Farmer-financed irrigation : the economics of reform / Leslie E. Small, Ian Carruthers
Small, Leslie E.
Farmer-financed irrigation : the economics of reform / Leslie E. Small, Ian Carruthers - Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991 - xiii, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm - Wye studies in agricultural and rural development .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-228) and index
1. Irrigation financing in perspective. Part I: Analysing financing policies: theory and concepts. 2. Key concepts from economic theory. 3. Evaluating irrigation policies: a conceptual framework. Part II: Criteria for evaluating irrigation financing policies. 4. Cost-effective operation and maintenance. 5. Allocating a scarce recource: 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 farmers' ability to pay. 11. Collecting irrigation fees: fostering a willingness to pay. 12. The political economy of irrigation financing.
0521380731
Irrigation--Developing countries--Finance.
Farmer-financed irrigation : the economics of reform / Leslie E. Small, Ian Carruthers - Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991 - xiii, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm - Wye studies in agricultural and rural development .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-228) and index
1. Irrigation financing in perspective. Part I: Analysing financing policies: theory and concepts. 2. Key concepts from economic theory. 3. Evaluating irrigation policies: a conceptual framework. Part II: Criteria for evaluating irrigation financing policies. 4. Cost-effective operation and maintenance. 5. Allocating a scarce recource: 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 farmers' ability to pay. 11. Collecting irrigation fees: fostering a willingness to pay. 12. The political economy of irrigation financing.
0521380731
Irrigation--Developing countries--Finance.