Farmer-financed irrigation: the economics of reform

Small, Leslie E.; Carruthers, Ian

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511895333

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“…In this case, as in others (e.g., the Philippines), government subsidies for investment continued, though autonomy improved the quality of the investment decisions taken by the irrigation authorities (Small and Carruthers 1991;Raju, Gulati, and Meinzen-Dick 2003, 20-27).…”

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“…The case for creating financially autonomous irrigation agencies (FAIAs) rests on the fact that these agencies introduce administrative, managerial, and financial autonomy; increase accountability; facilitate contracting out and other forms of delegation to farmers; create less politicized procedures for fixing and collecting water charges; and mobilize new (nonstate) sources of finance for irrigation (Small and Carruthers 1991;Raju, Gulati, and Meinzen-Dick 2003).…”

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“…Public service organisations are characterised by their bureaucratic rules, hierarchical structure, rent-seeking and upward accountability (Merrey, 1995), whereas Water Users' Associations (WUAs) in contrast have a better structure of incentives to manage according to externally agreed purposes and performance standards . In addition, the latter are downwardly accountable to the water users, because their budgets depend on farmers' irrigation fees (Small and Carruthers, 1991). The release from government constraints liberates WUA managers' 'will to manage' (Oorthuizen and Kloezen, 1995;Vermillion, 1991), it redirects their professional energies, and increases their efforts towards operation and maintenance (O&M) (Moore, 1989).…”

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“…In addition, the electoral and financial accountability of the WUA management to water users is considered the key to more transparent and accessible decision making and more appropriate and flexible management solutions to locally specific problems (Verrrullion, 1991). This set of structural and organisational factors that apply to autonomous and special purpose organisations is expected to result in more efficient and cost-effective service provision and thus in improved management performance and financial cost-recovery (Merrey, 1995;Small and Carruthers, 1991).…”

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The success of a policy model: Irrigation management transfer in Mexico

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2006

The Journal of Development Studies

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The Mexican policy of Irrigation Management Transfer has been widely propagated as a success and has become a model for other countries seeking to improve the performance of their irrigation systems while also cutting public expenditures. This article analyses the process of policy-making that has generated the policy model and follows the practices, means, and events through which it has achieved increasing transnational circulation, popularity, and support. The main argument of this article is that the success of a policy model is only a success within the cultural and ideological understandings of a policy network and given the means, practices, and events that generate and disseminate it. This particular case further suggests that success in policy-making, rather than being based on straightforward evidence of improved management performance, is often part of a cultural performance.

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“…No entanto, quando o fluxo de água é razoavelmente constante, a cobrança pode ser feita com base no tempo de fornecimento de água (e.g., R$ 50,00 por hora de fornecimento). Tal alternativa requer menos informações e tem sido utilizada em pequenos projetos de irrigação com poucos usuários por dia (SMALL; CARRUTHERS, 1991;BANDARAGODA, 1998).…”

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Precificação da água e eficiência técnica em perímetros irrigados: uma aplicação da função insumo distância paramétrica

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ResumoA maior pressão sobre os recursos hídricos tem estimulado a busca por mecanismos para induzir o uso eficiente da água. Precificar corretamente a água constitui uma etapa necessária à implementação desses mecanismos. O artigo aplica programação linear para estimar a função logaritmo insumo distância translog de modo a detectar ineficiências técnicas dos produtores e estimar a disposição a pagar pela água e elasticidades próprios-preços e preços-cruzados dos fatores de produção. Utilizam-se dados quanto ao valor da produção, área irrigada, gasto com insumos diversos, mão de obra, capital e volume de água para 41 colonos de perímetros irrigados do Submédio São Francisco em Petrolina, PE e Juazeiro, BA. Os resultados indicam que políticas públicas podem induzir a conservação da água via provimento de assistência técnica, visando maior eficiência técnica dos produtores e cobrança crível pelo uso da água.Palavras-Chave disposição a pagar pela água, elasticidades-preço, eficiência técnica, função insumo distância, programação linear AbstractIncreased pressure on water resources has stimulated the search for mechanisms to induce efficient water use. Getting prices right is an important necessary step toward implementing such mechanisms. This article applies linear programming to estimate the translog logarithm input-distance function, estimate the willingness to pay for water, own and cross-price input elasticities, and detect technical inefficiencies of producers. In so doing, we use data on total production value, irrigated land, labor, capital, water use, and 'other inputs' obtained from 41 producers of public irrigation projects in Sub medium São Francisco River, Brazil. Results indicate that public policies can induce water conservation by credibly charging for water use and providing technical assistance to increase producers' technical efficiency. Keywords

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Precificação da água e eficiência técnica em perímetros irrigados: uma aplicação da função insumo distância paramétrica

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