Small, Leslie E. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-228) and index 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521380731 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Irrigation--Developing countries--Finance.