Planning irrigation development projects: economic analysis and beyond
1985
Kamuanga, M. (Instutut Senegalese de Recherches Agronomiques (Senegal))
The paper attemps to demonstrate that even high quality feasibility studies may not be sufficient schemes. Drawing from experiences in West Africa (especially Mali and Senegal), the author points to the necessity of considering some vital aspects of the institutional patterns in local societies (those from which settlers are to be drawn). There is a particular need to understand the functioning of these societies with respect to the control of factors of production, the organization of production and consumption and the methods by which property rights are traditionally transferred. In conclusion the paper suggests the need to move beyond social cost-benefit analysis and focus on micro-planning aspects to help simulate the long term evolution of the settlement. This calls for participation of sociologists in the planning phase and not only for ex-post evaluation, has often been the case
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