Financial autonomy, institutional reform, and irrigation performance

There is increasing interest in privatization as a solution to the problem of ineffective and excessively costly irrigation system operations. In this paper by Mark Svendsen, two organizational models showing promise in this regard are examined and compared: the irrigation district model, in which a...

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Autor principal: Svendsen, Mark
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: SAGE Publications 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/170794
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Sumario:There is increasing interest in privatization as a solution to the problem of ineffective and excessively costly irrigation system operations. In this paper by Mark Svendsen, two organizational models showing promise in this regard are examined and compared: the irrigation district model, in which a voluntary association is responsible for system management, and the parastatal model, in which a semi-autonomous government body takes on this responsibility. These two models are represented by a pair of case studies drawn from the United States and the Philippines.