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Irrigation reform in the Philippines: Irrigation management transfer and the vicious cycle of irrigation management.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Irrigation reform in the Philippines: Irrigation management transfer and the vicious cycle of irrigation management./
Author:	Panella, Thomas Robert.
Description:	568 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-09, Section: A, page: 3562.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-09A.
Subject:	Political Science, Public Administration. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3146971
ISBN:	0496053590

Irrigation reform in the Philippines: Irrigation management transfer and the vicious cycle of irrigation management.
Panella, Thomas Robert.

Irrigation reform in the Philippines: Irrigation management transfer and the vicious cycle of irrigation management. - 568 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-09, Section: A, page: 3562.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2004.

The vicious cycle of irrigation management is characterized by lack of user participation and poor irrigation service delivery from state managed irrigation agencies leading to poor water distribution and low productivity. This precipitates inability and unwillingness by farmers to pay irrigation service fees (ISF), which deepens irrigation agency insolvency, further compromising service delivery and maintenance. Poor irrigation service delivery is often exacerbated by pervasive non-cooperative behavior by farmers to avail of water beyond an equitable and efficient distribution. To address the problem, greater farmer involvement through irrigation management transfer (IMT) has been advocated since resources users should have greater incentives and local knowledge to manage resource more effectively and have more leverage to ensure cooperative behavior. A key task in IMT is creating robust, effective local institutions (water user associations---WUAs). This dissertation evaluates World Bank IMT project outcomes in a large gravity irrigation system in the Philippines managed by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA). Research activities included formal interviews with WUAs, farmer and NIA staff surveys, and discussions with NIAs, WUAs, and farmers. The dissertation details the systemic causes of poor irrigation service delivery and critiques previous Philippine experience with IMT. Research findings are mixed. System monitoring increased significantly under WUAs, which enhanced rule compliance and improved water distribution, especially for downstream farmers. ISF collections improved from greater efforts by WUAs who received 50 percent of proceeds. Farmer satisfaction and willingness to contribute resources was significantly greater when physical improvements accompanied the institutional changes and when awareness was higher. Maintenance improvements were inconclusive. The program did not appear to produce sustainable institutions because: it inadequately mobilized average farmers; WUAs did not have required capacity; clarity and accountability for responsibilities was lacking; and no real transfer of authority or governance occurred. The program had limited impact on stemming the vicious cycle of irrigation management because it could not address larger policy problems such as setting sufficient ISF rates, altering subsidy flows, redefining the role and incentives of NIA, and improving supporting agriculture service to maximize productivity.

ISBN: 0496053590Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017438
Political Science, Public Administration.

Irrigation reform in the Philippines: Irrigation management transfer and the vicious cycle of irrigation management.
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