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1 Shah, T.; van Koppen, B.; Merrey, D.; de Lange, M.; Samad, M. 2001. Farmer management of irrigation systems: can Africa's smallholder black farmers do it? NewsReach, pp.1-6.
Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Small scale systems ; Institutional constraints ; Reform ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Privatization / Africa / South Africa / South Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.2 G000 SHA Record No: H028393)
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This research assesses the widespread transfer of government-run smallholder irrigation schemes in Africa to the management of organized groups of farmers in the light of decades of experience by various countries . The comparative study of the Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) suggests that it can work if certain preconditions are met. This research finds that IMT is unlikely to work for African smallholders. Here, the institutional alternatives most likely to succeed are those that address the whole complex set of constraints that African smallholders face.
2 GTZ. 1994. Governing maintenance provision in irrigation: Vol. II - Thematic papers. Eschborn, Germany: GTZ.
Maintenance ; Project planning ; Sustainability ; Privatization ; Reform ; Property rights ; Performance evaluation ; Rent seeking ; Financing
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5849 Record No: H028810)
3 de Lange, Marna. 2004. Water policy and law review process in South Africa with focus on the agricultural sector. In Mollinga, P. P.; Bolding, A., The politics of irrigation reform: Contested policy formulation and implementation in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Aldershot, England: Ashgate. pp.11-56.
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: 631.7.3 G000 MOL Record No: H036974)
4 Shah, T.; Makin, I.; Sakthivadivel, R. 2001. Limits to leapfrogging: issues in transposing successful river basin management institutions in the developing world. In Abernethy, C. L. (Ed.). Intersectoral management of river basins. Proceedings of an International Workshop on Integrated Water Management in Water-Stressed River Basins in Developing Countries: Strategies for Poverty Alleviation and Agricultural Growth, Loskop Dam, South Africa, 16-21 October 2000. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Feldafing, Germany: German Foundation for International Development (DSE). pp.89-114.
River basin development ; Hydrology ; Economic development ; Privatization ; Developing countries ; Policy ; Institutional constraints ; Reform / Australia / India / China / South Asia / USA / Taiwan / Murray-Darling River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 ABE Record No: H029115)
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5 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]
Irrigation management ; Irrigation systems ; Reform ; Policy making ; Bureaucracy ; Hydrology ; Developing countries ; Farmers
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046290)
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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.
6 Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, M.; Rap, Edwin; Wegerich, Kai. 2014. Bureaucratic reform in irrigation: a review of four case studies. Water Alternatives, 7(3):442-463.
Bureaucracy ; Reform ; Water management ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation systems ; State intervention ; Organizational development ; Institutional reform ; Policy ; Public administration ; Political aspects ; Financing ; Farmers ; Case studies / Philippines / Mexico / Indonesia / Uzbekistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046526)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol7/v7issue2/258-a7-3-1/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046526.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046526.pdf
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Poor performance of government-managed irrigation systems persists globally. This paper argues that addressing performance requires not simply more investment or different policy approaches, but reform of the bureaucracies responsible for irrigation management. Based on reform experiences in The Philippines, Mexico, Indonesia, and Uzbekistan, we argue that irrigation (policy) reform cannot be treated in isolation from the overall functioning of
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