The Effects of Volumetric Pricing Policy on Farmers’ Water Management Institutions and Their Water Use : The Case of Water User Organization in an Irrigation System in Hubei, China
This article examines the effect of water pricing policies on farmers’ water saving behaviors, using original water user group (WUG) data from a reservoir irrigation system in China. The introduction of volumetric water pricing at the group level,...
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okr-10986-224532021-04-23T14:04:08Z The Effects of Volumetric Pricing Policy on Farmers’ Water Management Institutions and Their Water Use : The Case of Water User Organization in an Irrigation System in Hubei, China Kajisa, Kei Dong, Bin LARGE RESERVOIRS WATER ALLOCATION FRESH WATER LEAD RURAL COMMUNITIES FLOW LOCAL AUTHORITIES WATER MANAGERS WATER USER DEMAND FOR WATER RAINFALL PATTERNS PUMPS WATER DEMAND CULTIVATED AREA MARGINAL COST COLLECTION SYSTEM AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS WATER SUPPLY WATER RESOURCE DOMESTIC WATER RESERVOIRS FIXED FEE WATER FEES PONDS IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT LAND TENURE PROVINCIAL WATER WATER APPLICATION GRAVITY WATER SOURCES DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY PUMPING WATER MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS SEEPAGE WATER PRICING STATISTICS IRRIGATION INTERNATIONAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER HOUSEHOLDS WATER SAVINGS HIGH WATER WATER USERS CONSERVATION ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY FIXED COSTS CONSTRUCTION CANAL MAINTENANCE METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS RAIN WATER USE WATER SOIL TYPES PRESSURE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RAINFALL ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES WATER SCARCITY RESEARCH FARMING IRRIGATION WATER FARMERS IRRIGATION SCHEME INDUSTRIAL USE WATER CONSERVATION WATER SOURCE WATER DISTRIBUTION NATURAL RESOURCES FOOD PRODUCTION This article examines the effect of water pricing policies on farmers’ water saving behaviors, using original water user group (WUG) data from a reservoir irrigation system in China. The introduction of volumetric water pricing at the group level, to replace area-based pricing, induces institutional change to prevent each member’s overuse of water when the volumetric price levels are moderate. Depending on the initial conditions, the multiple pathways of change lead to new institutional arrangements, with all of them contributing to water savings. However, when the price is set high enough, many farmers exit a WUG for private irrigation. This tendency is associated with an increased probability that the remaining members do not undertake institutional change and that they do not end up saving water. This may be due to the increased management difficulties among the remaining members whose fields are separated by former members who have now opted out for private irrigation across the WUG. As a result, we do not find evidence that the reservoir water is saved at high volumetric price levels. 2015-08-17T19:19:50Z 2015-08-17T19:19:50Z 2015-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24784477/effects-volumetric-pricing-policy-farmers’-water-management-institutions-water-use-case-water-user-organization-irrigation-system-hubei-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22453 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7369 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific China |
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LARGE RESERVOIRS WATER ALLOCATION FRESH WATER LEAD RURAL COMMUNITIES FLOW LOCAL AUTHORITIES WATER MANAGERS WATER USER DEMAND FOR WATER RAINFALL PATTERNS PUMPS WATER DEMAND CULTIVATED AREA MARGINAL COST COLLECTION SYSTEM AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS WATER SUPPLY WATER RESOURCE DOMESTIC WATER RESERVOIRS FIXED FEE WATER FEES PONDS IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT LAND TENURE PROVINCIAL WATER WATER APPLICATION GRAVITY WATER SOURCES DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY PUMPING WATER MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS SEEPAGE WATER PRICING STATISTICS IRRIGATION INTERNATIONAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER HOUSEHOLDS WATER SAVINGS HIGH WATER WATER USERS CONSERVATION ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY FIXED COSTS CONSTRUCTION CANAL MAINTENANCE METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS RAIN WATER USE WATER SOIL TYPES PRESSURE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RAINFALL ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES WATER SCARCITY RESEARCH FARMING IRRIGATION WATER FARMERS IRRIGATION SCHEME INDUSTRIAL USE WATER CONSERVATION WATER SOURCE WATER DISTRIBUTION NATURAL RESOURCES FOOD PRODUCTION |
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LARGE RESERVOIRS WATER ALLOCATION FRESH WATER LEAD RURAL COMMUNITIES FLOW LOCAL AUTHORITIES WATER MANAGERS WATER USER DEMAND FOR WATER RAINFALL PATTERNS PUMPS WATER DEMAND CULTIVATED AREA MARGINAL COST COLLECTION SYSTEM AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS WATER SUPPLY WATER RESOURCE DOMESTIC WATER RESERVOIRS FIXED FEE WATER FEES PONDS IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT LAND TENURE PROVINCIAL WATER WATER APPLICATION GRAVITY WATER SOURCES DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY PUMPING WATER MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS SEEPAGE WATER PRICING STATISTICS IRRIGATION INTERNATIONAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER HOUSEHOLDS WATER SAVINGS HIGH WATER WATER USERS CONSERVATION ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY FIXED COSTS CONSTRUCTION CANAL MAINTENANCE METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS RAIN WATER USE WATER SOIL TYPES PRESSURE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RAINFALL ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES WATER SCARCITY RESEARCH FARMING IRRIGATION WATER FARMERS IRRIGATION SCHEME INDUSTRIAL USE WATER CONSERVATION WATER SOURCE WATER DISTRIBUTION NATURAL RESOURCES FOOD PRODUCTION Kajisa, Kei Dong, Bin The Effects of Volumetric Pricing Policy on Farmers’ Water Management Institutions and Their Water Use : The Case of Water User Organization in an Irrigation System in Hubei, China |
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This article examines the effect of
water pricing policies on farmers’ water saving behaviors,
using original water user group (WUG) data from a reservoir
irrigation system in China. The introduction of volumetric
water pricing at the group level, to replace area-based
pricing, induces institutional change to prevent each
member’s overuse of water when the volumetric price levels
are moderate. Depending on the initial conditions, the
multiple pathways of change lead to new institutional
arrangements, with all of them contributing to water
savings. However, when the price is set high enough, many
farmers exit a WUG for private irrigation. This tendency is
associated with an increased probability that the remaining
members do not undertake institutional change and that they
do not end up saving water. This may be due to the increased
management difficulties among the remaining members whose
fields are separated by former members who have now opted
out for private irrigation across the WUG. As a result, we
do not find evidence that the reservoir water is saved at
high volumetric price levels. |
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Kajisa, Kei Dong, Bin |
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Kajisa, Kei Dong, Bin |
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Kajisa, Kei |
| title |
The Effects of Volumetric Pricing Policy on Farmers’ Water Management Institutions and Their Water Use : The Case of Water User Organization in an Irrigation System in Hubei, China |
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The Effects of Volumetric Pricing Policy on Farmers’ Water Management Institutions and Their Water Use : The Case of Water User Organization in an Irrigation System in Hubei, China |
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The Effects of Volumetric Pricing Policy on Farmers’ Water Management Institutions and Their Water Use : The Case of Water User Organization in an Irrigation System in Hubei, China |
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The Effects of Volumetric Pricing Policy on Farmers’ Water Management Institutions and Their Water Use : The Case of Water User Organization in an Irrigation System in Hubei, China |
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The Effects of Volumetric Pricing Policy on Farmers’ Water Management Institutions and Their Water Use : The Case of Water User Organization in an Irrigation System in Hubei, China |
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effects of volumetric pricing policy on farmers’ water management institutions and their water use : the case of water user organization in an irrigation system in hubei, china |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24784477/effects-volumetric-pricing-policy-farmers’-water-management-institutions-water-use-case-water-user-organization-irrigation-system-hubei-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22453 |
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