Farmer-Financed Irrigation - The Economics of Reform

Klappentext This book examines the potentials and limitations of user fees for financing irrigation operation and maintenance. Zusammenfassung This book examines the potentials and limitations of user fees for financing irrigation operation and maintenance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Irrigation financing in perspective; Part I. Analysing Financing Policies: Theory and Concepts: 2. Key concepts from economic theory; 3. Evaluating irrigation financing policies: a conceptual framework; Part II. Criteria for Evaluating Irrigation Financing Policies: 4. Cost-effective operation and maintenance; 5. Allocating a scarce resource: water-use efficiency; 6. Improving investment decisions; 7. Resource-mobilisation efficiency; 8. The concern for equity; Part III. Financial Autonomy and User Fees: Key Implementation Issues: 9. Establishing financial autonomy; 10. Setting irrigation fees: reconciling the need for funds with farmer's ability to pay; 11. Collecting irrigation fees: fostering a willingness to pay; 12. The political economy of irrigation financing; 13. Conclusions and recommendations; Notes; Index.

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• Autori: Ian Carruthers, Leslie E. Small, Leslie E. (Rutgers University Small, Leslie E. Carruthers Small
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.05.2008
• EAN: 9780521062084
• ISBN: 978-0-521-06208-4
• Pagine: 248
• Serie: Wye Studies in Agricultural an
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia internazionale