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.
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出版者
Elsevier
其它主题
Policy making
语言
英语
许可
Limited Access, Copyrighted; all rights reserved
类型
Journal Article; Journal Part
来源
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
2024-10-31
2026-03-17
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