

@mastersthesis {7293,
	title = {Cost recovery and local resource mobilization in irrigation systems in {Nepal}: {Three} case studies from the {Rapti} zone},
	year = {1991},
	note = {9204514},
	school = {Syracuse University},
	type = {phdPh.{D}.},
	address = {Ann Arbor},
	abstract = {This research concerns recurrent cost recovery and local resource mobilization in irrigation systems, emphasizing resource mobilization as a fundamental component of cost recovery. Positive, consistent institutional incentives are essential for cost recovery. Three hypotheses relate effectiveness of cost recovery to: (1) levels of farmer input into system decisions; (2) outside involvement in the system; and (3) reliability of water delivery. An analytic framework incorporating institutional factors and effective rates of taxation is developed and applied to three representative Nepali irrigation systems. Institutional, physical, resource mobilization and farm-budget data were gathered in the field. Detailed data analysis and the effective rate of taxation, defined as: \${\textbackslash}rm {\textbackslash}sp\{VALUE{\textbackslash} OF{\textbackslash} RESOURCES {\textbackslash} MOBILIZED\}{\textbackslash} /{\textbackslash} {\textbackslash}sb\{MARGINAL{\textbackslash} INCOME{\textbackslash} DUE{\textbackslash} TO{\textbackslash} IRRIGATION\}\$ are provided for each system. Further, patterns and clarity of incentives are outlined. The findings lend support to each of the three research hypotheses. First, the more direct control farmers have over their systems, the higher are the levels of resources which they mobilize. Second, indirect outside involvement in systems is associated with higher levels of resource mobilization than is direct outside involvement. Third, reliable water delivery appears to be a necessary condition for effective resource mobilization. These findings have both policy and theoretical implications. Three primary policy implications can be drawn from this research. First, resource mobilization is appropriately considered as a component of cost recovery. Second, in-kind resource mobilization can be analyzed through application of standard principles of tax analysis. Third, five incentives are important factors for effective resource mobilization in irrigation systems: farmers must have some degree of direct decision control within their system; systems must be tailored to meet farmers{\textquoteright} needs; farmers must receive reliable water deliveries; system rules must be clear; and systems must be operated primarily as production inputs rather than as political entities. Three theoretical contributions of the research are: explicit linking of resource mobilization and cost recovery; measurement of an irrigation system effective rate of taxation which incorporates in-kind contributions; and provision of a framework for comprehensive (institutional and fiscal) analysis which can be applied across irrigation systems.},
	keywords = {0503:Agricultural economics, 0617:Public administration, Agricultural economics, Public administration, resource mobilization, Social sciences},
	url = {http://search.proquest.com/docview/303939313?accountid=14270},
	author = {Hilton, Rita Marie}
}
