Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects
Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects

Author: Chennat Gopalakrishnan

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-02-22

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9783540238119

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This is a global survey and assessment of the structure, evolution, and performance of water institutions – administration policies and regulatory practices – in regional, national, and international settings. The coverage includes analysis and discussion of the rationale for institutional innovations, based on case study findings; specific suggestions for sustainable institutional design; and recommendations for implementing institutional reforms.

Paths to the Emerging State in Asia and Africa
Paths to the Emerging State in Asia and Africa

Author: Keijiro Otsuka

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-01-16

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 9811331316

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This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license. This book addresses the issue of how a country, which was incorporated into the world economy as a periphery, could make a transition to the emerging state, capable of undertaking the task of economic development and industrialization. It offers historical and contemporary case studies of transition, as well as the international background under which such a transition was successfully made (or delayed), by combining the approaches of economic history and development economics. Its aim is to identify relevant historical contexts, that is, the ‘initial conditions’ and internal and external forces which governed the transition. It also aims to understand what current low-income developing countries require for their transition. Three economic driving forces for the transition are identified. They are: (1) labor-intensive industrialization, which offers ample employment opportunities for labor force; (2) international trade, which facilitates efficient international division of labor; and (3) agricultural development, which improves food security by increasing supply of staple foods. The book presents a bold account of each driver for the transition.

Participatory Irrigation Management
Participatory Irrigation Management

Author: L. K. Joshi

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13:

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Collection of contributed papers presented at two conferences with reference to India, the National Conference on PIM held at New Delhi in 1997 and another at Hyderabad in 1999.

Emerging Trends and Reforms in Irrigation in India
Emerging Trends and Reforms in Irrigation in India

Author: Mamata Swain

Publisher: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9788175330887

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The Book is divided into six sections which cover irrigation management and emerging issues, improvement of irrigation performance, alternative methods of irrigation, irrigation water rates, environmental impact of irrigation projects, and irrigation sector reforms. This volume is an important contribution on new trends and reforms in irrigation and will be of interest to social scientists, irrigation executives, irrigation planners, policy makers, general readers and all those who are engaged in management of water resources.

Case Studies in Participatory Irrigation Management
Case Studies in Participatory Irrigation Management

Author: David Groenfeldt

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780821345405

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"Water is a vital element for agricultural production and for economic development in general. However, the spatial and temporal distribution of water in Mexico restrains its use. Because of this distribution, it has been necessary to build a large infrastructure to capture, store, and allot this element among water users." Around the world, countries that once promoted more government involvement in irrigation management are adopting new policies that do just the opposite, creating incentives for farmers to take over the management of operations and maintenance, while government agencies focus on improving the management of water at the main system level. Is this just another management fad; or will the pendulum that is now swinging toward greater management control by farmers soon swing back the other way, toward greater state control? This volume reports on four countries where the state's role in irrigation management has undergone fundamental change and where the result has been a much greater management role for farmers. These studies address the political antecedents of participatory irrigation management (PIM) policies, the process of implementing the policies, and the second-generation challenges of sustaining PIM. These experiences will prove useful to policymakers and irrigation professionals who are facing similar challenges in their own countries.

Institutions, Technology, and Water Control
Institutions, Technology, and Water Control

Author: Vishal Narain

Publisher: Orient Blackswan

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9788125024989

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Few studies of resource management have paid as much attention or intelligently surveyed the operational aspects of Water Users Associations (WUAs) as Institution, Technology and Water Control. Relying on ethnographic research methods, Narain takes an interdisciplinary approach to examine how institutions are shaped by technology. Calling attention to the internal organisational dynamics of the WUAs, the author argues that the emergence of institutions for collective action is shaped by technology and social relationships.