Is there an alternative for irrigation reform?

Poor performance of government-managed irrigation systems persists in developing countries despite numerous policy interventions over the last four decades. We argue that many of these interventions have failed, because they did not recognize irrigation bureaucracies as prime actors in policy change...

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Autores principales: Suhardiman, Diana, Giordano, Mark
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40244
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description Poor performance of government-managed irrigation systems persists in developing countries despite numerous policy interventions over the last four decades. We argue that many of these interventions have failed, because they did not recognize irrigation bureaucracies as prime actors in policy change. This paper examines the varied actors and agendas within irrigation bureaucracies, highlighting the dichotomy between "hydraulic missions? on the one hand and direct service provision to farmers on the other. To increase the significance of future reform, bureaucracies must be considered as explicit actors, and reform efforts should derive from better understanding of the farmer-agency interface.
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spelling CGSpace402442025-06-17T08:24:03Z Is there an alternative for irrigation reform? Suhardiman, Diana Giordano, Mark irrigation management irrigation systems reform policy making bureaucracy hydrology developing countries farmers Poor performance of government-managed irrigation systems persists in developing countries despite numerous policy interventions over the last four decades. We argue that many of these interventions have failed, because they did not recognize irrigation bureaucracies as prime actors in policy change. This paper examines the varied actors and agendas within irrigation bureaucracies, highlighting the dichotomy between "hydraulic missions? on the one hand and direct service provision to farmers on the other. To increase the significance of future reform, bureaucracies must be considered as explicit actors, and reform efforts should derive from better understanding of the farmer-agency interface. 2014-05 2014-06-13T14:47:14Z 2014-06-13T14:47:14Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40244 en Limited Access Elsevier Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, Mark. 2014. Is there an alternative for irrigation reform? World Development, 57:91-100. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.11.016
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Suhardiman, Diana
Giordano, Mark
Is there an alternative for irrigation reform?
title Is there an alternative for irrigation reform?
title_full Is there an alternative for irrigation reform?
title_fullStr Is there an alternative for irrigation reform?
title_full_unstemmed Is there an alternative for irrigation reform?
title_short Is there an alternative for irrigation reform?
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irrigation systems
reform
policy making
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hydrology
developing countries
farmers
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