in putting the research into book form. Stephan Dohrn was a helpful assistant during the earlier part of the research that informs this book. Chelo Abrenilla and Betsy Pereira were invaluable in keeping track of research, documents, and manuscript revisions. Patty Arce held us all together by streamlining project administration and financing. Three anonymous reviewers helped us to improve the text, while IFPRI’s Publications Review Committee ensured that the volume met high standards and Corinne Garber provided invaluable support to the whole process. In the later stages of the book’s production we benefited enormously from John Whitehead’s management of the production process. This work was done with the financial support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, to which we are very grateful. We owe our deepest thanks to rural men and women, policymakers, and practitioners in all seven countries for their generosity in sharing their time, information, and stories. All of them contributed to our understanding and inspired us in our work. ...