The World Bank and Irrigation

Jones, William I.

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“…Large-scale irrigation has received the greatest share of public agricultural investments in the developing world and most of the public operating subsidies (Jones, 1995). Newly developed large irrigation schemes swallow vast amounts of capital, both at the construction and at the operation phases, and often require costly rehabilitations (sometimes after less than five years of operation) (Diemer, 1988).…”

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“…The dynamic nature of global and government development policies, the variety in irrigation project designs and implementation as well as the wide range of investors in irrigation development all over the world have resulted in two main driving forces behind irrigation developmen, namely government-led and non-government-led (Jones, 1995;Abenerthy et al, 2000;Shah, 1993). The sources of investment also result in two additional categories of irrigation being the scale of the irrigation and the management system employed.…”

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“…Jones (1995), reviewing the experience of the World Bank in irrigation development for a few decades, estimated that the average unit cost for 191 irrigation government-led projects was US$4,800 per ha in 1991. The average for the whole of Africa was US$13,000 per ha while that for sub-Saharan Africa was US$18,300 per ha when indirect costs for social infrastructure, including roads, houses, electric grids, and public service facilities, are included.…”

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“…Irrigation projects can be subject to long delayed feedback processes related to catchment degradation as well. Erosion, for example, leads to siltation of canals and of reservoirs, which makes poor operation and maintenance (O&M) the bigger problem for the sustainability of irrigation projects mainly in less developed countries, where many of those projects are managed for incompetent bureaucracies combined with weak irrigator associations (Jones 1995). However, causality between maintenance and catchment degradation can also manifest in reverse, leading to infrastructure degradation even if farmers are not particularly resistant in paying maintenance fees.…”

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Misperceptions of feedbacks and the resilience of common-pool resource systems: a discussion for irrigation systems based on loop dominance analysis

Bueno

2014

Int J Commons

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Abstract:The paper proposes that irrigation schemes may be less resilient to environmental shocks than generally believed in the common-pool governance literature, because they are subject to positive feedback effects which may be not perceived timely by users. It builds on system dynamics literature to form a procedure in order to assess if the system is about to be locked into downward trajectories of loss of resilience. It concludes by suggesting that the basic ideas presented might be useful to build operational early warning signals for critical transitions not only in irrigation systems but in a wider range of systems where tipping points are suspected to exist.

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“…From a public perspective, during these years irrigation water was considered an element of economic development that should be benefited from in order to remove a large part of the rural population from poverty and backwardness (Jones, 1995). During practically the whole of the twentieth century, public intervention in this sphere was characterised by the implementation of the so-called «supply-side policies», aimed at a continuous increase in the availability of water for irrigation, ignoring to a large extent the environmental and social costs of such actions.…”

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Review. The evolution of research regarding the economics of irrigation water

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It is no coincidence that from the origin of the first human civilisations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, etc.) the same driving force was concealed; irrigated agriculture. Indeed, only when human beings learned to combine adequately the factors of labour, land and water could the necessary food surpluses be generated to allow the specialisation of labour and trade. Since antiquity, the use of water in agriculture has been a basic element for the survival and economic and social progress of humanity. This explains why, since then, the irrigated area of the world has not ceased to grow, Review. The evolution of research regarding the economics of irrigation water AbstractThis work analyses the main research trends (subjects, methodology used, countries of the authors and data) in the economics of irrigation water during the last 10 years (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009). For this purpose, a quantitative methodology has been used which is new to this sphere, based on the review of a representative sample of 332 papers published in the 15 most important journals focused on this field of science indexed in the databases of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), the Science Citation Index (SCI) and the Social Science Citation Index (SCCI). The results obtained confirm: a) the notable growth in the number of papers published, especially in the last three years, b) the high degree of collaboration between authors, including those of different origin, for their performance c) the prominence of the USA, Australia, India and Spain as the countries of the first authors and origin of the data, d) the greater attention given to subjects related with «investment project analysis», «production planning» and, especially, «production function and productivity of water», and e) the predominance of empirical studies that use basic analysis approaches (cost analysis, investment evaluation, etc.).Additional key words: literature review; quantitative approach; research methods; subject areas. Resumen Revisión. Evolución de la investigación en economía del agua de riegoEl presente trabajo analiza las principales tendencias de investigación (temáticas, metodologías utilizadas, países de los autores y de los datos) en economía del agua de riego en los últimos 10 años (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009). Para ello, se ha utilizado una metodología cuantitativa, novedosa en este ámbito, basada en la revisión de una muestra representativa de 332 artículos publicados en las 15 revistas más importantes en este ámbito científico, indexadas en las bases de datos del Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), el Science Citation Index (SCI) y el Social Science Citation Index (SCCI). Los resultados obtenidos confirman: a) el notable crecimiento del número de artículos publicados, sobre todo, en los tres últimos años, b) la elevada colaboración entre los autores para su realización, incluso de diferente procedencia, c) el protagonismo de EEUU, Australia, India y España como países de los primer...

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The World Bank and Irrigation

Cited by 71 publications

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Sustainable Irrigation Development in the White Volta sub-Basin

Sustainable Irrigation Development in the White Volta sub-Basin

Misperceptions of feedbacks and the resilience of common-pool resource systems: a discussion for irrigation systems based on loop dominance analysis

Review. The evolution of research regarding the economics of irrigation water

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